Goodreads Summary
When paranormal expert Robyn Wise is offered an outrageous sum of money to cure a boy who is turning into a dead tree, she's very skeptical A politician ready to pay that much to make his son stop growing branches instead of hair? Come on! She's more likely to be abducted by aliens. This is a trap. Or much worse. And, of course, it's much worse.
The child is turning into a dark portal, created by a powerful entity determined to absorb Fairyland's power. This means that not only queen Titania and her court are in danger, but the very balance of the magic fluxes.
Robyn'd rather stick a pencil in her own eye but, to learn how to destroy the portal, she has to sneak into the Wizardry Council, a place full of wizards who are hiding something—though it’s certainly not their dislike of her.
There, she discovers a terrible secret that could help to overthrow Fairyland's enemies for good, but puts her in the midst of an ancient and deadly war, and not as a bystander, but as the main target.
This was an interesting concept from the outset, for me. I liked the unique idea and it was, for the most part, well executed.
The beginning of the novel is just action, with what seems like random supernatural occurrences, and I (still) don't see how they fit in to the rest of the novel, but hey, that's just me. Also, Robyn didn't seem very 'British'. As a Brit myself, I found little in common with her, and I feel like she has no clue about the UK and London. But again, that's just me.
Don't let this put you off, apart from these things, this was not a bad book. It was well written, and the pacing wasn't half bad (although the end seemed a little rushed, and it took half the book to actually get to the REAL story).
I hope this is part of a series, because I personally feel that this world needs to be explored more to reach its full potential.
4 stars.
Book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15764886-supernatural-freak
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