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Great book. Wonderfully written and a new take on a fairy adventure.


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Knife R J Anderson 9781408303122 Books Reviews

the book is great!
knife is determined and strong, and in everything she does you can see parts of her personality.
the romantic part was also good and believable, and the organization of the oak (and also knife's view of the human world)was real enough to give a good basis.
the only bad thing was that she didn't really solve the problem - that was left for the next book.
In the book of 'Knife' the faery realm of Oakenwyld is dying and magic is gone, no one knows why and no one knows who is responsible. All that they do know is that the faeries from the reign of Queen Snowdrop are being picked off one at a time by a strange and unknown disease they call the 'silence'. While the faeries who are left in the Oak grow selfish and mean, Knife (the Queen's hunter faery) grows restless and curious for the knowledge of her people's long and forgotten history, as well as the chance to venture into the human house. As she disobeys the Queen Amaryllis's order to stay away from humans, she meets a boy named Paul who is keen to help her on her journey, to find the truth to the disappearance of her kind's magic. She fights crows and foxes as well as lying to the rest of the faeries about her whereabouts, what more could you find in an adventurous character, I would really recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy, adventure, faeries as well as guessing who is good and who is bad. This book gave me a greater love for faeries, I really loved the whole layout of the book and the way it was written to such detail where to actions and emotions are explained, it gave me a great appreciation for each of the characters. Overall this book was fantastic, I would really recommend it to anyone who is willing to read it!

Taylor C
In Knife, the fairy community of Oakenwyld our heroine belongs to is steadily declining, the people dying out. While the outside human world progresses in its technology and methods, the fairies in the Oak do not move forward or make any attempt, and sometimes even go backwards. Perhaps this has something to do with the loss of their magic many years ago during the Sundering, an event which also led to older fairies dying from a sickness known as the Silence, something that was never seen before the Sundering. When Knife is appointed as the Oak's hunter, a position that allows her to travel outside the Oak, she takes it upon herself to find a way to save her people.

Then Knife meets Paul McCormick, the son of two humans living in the House opposite the fairies' Oak. I really liked the development of the relationship between her and Paul. For one thing it's quite unconventional and, because of the Oakenwyld's history, any contact with humans is feared, and that in itself makes it an interesting situation. Through Paul, Knife learns that humans aren't what the Oakenwyld makes them out to be and that, somehow, they are a key to saving her people.

Knife is a very frank, practical and no-nonsense type of character. Unlike many young adult books I felt I could empathize with her and understood why she took the actions she made.

The pacing of the story was very fine in my opinion, a sort of one-thing-leads-to-another scenario that ties up nicely, despite the information overload near the end. I had to flip back and forth to figure out what was happening there, but it all made sense in the end. The book doesn't lack for vivid descriptions; everything is outlined and drawn out in its own special way, and all of Knife's characters are quite developed, though I felt Amaryllis' performance wasn't quite up to par to what R. J. Anderson wanted to portray.

Knife is a fun and unconventional fairy tale with original characters (and one strange name, but it grows on you) and an interesting premise. The story might not be completely original, but its execution is decent in its own right. I forward to reading the sequel, Rebel, and the third book which will tie up the trilogy in 2011.
"No ordinary fairytale..."

Says the caption on the UK addition, titled Knife. Doesn’t that caption ring a haunting bell? Doesn’t it make your stomach churn with absolute dread? Doesn’t it turn you off completely? It does. It truly does. That is why I feel this book is so underrated; because readers have heard of this phrase, and know that it lies. This won’t be different from the other fairy books. There’ll be a court of human-sized fairies who don’t have wings and basically aren’t fairies, and there’ll be a epic battle against good and evil and blah blah blah.

The caption tells the truth; this is no ordinary fairytale.

In this series fairies are small, winged creatures, who fear crows, foxes, cats, and humans. They live in a grand oak tree, terrified to ever leave. They are ruled by a fairy queen, who tries to protect all her fellow fairies (who are all female, may I add). But there is one fairy who longs to venture outside, who is un-phased by danger. She soon becomes a apprentice to the Queen’s Hunter – someone who goes out in the open in search of food. Who battles and kills crows, who suppresses her master and becomes a Queen’s Hunter herself. Her name is Knife.

Not only does R.J Anderson create a new world of fairies, but she her main ideas come from the original old fae-folklore. The author weaves the two beautifully, working off each other wonderfully. Sure, sometimes it may be slow, but somehow Anderson keeps you entertained. Not to pull a pun here, but it’s like she has sprinkled fairy-dust onto you. Oh, and do you know what the best part is? She writes about winged and small fairies – real fairies. Though they are far from Tinker Bell. These all female fairies can handle themselves in different ways. Every single character is likable in some small form, and all has a back-story, making them complex. They also have a sense of realness to them. Knife was especially interesting to read about. She was what really made the novel pop.

R.J Anderson has yet another amazing skill; it feels like you’re not reading at all. You are gently taken by the hand and taken by a steady pace – it’s so steady that when you realize you’ve reached the end, it feels like it’s been only a few moments when in fact it’s been hours. That is skill, my friends. That is the skill of a truly amazing author.

And that is why you must pick this up!

As a side note, I must point out; if you want a beautiful paperback volume, then I suggest you pick up Knife (UK addition). The cover is truly amazing! It has a sturdy cover, and the picture of the fairy pops out behind the dark, shiny, background.
Great book. Wonderfully written and a new take on a fairy adventure.