The Faerie of Honor Rating

Faerie of Honor Books:
(click on the titles to go to my reviews)

• Blood Cross by Faith Hunter
• The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna R Hieber
• The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker by Leanna R Hieber
• Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
• The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter
• A Season of Eden by JM Warwick
• Siren by Tricia Rayburn
• Ravenous by Sharon Ashwood
• Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 
• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins 
• Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
• Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
• The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre
• Outpost by Ann Aguirre

Highly Recommended Authors:
I've decided to include a list of authors I absolutely adore.  You cannot go wrong reading any of their titles.  I've also included some of the (paranormal) genres that they write for those of you unfamiliar, or who are just starting out reading said genre.  I hope this helps!

• Anne Bishop (dark fantasy, paranormal* romance)
• Kresley Cole (paranormal romance)  She also has a WONDERFUL Highlander series
• Gena Showalter (paranormal romance)
• Patricia Briggs (urban fantasy / paranormal romance)
• Larissa Ione (paranormal romance)
• Faith Hunter (urban fantasy)
• Sharon Ashwood (paranormal romance)
• Lauren Oliver (young adult)
• Meljean Brook (steampunk)
• Stephanie Perkins (young adult / contemporary)

*I use the term paranormal romance here loosely.  I view Bishop's series as fantasy > paranormal.  But there's also romance.

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What are the guidelines for this?  

The Faerie of Honor is a rating awarded to 5-wing book reviews that blew me away.  Any books that were skillfully written and contain three or more of the following points have the potential of receiving this special recognition:

• A strong, thought-provoking and/or jaw-dropping plot.
  
• A creatively brilliant, original story-line.
  
• A compelling hero and/or heroine.
  
• Vivid, convincing secondary characters.
  
• A unique voice (ie: author’s writing style).
  
• Characters and/or scenes that make me cry*
  
• A book that I crave to re-read and will re-read**

*Crying entails bawling, not a slight tearing in the eyes. Either way, both rarely happen for me. **I don’t re-read books, so when I stumble upon a book I crave to read and do read again at a later point, it is automatically a keeper.

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