Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear. I like faeries. That's the fae. Not Tinkerbell. And this story is really, really not Tinkerbell. Alternate history here, with steam power ruling all and ladies' worlds reduced to dresses, decorum, and marriage prospects. Oh, and the fae are all going to die unless a superbly special human girl glowing with imagination is sacrificed soon. *bites knuckles for emphasis* So, Noli is our girl here and she's got a problem. Mom has locked her away unknowingly in a ridiculously awful "school" that is bent on turning her into something of a Stepford Wife. If that was her only problem, life would be easy. But we have this handsome, charming, gentleman enter the scene who seems to be acting for Noli's benefit but has deep motives she doesn't know about. And then there's the boy Noli likes back home...
Anyway, what would you do? Would you sacrifice yourself to save a world for 7 years, knowing that someone will have die again in 7 years to let the world continue? Would you look for a scapegoat? Would you tell the boy you love him?
4 out of 5 faerie rings for Suzanne. *sigh* Since this is going to be a series, can you please make the following installments as interesting as this one?
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