The Faerie Path

A cute series of young adult novels written by Frewin Jones, The Faerie Path follows the adventures of ordinary teenager Anita Palmer, after she discovers that she is the fairy princess Tania. The story then follows her various adventures in the immortal realm of Faerie.

The books are:

 * 1) The Faerie Path
 * 2) The Lost Queen
 * 3) The Sorcerer King (also published as The Seventh Daughter)
 * 4) The Immortal Realm
 * 5) The Enchanted Quest
 * 6) The Charmed Return

The series also contains a manga adaptation, and the same author also writes other series, including the Warrior Princess series.

The entire series contains examples of:

 * Action Girl: Most of the princesses at different times.
 * Badass Bookworm: Sancha.
 * Badass Family: The entire royal family of Faerie. They also qualify as Royals Who Actually Do Something.
 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Zara, Sancha and Tania. Also, Rathina/Hopie (brunettes) and Cordelia.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: Subverted. Despite being blonds, both Connor and Edric are officially on the side of 'good'.
 * Character Development
 * Cool Big Sis: Six of them. The Immortal Procreation Clause doesn't seem to count for the royal family.
 * Cold Iron: Faeries call it Isenmort. It's poisonous.
 * Dark Chick: Rathina.
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Everything's Better With Princesses: Tania, Rathina, Zara, Hopie, Eve, Cordelia and Sancha all qualify.
 * The Evil Prince:
 * Eyes of Gold: Gabriel has eyes of silver.
 * Fiery Redhead: Tania, at times.
 * Friend to All Living Things: Cordelia and Bryn.
 * Green Eyes: Tania and Titania
 * Generation Xerox: Tania is "the very image and reflection" of Titania, which is odd considering how many human incarnations she's lived through.
 * Hair of Gold: Zara.
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Tania is half human and half Faerie, which is both her greatest asset and a source of endless internal conflict as she struggles to decide where she belongs.
 * Implausible Fencing Powers: Subverted. Although many people in Faerie are excellent fencers, this Troper can't recall one instance where their skills are actually implausible.
 * Love Martyr: Rathina, so very much.
 * Lucky Seven
 * Magical Girl: Again, all the princesses. And Titania.
 * Magical World: The immortal realm of Faerie.
 * Magic Music: Zara's gift.
 * The Medic: Hopie.
 * Mindlink Mates: Part of a Faerie marriage ceremony is to hold hands and pour a magic potion over them, which gives the couple a temporary ability to read each other's minds. It makes sense - since faeries are immortal, they'd better make darn sure that getting married is the right decision.
 * Mordor: Ynis Maw and Ynis Borealis.
 * Muggle Foster Parents: The Palmers. They have trouble adjusting to Anita/Tania's identity, especially Mr. Palmer, but are very kind and supportive throughout.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Tania always acts with the best of intentions, but sometimes ends up just making the situation worse.
 * Nightmare Fuel/And I Must Scream: The Amber Prisons. A case of Fridge Brilliance in that what Tania loves the most is to travel and explore; it's even a magical gift for her. No wonder the idea of eternal stasis is so horrible.
 * Also
 * Not Good With People: Cordelia is a mild case, being somewhat brusque with other faeries, but much more at ease with animals.
 * Older Than They Look: Well, most of the cast are faeries...
 * On Again Off Again: Tania and Edric, with faint shades of The Masochism Tango. Really, the hurt those two inflict on each other makes you wonder why they bother coming back.
 * The Prophecy: Lots of them.
 * Shout-Out: To Shakespeare.
 * Villain Pedigree: The Big Bads just keep getting bigger:
 * Will Not Tell a Lie: Seems to be an Aurealis family trait, except for Tania (and presumably ) who need to keep up The Masquerade. Tania does have a hard time lying, though.
 * The Worf Effect:

Book One

 * Ambition Is Evil:
 * As You Wish: The quote from Romeo and Juliet that makes Tania finally realize which of her suitors truly loves her.
 * Aristocrats Are Evil: Only some of them.
 * Armor-Piercing Slap: Tania wallops  hard for lying to her, which silences him immediately.
 * Bertha in The Attic: Eden in her tower.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: The entire ending with Tania's attempt to is just amazing and made of win.
 * Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday: On Anita's 16th birthday, she almost dies in a boat crash, gains mystical faerie powers and discovers she's a lost princess.
 * Fisher King: Oberon.
 * Heel Face Turn: Used interestingly with Edric.
 * There's another example later when.
 * Kick the Dog: It's seeing how harshly  treats  that makes Tania realize he's the villain.
 * Lady of War: Again, all the princesses.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: Tania has forgotten all her memories of the Faerie Realm.
 * Living MacGuffin: Tania, at first.
 * MacGuffin: the soulbooks
 * Prince Charming: This is the reader's initial impression of.
 * Also Edric from Tania's perspective, even though he's technically not a prince.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Gabriel implies that Eden has turned into this.

Book Two
"Jade: What really happened to you while you were missing? Come on, I want the truth.
 * Cool Ship: The Cloud Scudder.
 * Fish Out of Water: The princesses in the Mortal World.
 * Humans Are Bastards: Sancha, Zara and Cordelia share this opnion, especially Cordelia, who is horrified by the pollution in modern-day London.
 * Invisible to Normals: The Gray Knights.
 * Living MacGuffin: The titular 'lost queen'.
 * Mind Rape:  tries it twice.
 * Punny Name: Lilith Mariner, anyone?
 * Which is made even more noticeable by the fact that Edric points it out.
 * Prophetic Dreams: Tania's nightmares about.
 * Sarcastic Confession: Tania to Jade.

Tania: The truth? Okay. The truth is I went to another world and found out that I'm a Faerie princess.

Jade: Good one!"


 * Smitten Teenage Girl: Tania's parents see her as this in regards to Edric, and even forbid her from seeing him because he's a "bad influence". To be fair, from their point of view it does look like Tania's sudden mood swings and disobedience are caused by him.
 * Terms of Endangerment:
 * The Quest
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Edric gives Tania a thorough telling-off when he finds out she's been to see a fortune teller, in spite of knowing that  can reach her through a medium. She doesn't take it well.

Book Three

 * Complete Monster: The Sorcerer King, who doubles as a Walking Wasteland and Tyrant Takes the Helm.
 * The Dog Bites Back:
 * Distressed Dude:
 * Evil Matriarch: Lamia of the Lyonesse, although she's only mentioned once.
 * She's in the manga, though.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Grim Up North: Prydain, the geographical equivalent of Scotland on the Fantasy Map where Faerie is shaped just like Britain.
 * Kick the Dog: The Sorcerer King, torturing his prisoners.
 * Love At First Sight:
 * Tear Jerker:
 * The Power of Love: Between Oberon and Titania, and between the sisters (the Power of Seven).
 * This Is Unforgivable!: Sancha, after
 * Unicorns: They're pretty, all right, but very dangerous. Not to mention carnivorous.
 * Wacky Wayside Tribe: The Lios Foltaigg.
 * Wacky Wayside Tribe: The Lios Foltaigg.

Book Four

 * The Atoner:
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: For one troper, it was the part where Tania, Rathina and Edric fight off those thugs.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Connor.
 * Fantastic Racism: Lord Aldritch and Hollin call Tania a "half-thing" and accuse her of bringing evil to Faerie just for being who she is.
 * Fish Out of Water: Poor Connor. Also Clive Palmer; they're both scientific, logical types, who don't deal well with the Faerie Realm at all.
 * Fourth Date Marriage:  Tania, due to her 21st-century upbringing, strongly disapproves of this. Especially when   suggests following their example.
 * Hundred-Percent Adoration Rating: Surprisingly subverted, especially for such an ordinarily optimistic and cute series.
 * Light Is Not Good: Hollin, who dresses in bright yellow and claims to be a famous healer, but is really just an Ax Crazy charlatan out for Tania's blood.
 * Mood Whiplash:
 * The Plague
 * Took a Level In Badass:

Book Five
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 * Crystal Dragon Jesus: The Divine Harper.
 * Drunk On the Dark Side:  has a hard time giving up the Dark Arts.
 * The Fair Folk: Ashling dar Dair.
 * Immortality Immorality:  makes a deal with Lord Balor, who is searching for the secret to immortality: in return for handing over   to Balor to experiment on, Balor will let him take the secret back to   and become rich and famous.
 * Kid With the Leash: Lord Balor and his chained Salamander.
 * Mind Rape:
 * When  does the same thing to him later on, you can't help feeling as though it's Laser-Guided Karma.
 * Mind Screw: The land of Erin. There's one region of endless night, another of endless day, one where the voices of dead loved ones call to travelers from the trees ... you would not want to live there. Connor perceives the entire Faerie Realm as this.
 * The Mole:
 * Pirate: Lord Balor.
 * Shapeshifting Squick: What Ashling does to
 * Sour Supporter: Connor, whose grumbling gets on everybody's nerves.
 * Unfortunate Implications: Hold on to your boyfriends, girls. Even when they  That's true love.

Book Six

 * Arc Words: "Do not listen to the hooves ... "
 * The Chessmaster: Lear, to an extreme degree. Even Tania doesn't notice until it's almost too late.
 * Friendship Moment: Jade comforting Tania, who's had yet another case of Laser-Guided Amnesia.
 * High Octane Nightmare Fuel: Dead. Birds. Flying.
 * I Know Karate: Jade, who turns out to be quite the Badass Normal and surprisingly helpful.
 * The Ophelia:
 * Pair the Spares:
 * Paranoia Fuel:
 * Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: After all her experiences with Prophetic Dreams, Tania worries about whether her latest set of nightmares means anything or not.
 * My Future Self and Me:
 * Save Both Worlds
 * Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul:
 * They Do:  tells   to 'ask her again', and when he does (in much less flowery terms than before, and being careful to call her by both names) she finally says yes.
 * Villain With Good Publicity:
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: