Title: Haffling 2nd edition
Series: The Haffling, #1
Author: Caleb James
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 250 pages
Publisher: DSP Publications (January 5, 2016)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4 Hearts
Blurb: All sixteen-year-old Alex Nevus wants is to be two years older and become his sister Alice’s legal guardian. That, and he’d like his first kiss, preferably with Jerod Haynes, the straight boy with the beautiful girlfriend and the perfect life.
Sadly, wanting something and getting it are very different. Strapped with a mentally ill mother, Alex fears for his own sanity. Having a fairy on his shoulder only he can see doesn’t help, and his mom’s schizophrenia places him and Alice in constant jeopardy of being carted back into foster care.
When Alex’s mother goes missing, everything falls apart. Frantic, he tracks her to a remote corner of Manhattan and is transported to another dimension—the land of the Unsee, the realm of the Fey.
There he finds his mother held captive by the power-mad Queen May and learns he is half-human and half-fey—a Haffling.
As Alex’s human world is being destroyed, the Unsee is being devoured by a ravenous mist. Fey are vanishing, and May needs to cross into the human world.
She needs something only Alex can provide, and she will stop at nothing to possess it… to possess him.
1st Edition published by Harmony Ink Press, 2013.
ISBN: 978-1-63476-796-5
Product Link: https://www.dsppublications.com/books/haffling-by-caleb-james-188-b
Reviewer: Shorty
Review: This is the first book in the Haffling series. Sixteen year old Alex is doing his best to protect his little sister and keep her from being taken by social services. His mother is no help as she’s dealing with her own problem. On top of that he has a crush on Jerod, a boy at school, who suddenly seems interested in Alex.
It was an interesting read as we are taken into a fantasy world where all is not as it seems. It is certainly the case with Alex as he is half – human, half – fairy yet doesn’t know it. This book is well written and has twists and turns throughout as the story progresses.
I liked the mystery aspect to the book as it kept me wondering what was going to happen. If you like fairy tales with a little bit of creepiness and humor then this is your book. Most of the book is fast paced but near the end it seemed to slowdown.
Great read. Looking forward to reading more in this series.
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