It gives the world a really neat flavour to it and makes everything seem so much more badass. I totally forgot this book was steampunk until I started to read it. It takes place in Scotland, has faeries in it AND is steampunk!?!? 😍 Why did it take me so long to pick up the Falconer!? This one promised to have a lot of action with a dash of romance and so I put it at the top of my TBR for 2016. What made me super eager to pick it up was the fact that it was set in Scotland AND had faeries! I love faery stories and pretty much reading anything featuring them. This book was everywhere early last year and the cover captured my attention. It has now been updated to include the newest publications in the series.** Why I Picked it Up / My Expectations:
**This post was originally posted as a Fresh Friday review of the first book of the series. Source & Format: Public Library–eBook, Hardcover Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Steampunk, Faeries, Action, Romance # of Books: 3 (The Falconer, The Vanishing Throne, The Falling Kingdom) The first volume of a trilogy from an exciting new voice in young adult fantasy, this electrifying thriller combines romance and action, steampunk technology and Scottish lore in a deliciously addictive read. She still longs to avenge her mother’s murder-but she’ll have to save the world first. Suddenly, her quest is a lot more complicated. The last in a line of female warriors born with a gift for hunting and killing the fae, Aileana is the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity.
With her knack for inventing ingenious tools and weapons-from flying machines to detonators to lightning pistols-ruthless Aileana has one goal: Destroy the faery who destroyed her mother. Now Aileana is dedicated to slaying the fae before they take innocent lives.
she’s leading a double life: She has a rare ability to sense the sìthíchean-the faery race obsessed with slaughtering humans-and, with the aid of a mysterious mentor, has spent the year since her mother died learning how to kill them. Eighteen-year-old Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, has everything a girl could dream of: brains, charm, wealth, a title-and drop-dead beauty.īut Aileana only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. One girl’s nightmare is this girl’s faery taleĮdinburgh, 1844. Synopsis for The Falconer (from Goodreads): Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:
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