![]() ![]() ![]() Pike's novel mythology should win fans for this book, billed as the first in a series. That the flower, the bump, even public school never happened”). As Laurel and David never muster much chemistry, her rocky journey of self-discovery is the main draw (“It makes me want to go home and go to sleep and wake up to find that all of this is a dream. On the plus side, though, at least she meets a cute boy named David, who helps her with her dreaded biology homework. Tamani, her sexy faerie guardian, completes the love triangle, as he protects Laurel from encroaching dark forces and fills in the blanks about her past. She's currently upset about going from being homeschooled her whole life at her parents' beautiful cabin to entering a public high school in a larger town (Crescent City). With the help of her friend and growing love interest, David, with whom she entrusts this information, Laurel finds out that she is a faerie, and that faeries are really highly evolved plants (Pike gives readers hints: Laurel prefers to have lunch outside and eats little besides vegetables and Sprite). Now Laurel is about to discover that a deep and powerful magic holds the key to her destiny. But something incredible is happening to her. Laurel is an ordinary fifteen-year-old high school girl. Laurel Sewell, the new girl in town, discovers a strange “zit” on her back, which blooms into a flower. An extraordinary faerie tale of magic and mystery, romance and danger, described by Stephenie Meyer as ‘a remarkable debut’. ![]() Pike's debut novel-a faerie story with a touch of Arthurian legend-offers a botanical twist on the genre. ![]()
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