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The Falconer: Book 1 door Elizabeth May
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The Falconer: Book 1 (editie 2014)

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Edinburgh, 1844. Beautiful Aileana Kameron only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. In fact, she's spent the year since her mother died developing her ability to sense the presence of Sithichean, a faery race bent on slaughtering humans. She has a secret mission: to destroy the faery who murdered her mother. But when she learns she's a Falconer, the last in a line of female warriors and the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity, her quest for revenge gets a whole lot more complicated. The first volume of a trilogy from an exciting new voice in young adult fantasy, this electrifying thriller blends romance and action with steampunk technology and Scottish lore in a deliciously addictive read.

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Titel:The Falconer: Book 1
Auteurs:Elizabeth May
Info:Chronicle Books (2014), Hardcover, 378 pages
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I thought this was a fun read. I liked the world and how the fae characters were the focused. I also really loved how this story took place in scotland and thought it also had a regency air to it. I also thought the this book also a fun romance but it was def not my favorite read. I struggled a little bit with the the pacing and the plot of this story it was quick listen!! Hope to tackle the rest of this season soon! ( )
  lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 |
I thought this was a fun read. I liked the world and how the fae characters were the focused. I also really loved how this story took place in scotland and thought it also had a regency air to it. I also thought the this book also a fun romance but it was def not my favorite read. I struggled a little bit with the the pacing and the plot of this story it was quick listen!! Hope to tackle the rest of this season soon! ( )
  lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 |
The concept of this book is what really attracted my attention. I know there has been a streak of fantasy books with the fae, but I’ve never read them this is my very first book and well I did like it. Aileana, while a bit too stubborn and hellbent on revenge for her mother, is a very strong female character. Aileana can make her own weapons, dress and act the part of a aristocrat, and knows her vulnerabilities. It’s been a while that I have instantly liked a character in a YA fantasy book. I do wish that the book had started a bit before Aileana’s mothers dead so we can see the character change and what has brought her to this dark place.

The beginning of the book did confuse me a bit, as I though for a quick second that I may have been reading the first book. This was quickly remedied as I got the background of Aileana and why she was a bit of an outcast now. I really liked each side characters. Derrick, Catherine and Gavin were great. The one thing I had a problem with was Kieran. It’s obvious that he is the love interest to Aileana, but I am just tired of brooding, mysterious men or I guess Fae in this book. The action and fight scenes were great though and fast paced but not to the point where I couldn’t follow along.

I may take a while before I read the second book as I felt I read this one somewhat slowly. ( )
  latteslipsticklit | Nov 16, 2023 |
Un romanzo pieno di buone idee impiccate.

Partiamo dall'ambientazione e dal tempo. Si tratterebbe di uno steampunk: ne ho letti pochissimi, ma devo ammettere che l'inserimento di tecnologie meccaniche nell'Ottocento ha il suo fascino all'interno di un fantasy. Elizabeth May, però, non riesce a cogliere il potenziale del genere. Inserisce sì molti consegni meccanici, ma il lettore non riesce a vederli. La mia immaginazione non è stata stuzzicata dalle sue descrizioni, non si è appassionata insieme alla protagonista nella costruzione di nuovi congegni da utilizzare nella sua lotta contro le fate.

E proprio la protagonista – Aileana – mi ha creato non pochi problemi: sterminatrice di fate per vendetta, è piena di una rabbia che, nonostante il suo lutto, mi è sembrata fuori luogo. Sembra più una svitata senza controllo che una guerriera con una missione, visto che la May ci racconta che passa dall'essere una perfetta dama a un'assassina assetata di sangue. Per quanto grande sia stato il trauma, la storia non regge.

Altrettanto problematici sono i due personaggi maschili principali, Kiaran e Gavin. Il primo è la fata che insegna a Aileana a combattere e uccidere le altre fate. Misterioso, algido e potentissimo, è il tipico ragazzo che attrae tutta la nostra attenzione. Peccato che l'evoluzione del suo rapporto con Aileana abbia del paranormale (e non perché è un romanzo fantasy): si passa dall'indifferenza alla passione in un battito di ciglia, tanto che mi sono ritrovata a rileggere il paragrafo per essere sicura di non aver preso un abbaglio.

Gavin, invece, è il personaggio maschile che ti sta sulle scatole perché non ha un difetto. Sempre carino, disponibile e pronto a salvare capre e cavoli. Ah, ha una sorella adorabile (migliore amica di Aileana, guarda un po'!) e una madre che è una megera. Cheese! - foto di famiglia. Ovviamente tende a solleticare la parte della lettrice che vuole un tipo affidabile... C'è quindi il famoso triangolo? Boh, l'autrice si riserva di decidere.

Un ultimo appunto sul finale che non è un finale. Non è neanche un non-finale o un finale interrotto. Il libro si interrompe proprio nel mezzo della narrazione e sembra che manchi un pezzo. Capisco la necessità di mantenere alto il desiderio, ma si tratta di una serie letteraria, non di una soap opera... ( )
  lasiepedimore | Aug 28, 2023 |
The Falconertook me over a month to finish. Typically, a young adult fantasy takes me less than a week, if not just two or three days. Why it took me so long, I honestly can't put my finger on it, other than to say that I didn't love it as much as I thought and hoped I would. All the pieces were there that usually equate to literary obsession for me: fierce female heroine, faeries, a Scottish setting, steampunk elements, etc, but I just wasn't hooked.

Protagonist Aileana is likeable enough, though difficult to relate to, and her prowess in fighting killer Scottish faeries of lore is explained reasonably enough. The love story is pretty obvious and predictable and the love triangle contrived and unbelievable. The cliffhanger is terrific, but a little mean, so now I must keep reading a trilogy I might have otherwise abandoned.

But, and it's a big but, Elizabeth can write, and write very well. Any potential plot and character development shortcomings are more than compensated for with exquisite writing. May's knowledge of Scottish lore is beyond compare and she weaves such knowledge (and vocabulary) expertly into her fantastical story. Here's to hoping the second book is just as well written and the character's more developed. ( )
  smorton11 | Oct 29, 2022 |
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Edinburgh, 1844. Beautiful Aileana Kameron only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. In fact, she's spent the year since her mother died developing her ability to sense the presence of Sithichean, a faery race bent on slaughtering humans. She has a secret mission: to destroy the faery who murdered her mother. But when she learns she's a Falconer, the last in a line of female warriors and the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity, her quest for revenge gets a whole lot more complicated. The first volume of a trilogy from an exciting new voice in young adult fantasy, this electrifying thriller blends romance and action with steampunk technology and Scottish lore in a deliciously addictive read.

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