Wondrous Strange by Lesley LivingstonMain characters:
Kelley – 17 year old living on her own in NYC, understudy to the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, actually the long lost daughter of Auberon the Winter King
Sonny – looks like a 19 year old, handsome dark-haired, silver-eyed, but was stolen by the fairies as a baby and is really centuries old. His job is to guard the Samhain Gate between the fairy and mortal worlds. Conveniently this gate is located in Central Park, near where Kelley goes to practice her lines.
Wondrous Strange is one of those dark “tales of faerie” that seem to abound these days – think Holly Black & Melissa Marr in particular. Sonny is set to guard the Samhain Gate during the 9 days before Halloween. There is intrigue, adventure, romance, and lots of NYC settings.
On a more positive note, Kelley is not as annoying of a heroine as Bella (of Twlight fame), and their relationship while suitably angst-ridden is not as ineqitable as Edward & Bella’s.
