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* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Laurel is unfortunately prone to this. She ignores her mentor Jamison's warning not to get complacent - ''twice'' - and Shar's warning (see [[What the Hell Hero]] below) has no effect on her actions whatsoever. |
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Laurel is unfortunately prone to this. She ignores her mentor Jamison's warning not to get complacent - ''twice'' - and Shar's warning (see [[What the Hell, Hero?]] below) has no effect on her actions whatsoever. |
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* [[All Myths Are True]]: Laurel is constantly finding faerie history behind various legends: ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', King Arthur, even Genesis. |
* [[All Myths Are True]]: Laurel is constantly finding faerie history behind various legends: ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', King Arthur, even Genesis. |
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* [[Almost Kiss]]: Laurel and Tamani are prone to these. |
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Laurel and Tamani are prone to these. |
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Klea. |
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Klea. |
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* [[Dance of Romance]]: Laurel and Tamani in ''Spells''. |
* [[Dance of Romance]]: Laurel and Tamani in ''Spells''. |
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* [[Dances and Balls]]: A lot of the action seems to happen coming home from them. |
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Klea, twice. |
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Klea, twice. |
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* [[Does Not Like Guns]]: Laurel. |
* [[Does Not Like Guns]]: Laurel. |
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* [[Granola Girl]]: Laurel is a vegan raised by hippie parents who believe in natural medicine. Justified, as she's a sentient plant and can't even digest animal foods. |
* [[Granola Girl]]: Laurel is a vegan raised by hippie parents who believe in natural medicine. Justified, as she's a sentient plant and can't even digest animal foods. |
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* [[Gratuitious Foreign Language]]: Faeries speaking Gaelic; their closest connection to the human world is a manor in Scotland. |
* [[Gratuitious Foreign Language]]: Faeries speaking Gaelic; their closest connection to the human world is a manor in Scotland. |
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* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: David and Tamani are fiercely jealous of each other, as are Laurel and Yuki in the third book. |
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* [[Hair of Gold]]: Laurel. |
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Laurel. |
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* [[He Knows Too Much]]: The reason why Barnes, the [[Big Bad]] of the first two books, has {{spoiler|David and Laurel}} thrown in the river. |
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: The reason why Barnes, the [[Big Bad]] of the first two books, has {{spoiler|David and Laurel}} thrown in the river. |
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* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Klea. |
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* [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]]: Plant-related faerie idioms such as "same fruit, different bough". |
* [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]]: Plant-related faerie idioms such as "same fruit, different bough". |
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* [[I Have a Family]]: Shar, admonishing Laurel to take her mission seriously: "I have a daughter, did you know that? (...) And I'd like her to have a father for at least the next hundred years, thank you very much." |
* [[I Have a Family]]: Shar, admonishing Laurel to take her mission seriously: "I have a daughter, did you know that? (...) And I'd like her to have a father for at least the next hundred years, thank you very much." |
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* [[Neutral Female]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|When David and Tamani get into a brawl over Laurel, she breaks up the fight, tells them she's through with both of them, storms off - and spends the rest of the day kissing Tamani.}} |
* [[Neutral Female]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|When David and Tamani get into a brawl over Laurel, she breaks up the fight, tells them she's through with both of them, storms off - and spends the rest of the day kissing Tamani.}} |
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* [[No Periods Period]]: Laurel never does get a human period, but the faerie equivalent - growing a blossom out of her back - is discussed in detail. |
* [[No Periods Period]]: Laurel never does get a human period, but the faerie equivalent - growing a blossom out of her back - is discussed in detail. |
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* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: {{spoiler|Yuki, the Winter faerie.}} |
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* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Jamison, parables and all. |
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* [[Older Than They Look]]: Faeries can reach up to two hundred years in age. |
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Faeries can reach up to two hundred years in age. |
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* [[Our Fairies Are Different]] |
* [[Our Fairies Are Different]] |
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* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In ''Spells'', David starts bodybuilding and reveals his skill with a gun in order to be more helpful to Laurel. |
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In ''Spells'', David starts bodybuilding and reveals his skill with a gun in order to be more helpful to Laurel. |
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* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Red and Scarface. |
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Red and Scarface. |
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* [[What the Hell Hero]]: Shar delivers a stinging speech to Laurel about the way she's been flirting with Tamani while still dating David. |
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Shar delivers a stinging speech to Laurel about the way she's been flirting with Tamani while still dating David. |
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* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different]]: Laurel's foster-mother struggles with the idea of Laurel being a faerie, although she does come to accept it later on. |
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: Laurel's foster-mother struggles with the idea of Laurel being a faerie, although she does come to accept it later on. |
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Revision as of 23:03, 8 January 2014
A series of New York Times bestselling fantasy books by Aprilynne Pike, featuring a young homeschooled girl named Laurel Sewell who transfers to public school, finds out she's actually a faerie changeling, falls in love with two boys, and fights trolls. The first three books are titled Wings, Spells and Illusions; the fourth one, Destined, will be released in 2012.
These books provide examples of:
- Aesop Amnesia: Laurel is unfortunately prone to this. She ignores her mentor Jamison's warning not to get complacent - twice - and Shar's warning (see What the Hell, Hero? below) has no effect on her actions whatsoever.
- All Myths Are True: Laurel is constantly finding faerie history behind various legends: A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Arthur, even Genesis.
- Almost Kiss: Laurel and Tamani are prone to these.
- Always Chaotic Evil: Trolls. Laurel points out conscientiously that there might be good trolls, but neither she nor the reader has met one yet.
- Arcadia: Avalon.
- Ascended Fangirl: Laurel's friend Chelsea.
- Betty and Veronica: David, Laurel's human classmate, and Tamani, her faerie childhood friend.
- Big Brother Mentor: Shar to Tamani.
- Bodyguard Crush: Tamani appoints himself Laurel's fear-gleididh, or protector for life.
- But Your Wings Are Beautiful: David calls Laurel's blossom "sexy".
- Changeling Fantasy: Laurel finds out she is a "scion", selected to inherit her foster-parents' land and bring it into faerie posession.
- Charm Person: The Spring faeries' only power, which only works on humans.
- Chekhov's Gun: "How long can you hold your breath?"
- Chekhov's Gunman: Klea.
- Dance of Romance: Laurel and Tamani in Spells.
- Dances and Balls: A lot of the action seems to happen coming home from them.
- Deus Ex Machina: Klea, twice.
- Does Not Like Guns: Laurel.
- Does Not Like Shoes: Faeries don't like any kind of clothes which are constricting or cover too much, since it cuts them off from the sunlight.
- Enemy Mine: Klea, a faerie working with trolls.
- Extranormal Institute: The Fall Faerie Academy, though of course it's quite normal in Avalon.
- Fantastic Caste System: Faeries are divided according to the season of their birth: Winter (the ruling class, extremely powerful and rare); Fall (healers and scientists, including Laurel); Summer (entertainers, illusionists) and Spring (the working class, including Tamani). Unlike some examples, the Spring faeries are still very well off -- no unemployment, poverty, etc. -- but the protocol still grates on Laurel's democratic nerves.
- For Halloween I Am Going As Myself: Laurel and David's inside joke.
- Forceful Kiss: Tamani does this to Laurel several times.
- Former Friend of Alpha Bitch: Mara, a classmate of Laurel's at the Academy who holds a grudge against her for winning the position of the scion over her head.
- Granola Girl: Laurel is a vegan raised by hippie parents who believe in natural medicine. Justified, as she's a sentient plant and can't even digest animal foods.
- Gratuitious Foreign Language: Faeries speaking Gaelic; their closest connection to the human world is a manor in Scotland.
- Green-Eyed Monster: David and Tamani are fiercely jealous of each other, as are Laurel and Yuki in the third book.
- Hair of Gold: Laurel.
- He Knows Too Much: The reason why Barnes, the Big Bad of the first two books, has David and Laurel thrown in the river.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Klea.
- Hold Your Hippogriffs: Plant-related faerie idioms such as "same fruit, different bough".
- I Have a Family: Shar, admonishing Laurel to take her mission seriously: "I have a daughter, did you know that? (...) And I'd like her to have a father for at least the next hundred years, thank you very much."
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Chelsea to David when he falls in love with Laurel. Though after Illusions, she might have a chance with him after all ...
- Internal Categorization: Tamani internalizes his Spring faerie status, much to Laurel's annoyance.
- Love Dodecahedron: Ryan/Chelsea/David/Laurel/Tamani/Yuki.
- Memento MacGuffin: The baby ring Tamani gives Laurel.
- The Mole: Yuki.
- Muggle Foster Parents: The Sewells.
- Nerds Are Sexy: David.
- Neutral Female: Subverted. When David and Tamani get into a brawl over Laurel, she breaks up the fight, tells them she's through with both of them, storms off - and spends the rest of the day kissing Tamani.
- No Periods Period: Laurel never does get a human period, but the faerie equivalent - growing a blossom out of her back - is discussed in detail.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Yuki, the Winter faerie.
- The Obi-Wan: Jamison, parables and all.
- Older Than They Look: Faeries can reach up to two hundred years in age.
- Our Fairies Are Different
- Pet Monstrosity: Bess.
- Plant Person: Faeries.
- Ship to Ship Combat: Laurel/David vs. Laurel/Tamani.
- Shirtless Scene: Tamani and David each get at least one.
- Single Target Sexuality: Tamani feels this way about Laurel.
- Suetopia: Subverted. Avalon may seem like one at first, but that's because they banish all dissidents to a prison camp in Hokkaido, Japan.
- Test Kiss: Laurel shares a literal, scientific test kiss with each of her boys: David, to find out if she exhales oxygen like a plant, and later Tamani, to see if she can "sense" him with her Fall faerie powers.
- Took a Level In Badass: In Spells, David starts bodybuilding and reveals his skill with a gun in order to be more helpful to Laurel.
- Those Two Bad Guys: Red and Scarface.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Shar delivers a stinging speech to Laurel about the way she's been flirting with Tamani while still dating David.
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Laurel's foster-mother struggles with the idea of Laurel being a faerie, although she does come to accept it later on.