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Wings: A Fairy Tale brings a new type of fairy tale for us to enjoy.

What I loved about Wings: A Fairy Tale was the idea of having a human sprouting real wing and the little details like sparkling cheeks and stuff. I loved the fantasy and the cute magical creatures. I love the creativity of the entire plot especially with the goblins. I use to think there was one type of goblins but in Wings, I was sadly mistaken. There were tons: bird goblins, raccoon goblins, etc.

Another thing I liked about Wings was the fact that it brought A Midsummer Nights Dream to it. There were aspects from that play that was brought into the plot. Things like Titania and the human who became a donkey-head person by magic and stuff like that. I liked how E.D. Baker managed to look beyond the play and draw her own conclusions and her own story.

Tamisin was a girl who was mature beyond her age. I always thought it was funny that she didnt really freak out from her wings and stuff. I mean, she was surprised and wondered what happened but she didnt outright freak out which is something I totally would have done. In a way, being mature was nice but it didnt make the book too realistic.

The ending didnt surprise me that much especially since the synopsis from Amazon totally ruined it. Before I even started the book, I already knew that Titania was her mother and that made her at least half-fairy. I think the summary basically ruined the book&but at least I got to read about the process of her finding that information out.