City of Fae by Pippa DaCosta

Genre: Urban Fantasy
Group: Young Adult
Page Count: 336
Publication Date: May 7, 2015
Rating: 8.5/10
*Source: Netgalley*

Goodreads Blurb:

rom the moment Alina touches London's hottest fae superstar, breaking one of the laws founded to protect all of her kind, her fate – and the fae – close in.

Below ground, the fae High Queen plots to claim the city as her own and places her pawns, ready for the battle to come. A battle she cannot lose, but for one small problem – Alina. There are four ancient keepers powerful enough to keep the queen in her prison. Three are dead. One remains … And to fight back, Alina risks sacrificing everything she has come to love.

This New Adult urban fantasy is packed with action and suspense and will have you yearning for more forbidden fae romance. 

Review: 

One look at the cover and I was a goner for the book. I mean, how pretty and mysterious is the cover? People always say "don't judge a book by its cover" but they have not seen this one. It's a perfect visual hook. Given her eyes are a bit creepy but that's ok, right? 

The book adds a new twist to the paranormal world. The faes are not hidden in this book, like most paranormal books, they're out in the open and everybody knows about them. Rather they think they know about them. The book start with a normal girl finding a fae, Sovereign, and discovers there's more to faes than what humans know about. Sounds like the normal plot right? I thought so too, until the plot twist. 

I got to say, it was one of the most unpredictable plot twists there is because you didn't think there will be one. Like the story is set, the plot is going and you're driving down a steady road. Then all of a sudden you get pushed onto another road than has a million crossroads and you're shell-shocked and amazed. Wow, it was a good plot twist. I can't even say it's a plot twist because it didn't twist the plot, it completely changed the whole story! Never have I been so shocked. It goes something like this:




Like the first twist I was shocked but I recovered. I though it was over. Then came the complete plot change. I couldn't comprehend. I was like, what? How could I not have seen that coming? Like I knew something was coming and I was prepared to go to any of those million crossroads in front of me, but the author drag me back the road to another place with a million crossroads. It was an amazing experience. When you go through that, you'll get what I mean.

After the gigantic plot twist, it gets more interesting. The most interesting part is the character change in the main character Alina. Her true character really comes out and whether you realize it or not, you'll start to really like her and admire her. Also, it's one of the best plot twist because even after the plot twist, the author made sure there are plenty of possibilities the story could go. There were plenty or plot turns after the twist. Trust me, you'll always be on your feet the whole time for this book. After the twist, there's a heart-stopping bomb that drops that is so shocking. Like, "did the author just imply ... did she just say... what?" kind of way. I was so scared! So through the next parts I was nervous and scared that what I feared would come true. At the end of a chapter, I thought my fear came true. Yeah, I sat on my bed hugging the book and rocking myself and repeating "why you have to do this to me??" for five minutes. After that... well... I'll leave it to you guys to find out.

Now let's talk about the guy, Sovereign. His name though, am I right? His nickname, Reign, is not much better either. I laughed about his name for awhile. Anyways, he's not your typical swoon book boyfriend. Through most of the book, I didn't even considered him Weekly Book Boyfriend(see my blog) candidate. He's an arrogate, narcissistic guy to start but who isn't? Daemon Black, Kaiden Rowe... They all start out the same. Reign's  a bit different. Usually, when 'the guy' reveals his secret, you're like 'oh' and you start liking him. Not Reign. Even when he starts revealing his secrets, you're just like 'cool' but you don't start really liking him until about 95% of the book is done. There is one thing he said that is... no words, only squeaks of delight. After the plot twist you do start liking him more but he's a complicated guy. But there's no denying that he's a wonderful character that's written with thoughtful details. I'll go as far as saying that he's a more interesting character than Alina is. 

I don't know if there's going to be another book as it doesn't say this book belongs in a series but I really really really really want there to be another one. The author left so many possibilities for the next book and I just know it's going to be an awesome book. Needless to say, I would definitely read it.