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Review Written: 25th February 2012

Arrow by R.J.Anderson

Get ready for the briefest summary the world has ever known: Book one began with Knife, a fairy with the same name, living in the Oak at the bottom of Paul's garden. They fall in love, and she becomes human under her true fairy name - Peri. Book two, Rebel, brought us the fairy Linden & the human Timothy as the battle against The Empress begins and the hunt for the Stone of Naming is a success. Book three, Arrow, focuses on Rhosmari, a fairy from 'The Children of Rhys'. She wants to get back the Stone of Naming which belongs in the 'Children's' possession but it's not going to be easy.

First, she has to get past her mother who won't allow her to go as humans are dangerous. Second, she has to find out the hard way whether Martin (the fairy who initially helps Rhosmari) is friend or foe. Finally, she has to escape the Empress who has found out her true name and now controls her. It's what every teen fairy has to go through, right?

Luckily Timothy is to the rescue! The love interest. I was confused at first as I thought he was originally a love interest for Linden, but you discover in the beginning of this book that they are just friends. So, I now wholeheartedly ship Rhosmari and Timothy.

The fairies at the Oak are explored in more detail, everything isn't as harmonious in this camp as it first seems. The oncoming battle that begins in Rebel progresses in this book, you find out the Empress' plans if she takes over and everything comes to a climax. I am hoping book four deals with the aftermath as well as a continuation of Rhosmari and Timothy's relationship as it only starts in the final pages of this novel.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and I love how Linden, Peri (Knife) & Paul all make a reappearance. I adore fairy novels anyway and traditional fairy conventions, like having a true name that is kept secret is a nice feature. (If you've read Holly Black's Tithe, aimed at an older teen audience, you will see it mirrored) I am very much looking forward to the next one.

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