Book title: Changeling
Author: Delia Sherman
Page numbers: 289
Star Rating: 5/5
Date: 04/12/’10
Overview: Neef is a changeling, a human baby stolen by fairies and replaced with one of their own. She lives in "New York Between," a parallel Manhattan of elves, fairies, demons, and mythological spirits. Neef has always been protected by her (rat) nursemaid,Astris, until she winds up breaking Fairy Law. Now, unless she can meet the challenge of the Lady of Central Park, she’ll be sacrificed to the bloodthirsty Wild Hunt. But Neef is a native New Yorker, streetwise and sharp, and she’s determined to beat the rap. The acclaimed Delia Sherman’s first novel for younger readers turns both Manhattan and storytelling inside out!
Comments: A superbly written novel with an utterly ridiculous but on the contrary extremely interesting plot of a little fairy girl called Neef breaking a fairy rule that she didn’t even know of and was forced into going on a quest to enable herself to be again protected by the queen of the fairies. She had a thrilling but overall fun adventure, it includes meeting the evil mermaid queen and taking her mirror and other exciting events in the story.
I think Neef, overall, was quite a good girl and I think she was really nice and kind, although quite naughty sometimes, I can really feel what Neef felt, like her eagerness to go back home and how she tried to explain the rules to changeling but she didn’t understand. Sometimes, I could even feel that I was Neef and I am on this ridiculous quest! I love this terrific book and I recommend it to everyone who loves adventure!
