Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
If You Like: Teen fiction, Fantasy, Teen romance, Faeries
Similar to: Twilight
Ages: 13-40

Wings is such a good book.  I wasn't really sure if I would like it when I bought it because it didn't seem like my kind of book, but this book has a little bit of something for everyone. 

Laurel was homeschooled up until high school, but her parents have moved her to a new town, and that means she has to attend public school.  As soon as she gets there, she has no trouble making friends, especially a cute boy named David.  David and Laurel become quick friends, and their attraction to one another is undeniable.

When Laurel starts to grow what looks like a flower out of her back, she confides in David alone.  He helps her figure out what is going on with her, but Laurel finally gets her real answers in the woods at her old house.  She meets a faerie named Tamani and feels an instant connection with him.  She finds out that she was sent to live with the humans in order to inherit the land that her parents own, which is the gateway to Avalon.  Everything was going as planned until a group of trolls tried to purchase the land for themselves. 

Will David, Tamini, and Laurel be able to stop the trolls from gaining the land that holds the gateway and opening the gate between worlds?  Will Laurel choose to be with reliable and comforting David or exciting and handsome Tamani?

Aprilynne Pike captured magic, romance, and suspense all in one book.  Good thing there are three more books in the series because I was left wanting more from the second I finished this book.