Faery Tales & Nightmares

Melissa Marr's Faery Tales and Nightmares was quite the read! Filled with short stories I decided to break the review into short segments about each tale.WHERE NIGHTMARES WALKThis one was a little odd, it was only 2 pages long. Yet the little bit of story we had was interesting. A character is running for their life. And there's a sense of danger, but not much else in known.Rating 3/5 starsTRANSITIONA nice little vampire story! These vampires have a different set of rules and one vampire will go to any lengths to be able to break them. It was a little confusing at times, it felt like there was some unknown, unsaid event that is only briefly mentioned that pertains to the story. But still it was pretty darn good! The ending was killer!Rating 4/5 starsLOVE STRUCKI really liked this one! It was about selkies--selchies--and it had a nice look into the mythology. Or at least Melissa's twist on it! It was great! A nice little story about love blossoming and all that!Rating 5/5 starsOLD HABITSThis was in the Wicked Lovely world, taking place after Ink Exchange. I have to admit that this is one that confused me quite a bit. I just couldn't really follow what was happening. What was the story part and all. It mostly dealt with Irial and his needing to let go of his kingly ways since Niall is now in charge.Rating 2.5/5 starsSTOPPING TIMEThis also takes place after Ink Exchange, and I've read it in another anthology--can't remember which one. But it deals with Leslie and Niall and Irial. They have the strangest relationship, yet it seems to work. It's really beautifully written I think. Leslie seems to have developed an enemy who threatens to expose her Fae friends if she doesn't pay up.Rating 4/5 starsTHE ART OF WAITINGAnother odd, short little tale. I can't be entirely sure what was meant to be told in this story. A man and his daughter live in this village. And they and the people of the village, are very close knit. They never seem to leave the village, then one day a stranger comes to town...Rating 3/5 starsFLESH FOR COMFORTAnother very short tale. This was also bizarre. Basically we see how far a girl will go to be pretty.Rating 3/5 starsCOTTON CANDY SKIESSet in the Wicked Lovely world as well, possibly after Radiant Shadows. This one is about Rabbit and it was quite intriguing. Rabbit is trying to adjust to his new life, but it's hard. He can't seem to find happiness. Then he meets Olivia who asks him an odd question, "what's your name?" And he can't seem to get the answer right. It has a nice little ending too!Rating 4/5 starsUNEXPECTED FAMILYThis takes place after Darkest Mercy. Seth comes to Niall and asks him for a favor. Seth has been summoned by his human parents. They need his help. Not knowing what he's about to get into, Seth asks for Niall to accompany him. They are not totally prepared for what they are about to encounter...and gain.Rating 3.5/5 starsMERELY MORTALThis also takes place after Darkest Mercy, and I, again, read this before in another anthology. Donia and Keenan go on vacation. To get away from it all. Keenan longs to take the test so he can be Fae again and be with Donia forever, yet she's hesitant, because she knows what the test can do to a person having taken it herself. The trip is meant for them to just be together and relax. Although they encounter a problem, humans and exposure.Rating 4/5 starsOverall rating 4/5 stars

THE FAERYS VIEWMelissa Marr is one of my favorite authors, of course me loving all things Fae has nothing to do with it but The Wicked Lovely Series will forever be one of my favorite series so I had to give Faery Tales and Nightmares a try even though short story compilations aren't really my thing. In Ms. Marr's case, she made reading short stories so pleasurable that I'm hoping against hope that she'll do it again!Faery Tales and Nightmares is compiled of twelve short stories, most of them revolving around characters in Ms. Marr's most wickedly awesome Wicked Lovely series but not all of them. There are some fabulous stories that delivered deliciously dark and decadent reading-in true Melissa Marr style. Ms. Marr's creative imagination knows no bounds and I'm forever in awe of her ability to draw me into a story to the point where I'm right there with the characters-in living color! Very few authors are as accomplished as Ms. Marr: her characters are well fleshed out, beautifully portrayed and step off the page realistic. Every story is vivid with exquisite detail and carried me along on a tide of pure happiness from start to finish. Every ending was absolutely perfect for each story which left me with an extremely satisfied feeling!My favorite non-Wicked Lovely Stories:Transition: a vampiric pleasure that I truly loved! A young girl get's the last laugh in this creepy yet clever tale.Love Struck: This was fantastic! A tale about two Selchie [Selkie] brothers and an unwitting girl on a beach. It had a great story based on Selchie lore and a beautiful love story but... what love story ever goes off without a BIG hitch? Especially when someone's underlying feelings are anything but honorable?My Favorite Wicked Lovely stories are [Spoiler if you haven't read Darkest Mercy] :Unexpected Family: This takes place AFTER Darkest Mercy when Seth receives a letter from his parents who are on vacation. They rarely contact Seth and they are in trouble, Seth takes Niall with him and what happens when they reach Seth's parents is not exactly what they were expecting.Cotton Candy Skies: Rabbit, sweet Rabbit! Always taking care of Tish and Ani finds himself without anyone to take care of. He ends up in Faery and although he has everything he could possibly want at his disposal, he's lonely and grieving the loss of Tish. Then he meets Olivia, remember her? She's the artist that paints with the sky and completely anti-social, talking to nobody- that is until she meets Rabbit. Will Rabbit finally have a life and love of his own?I truly loved Faery Tales and Nightmares and I can't say there was one story in there that I didn't like, I loved them all but to review them all would take me pages so I plucked out some favorites!THE FAERY SAYS FAERY TALES AND NIGHTMARES BY MELISSA MARR SET MY WINGS A'FLUTTER!

Melissa Marr needs to write more of these stories. I loved the wicked lovely series about faeries. I would read more of her faerie stories if she would write more of them.

Have had this one for awhile and finally wrapped it up this weekend. Loved the short stories that had to do with her other series, and frankly a couple had me checking the doors and windows when I was going to bed. Definitely nice creep factor going on here..

Amazing book with a lot of different stories, some of which pertaining to her world in wicked lovely. There are spoilers so be wary if you are picking this up before having finished our read her other series. All in all I absolutely love her use of mythological creatures and folklore as I feel she does the myth justice with many undomesticated figures.

I absolutely LOVE the Wicked Lovely series, but this book was not what I expected. It said various short stories, so that's what I thought it would be. More than half the book is just chapters of Wicked Lovely that didn't make the official cut. Again, I love Wicked Lovely, but I was hoping for more variety. There are a few short stories in there that don't follow the Wicked Lovely world, but they feel very anticlimactic. The story with Human Keenan and Queen Donia was good, but I couldn't care less about what happened to Leslie after she left. And Rabbit stuck in Fairy just made me sad. Wicked Lovely fans will have different opinions of this, but mine is where's the variety?

I like Melissa Marrs writing and this series of short stories tied up some of the story lines from the Wicked fairy series.I enjoyed it immensely.

I love the additional stories, they answer questions that you didn't know you had about some of your favorite characters.

Really enjoyed this book. Mainly because of the characters from the Wicked Lovely series. I hope ? are writes more about these characters in the future.

I enjoyed reading this book

I loved this collection of short stories. There are stories relating to the Wicked Lovely series as well as some brilliant stand alone stories. Unfortunately, I still want to read more about the Wicked Lovely characters, so am sad to see a definite end to the stories. A great read and would highly recommend to anyone who fell in love with the Wicked Lovely Saga.