It's all she's ever wanted to be, but it couldn't be further from her grasp...Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides shes had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl, she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.
Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she'll never have a chance with...until she does. Caught between two worlds, Dana isn't sure where she'll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again.
Dana is fed up with dealing with her alcoholic mother and wants to be a teenager for once. So she runs away from home and heads to Avalon to find her long lost fairy father. Upon arrival in the magical city Dana is kidnapped multiple times because of her mysterious Faeriewalker capabilities. As a Faeriewalker, Dana has the power to bring magic into the human realm and technology into the Faerie realm. Dana is the most valuable pawn in the complicated game of politics between Faerie and Avalon and everyone wants to control her.
Faerie stories tend to bore me because I feel like they're all the same. Glimmerglass took the typical and twisted it with the unique city of Avalon. The faeries in Avalon are no secret, in fact everyone knows about them. Avalon is the bridge between the two worlds. It was nice to read a faerie story that was acclimated to the 21st century.
For once there was a heroine who was not completely insipid! Dana was responsible and had the perfect blend of attitude and vulnerability. In a situation where she had almost no control Dana didn't sit down and let everyone toss her around like a piece of cattle but stood up and tried to take care of herself. The complete opposite of Dana is Kimber. At the beginning Kimber seemed to be the ultimate ice queen but she melted way too quickly and instead of giving off the impression of a girl with a hard exterior and soft interior I felt she was just fickle. I do regret not seeing more of the relationship Dana has with her mother because I feel like that would have rounded out her character a bit more and would have explained certain plot elements that confused me slightly.
4.1 stars. This wasn't an amazing book, but a good start to a series.
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