Summer 2005 Review

Henry had gone to visit Mr. Fogarty in his boarded up house. Once there, he would ask about his friends from the Faerie Realm, Emperor Elect Pyrgus and his sister Holly Blue. It turns out, Mr. Fogarty had come back to ask Henry to attend Pyrgus' Coronation, since he would become Emperor of the Realm. Mr. Fogarty gives Henry spell cones that will make his mother and sister forget about him until he comes home. After he uses the spell cones, he goes to his room to get the devise that will translate him into the other Realm when he realizes its gone. Henry then figures his sister took it and goes to ask her where she put it, when he remembers, she's forgotten him. He goes back to Mr. Fogarty's, who had already left, and decides he'll have to find the instructions to make it.

While all this is going on, Pyrgus and Blue are getting ready for the Coronation. They're getting their clothing fitted, the decorations ready, the food ready, and the rest of the invitations sent. Then Lord Hairstreak comes and says he has a document that was signed by their father stating that their stepbrother, Comma, becomes Emperor. Of course this is impossible, their father had been murdered not too long before. Hairstreak proves to them that it was signed by their father, showing them the resurrected zombie that came with him. Blue, Pyrgus, and Mr. Fogarty are sent into exile and Henry has no idea. It all ends up being one wild race to regain the throne legally, without Hairstreak knowing.

This sequel was just as exciting as the previous book, Faerie Wars. It was full of humor and action. It's definitely a book I will read again and again. I recommend this novel for ages 12 and older because I fell they'll understand what's going on better.

~Kayla Aldan, 10th grade, Boardman High School