Wings

Name: Wings
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Author: Aprilynne Pike
ISBN: 9780061776298

Author: Aprilynne Pike

Series: Wings #1

Narrator: Mandy Siegfried

Unabridged: 6 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/05/2009

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Legends, Romance

Synopsis

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

About Aprilynne Pike

Aprilynne Pike has been spinning stories since she was a child with a hyperactive imagination. She completed her BA in creative writing at the age of twenty at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Aprilynne currently lives with her husband and children in Arizona.

About Mandy Siegfried

Mandy Siegfried has worked at theaters in New York, on and off Broadway, and around the country; her film work includes School of Rock, Winter Passing, Liberty Maine, The Out-of-Towners, and St. Andrew's Girls.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristina on December 27, 2008

Wings was my first ever fairy book and I adored it. Aprilynne Pike is so clever and creative. She has such a unique twist on fairies and I kept reading passages over and over again because they were just so interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Robin on December 08, 2017

I go to a lot of conventions and comic cons. While I'm there, I usually pick up a sampling of books from my fellow writers. Sometimes I am given free copies. I don't think I let that affect my reviews, but I like to be transparent about such things. This is one that I bought for the intriguing premi......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on May 09, 2009

Wings was definitely a unique take on fairy mythology. And I finally get the significance of the cover now, which I have to say fits the novel perfectly. I’m a huge fan of the Faery/Fairy/Fae... (was it is really?) genre, or rather sub-genre. I wasn’t surprised that I really liked this novel. Sens......more

Goodreads review by April (Aprilius Maximus) on February 12, 2017

OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. UM. THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY FAIRIE BOOK I'VE READ THAT I LIKED. AND I FLIPPIN LOVED IT......more

Goodreads review by Amelia on July 17, 2018

I remember reading this book a few years ago and really loving it. I also read the sequel back then but I never really finished the series. Now I'm gonna finish it. This was such a quick and enjoyable read. Although it has many tropes that we all hate, such as love triangles, I still found myself en......more