Spells audiobook

It is funny, the last time I read this book I rated it 4 stars and never finished the series. Well, I am now determined to finish it, with only 2 books left to read.

** spoiler alert ** I liked this book because we saw more of Tamani and Avalon. What I didn't like was how Laural handled Tam. lol. I agree with Shar that she has been unfair to Tam. I am so Team Tam. I like david ok, but I love Tam. I really hope that this works out. Now I have to wait to see what Tam is planning and hope he doesn't get killed...ugh. I'm looking forward for the next one.

♥ Find my reviews on Blogger ~ Reviews by Bookish Sarah - - -Okay, seriously, just pack my suitcases right now. I am moving to Avalon!Spells begins a number of months after the events of Wings. The time has come for Laurel to depart from her "normal" life to the academy in Avalon, where she will be taught what it means to be a Fall faerie. Laurel struggles with learning all of the things she missed and has forgotten while "posing" as a human. She isn't sure what to make of just about any of her peers at the academy. Some seemed to have missed her, others seem to wish she wouldn't have come back, while others seem to be indifferent altogether. She also learns that in faerie hierarchy, Spring fae like her friend/more than friend Tamani are treated as no more than servants - and she does not like standing by quietly while it happens.While Laurel is in Avalon, she and Tamani grow closer than ever and when it's time to go back home to David, she becomes confused. I have to say that I hated Laurel at some parts in this book. She treats Tamani pretty badly and I just wanted to reach my foot into the book and give her a swift kick in the derrière. As far as the love triangle goes, I truly hope she ends up with Tamani. David is nice and all, but his character is boring and doesn't have much development. :(After trying to balance her two worlds, human and faerie; Laurel fails miserably. After lying to both David and Tamani, she just may end up losing it all.Then... all the while Laurel is having problems with her love life and trying to hone her Fall abilities, the trolls are causing trouble again. BIG TROUBLE. A couple new plot twists are introduced in this book as well. It should make for an interesting third installment!- - -The pace of this book was nice. A little slow to start, but not really a big deal for me. I knew the goods were coming! I feel like I am the minority here, but I enjoyed this book oodles more than Wings! Spells just had so much magic... and being able to follow Laurel and Tamani around Avalon was my favorite part. Pike painted a magnificent picture! Amazing imagery. I honestly could read about Avalon all day. ^-^ For me, this was a wonderful follow-up and I am planning to read Illusions sometime in the next week.

My Thoughts: First, I want to say I have heard a lot of good and bad reviews about this series. I have heard a lot of people say they wouldn't even attempt to read it. Sucks for them! I loved it! I read Wings in a day and started Spells the next day and read it in 2 sittings. I loved them both. I did like Spells a little more though. In Spells, we are once again introduced to Laurel, her family, her friend Chelsea, her boyfriend David, her other "friend" Tamani; who is a fairy! In Wings, Laurel slowly realized she was a fairy and by Spells, she has accepted this and is trying to cope with it and lead a normal life. Of course nothing can go as planned because she has Trolls hunting her down, wanting crucial information from her. I don't want to give away the whole plot but I loved this book.This book revolves more about Laurel going to Avalon and spending time getting to learn about her heritige (being a fairy). I truly adore this series.I started off so torn between David and Tamani. I mean, come on, David seems like a sweetheart and the kind of guy who will always be there for you. Yes, that's comforting and hot but than there is Tamani who comes off as a hunky awesome guy. You know you shouldn't like him because Laurel is already with David.But you find yourself thinking, come on Tamani, get the girl! And on top of his greatness, he's a fairy! By the time the book ended, I was rooting for Tamani and wanted Laurel and Tamani together. There was so much tension between them I had to reread a few paragraphs just so I could savor it more than once. A big grin would cross my face. Sorry David but I'm more in love with Tamani. Its been a while since I've loved a guy in a book and I'm still awwing over Tamani. Can he please be real? Pretty please! I just loved these books! They are so good!Overall: Loved it! I'm team Tamani! I actually liked Laurel too. The kissing scene between Laurel and Tamani- HOT! I just adored Tamani's personality. The chemistry between them was so awesome. I wish book 3 was already out! The cliffhanger on the last page of Spells makes you just sit there and say, what what what? What is going to happen next???Cover: Its cute. I like the flowers.

The second book of the wings series is even better than the first. Which sets me on high hopes for the third.The book starts with Lauren going to Avalon for the summer to study as any other fairy does.There she learns stuff about the plants and their abilities and how to create magic potions. She learns more about the fairy world and how everything is working there. And she comes closer to Tamani. Later she leaves Avalon and goes back to her parents and David. She meets Klea (which I didn't liked at all). Close to the end an old enemy comes back and takes Chelsea for hostage. In the end of the book Lauren chooses between Tamani and David.In the first book I liked that Lauren and David were together, but that changed in the second one. Maybe it's the fact that we see and learn more about Tamani but I can say that I like Tamani as much as I like David. The end makes me believe that Tamani will be present in many parts of the third book with or without Laurens knowledge.

** spoiler alert ** Wobderful. This is shaping up to be an excellent series and this was almost as good as the first. As usual, i loved the plot and the way the storyline is shaping up. I think it's excellent how little bits and peices of things are falling into place and how things are being set up. My only real issue with this book was that it was a little too...ahh, how do i say this....Tamani light for my taste. I like this series Tamani heavey haha. It broke my heart to see Laurel so unsure about her decision as to wether she does want to be with him. She needs to make up her mind. Perfrably that she wants to be with Tamani that is :) Yes, Davids a great guy and he has his own qualities but even a blind person can see that it's Tamani she should be with. There's a part of her that David will never be able to fully understand no matter what he tries because he's not a faerie.The ending of this book was very mysterious, although it was good to see things with Barnes concluded. But just what is Tamani about to do that's got Shar so nervous?Can't wait to find out!

Laurel had finally accepted the fact that she's a faerie, but that doesn't mean she has to enjoy every aspect of it; who really wants to hide a blossom growing out of their back every fall? And she refuses to trade in her old life for a new one in Avalon, where all other Fae live. She likes her life, where she gets to make choices: which college to attend, who to love, and when she sleeps and eats. But when she's summoned to Avalon to be educated on faerie matters, she realizes there are some benefits to the world of the Fae, Tamani, a faerie sentry, being one of them. But David, her boyfriend back home, is a constant thought in the back of her head. As matters spiral out of her hands, Laurel faces heartbreak, choices, and dangers like never before. When I saw this book, I knew immediately I had to read it. Not only did I really enjoy Wings, the first book in this series, but just look at the cover: I absolutely love the flowers floating on the water! They say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but in this case, I'm glad I did. I found Spells to be a very interesting, informative, and successful follow-up to book one. I mentioned in my review of Wings that I thought it needed to provide more information. I'm happy to say book two made good to this wish. There was much more information on Avalon and faeries in general, probably because Laurel went to Avalon for schooling. She stayed for two months, plenty of time to learn a lot on a topic you don't know much of. This was one reason I found Spells to be even better than Wings. For some reason, whenever I put this novel down, my fingers itched to pick it back up again. As I said in my review of Wings, I don't know whether it's the writing style or the content, but I found that there wasn't a single part of this book that I found to be boring, or even just uninteresting. I love the picture of Avalon that Aprilynne Pike paints in the reader's mind; it reminded me of a child's fantasy garden. Faeries, forests, and fantasy; three of my favourite 'f' words, all of which this story contained. My least favourite 'f' word wasn't in here, which I also enjoyed. I appreciate books where the author doesn't feel the need to implement several rude words. I found the settings in this story to be outlined more clearly than in the previous book, and for there to be more detail. I enjoyed this, because the amount of detail was just enough: not too much, so as to make my mind wander, but not too little, so I feel as though something is missing. Perhaps that is why I always wanted to read more: not just because of the intriguing fairytale land of Avalon, but because the quantity of detail was spot-on for me. Descriptions were elegant or gritty, depending on what was being focused on, and I found that this novel invoked emotions in me. If a book can make me feel something for its characters, it deserves praise. This story was a refreshing break from the last few slightly under-par reads I've gone through. I really enjoyed Spells and would rate it four stars. Overall, a very good, interesting, fun and flirty read. I would suggest this book to anyone looking for a story with realistic magic, a love triangle, and hard decisions that have to be made in limited time.

I knew when I finished Wings it was going to be hard to live up to, but Spells did that and more. The book takes you deeper into the history of faeries. A lot of the book is spent in Avalon, the faerie realm, where you learn about the roles and responsibilities of faeries as well as the class divisions among different types of faeries. The book has a lot of adventure and is fast paced and exciting. I think by the time you've finished the book you will be even more invested in certain romantic relationships. Laurel has the best of both worlds and all of the heard decisions that go along with that. She certainly begins to come into her own as a faerie in this book, developing new skills and learning more about who she is. All of the time she's spent in the human world has given her a very different take on some things that seem normal in Avalon making her one of a kind. The end left me with a lot of questions about the future, I am very excited for the next installment of this series.

Spells is book #2 in the Wings Series by Aprilynne Pike. I had assumed this was a trilogy since it seems like every young adult book that comes out lately is part of a trilogy but alas it's a quartet so there will be 2 more yet to be released books. Illusions comes out in May and the final book in 2012. Oh how I hate waiting for sequels. This book had a great ending. It wrapped up enough to leave me satisfied yet opened things up for something new.I think I enjoyed Spells even more than then book 1, Wings. I love the character Tamani, seriously Laurel wake up and see what is before you!This is a sweet, clean series that I recommend to those who enjoy faerie stories. I really enjoyed learning more about the faerie mythology, much of which was very unique. A good mix of faerie mythology, adventure and romance.Content: Clean for older teens - a couple of the mildest of swearwords that are swear words in my home but aren't in some homes, a reference to sex in the faerie world, etc.Rating: 4.5 StarsSource: Download from Audible.com