Beleth is the Prince of Darkness, ruler of the Realm of Hael.On January 16, 2005, the first novel in the series, Faerie Wars reached number 4 on the New York Times best seller list for paperback children's books. In January 2007, Macmillan Publishers began republishing the series in the United States under its Tor Books imprint. As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.īloomsbury began releasing the series in the United States under its Bloomsbury USA imprint in April 2003. The first book in the series, Faerie Wars was published in the United Kingdom in February 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

The Faerie Wars Chronicles is a fantasy action young adult novel series written by James Herbert Brennan. The story is mostly forgettable despite the fact that this book is a bit of a dud…I would recommend the first four books in this series as excellent middle grade fantasy reads.Cover of the first book of the series, Faerie Wars, published in 2003 Even though this is a full length book, it feels more like a quick and fun story set in the same world as the previous four books. Overall this is an okay addition to the series, but I would only recommend if you are a huge fan of this series. Pacing was a bit off at times too and there were parts that were just plain boring. The book switches between a lot of different points of view and in this case that just broke up the story too much and made it flow poorly. The writing is humorous and snappy but a bit silly too. This was a fun little story set in the same world as the previous books and there are cameos by all the main characters in those previous books but there just wasn’t anything here that was really engaging to propel the story forward. I also didn’t enjoy Mella as much as Henry and Blue. Given the long time between the publishing of the fourth and fifth book, I had a bit of trouble remembering all of the characters. This wouldn’t be that big of a deal except that Lord Hairstreak is up to his shenanigans and determined to take over the throne. Mella is determined to meet her human grandmother and causes a number of issues in doing so.

This book takes place 15 years after the last Faerie Wars Chronicles novel and focuses on Henry and Blue’s daughter Mella. I didn’t enjoy this book as much as previous books in the series probably because it’s been so long since I read the other books in the series (it was five years between the publishing of the fourth and fifth book…then it took me another few years to get around to reading it). I really enjoyed the first four books in the Faerie War Chronicles and was excited to see another book be released in the series. Stand Alone or Series: 5th book in the Faeie War Chronicles

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