But things don't go as planned in the Arizona desert, because sweet Mikey just wants to be friends. After spending time in treatment with other young women like her-who cut, burn, poke, and otherwise hurt themselves-Charlie is released and takes a bus from the Twin Cities to Tucson to be closer to Mikey, a boy she 'like-likes' but who had pined for Ellis instead. Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. YA)Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. There's plenty of setup for the next volume in this steamy urban-fairyland series. An explicitly eroticized view of adolescent abstinence, packed with pretty, leather-clad men all madly in want with the heroine. Despite Dana's phenomenal magical abilities, she's a mere pawn for Avalon's powerbrokers (one of whom tries to have her raped) she derives control only by avoiding sex.

The ancient, powerful leader of the Wild Hunt wants something from Dana, and he'll hurt-or seduce-anyone who gets in his way. When the dangerous (and, unsurprisingly, hot) Erlking arrives in Avalon, Dana's carefully treasured freedom might end. At least she gets a few approved outings: the Avalon Starbucks the spa for a manicure with her Unseelie best friend a movie with her friend's handsy, hot brother workout sessions with her bodyguard's equally hot son.

Her faerie father, terrified that so many fae want Dana dead because of her faeriewalker powers, keeps her locked in the house. Since Dana entered Avalon from the mortal realm in Glimmerglass (2010), she's been a virtual prisoner.

Shadowspell by Jenna Black