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Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (A Lament Novel) Paperback – Illustrated, October 8, 2008

by Maggie Stiefvater (Author)
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL SHIVER

"Vibrant and potent, YA readers searching for faerie stories will be happy to find this accomplished debut novel."
–Publishers Weekly
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"This beautiful and out-of-the-ordinary debut novel, with its authentic depiction of Celtic Faerie lore and dangerous forbidden love in a contemporary American setting, will appeal to readers of Nancy Werlin's Impossible and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series."
–Booklist
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"Part adventure, part fantasy, and wholly riveting love story, Lament will delight nearly all audiences with its skillful blend of magic and ordinary life."
―KLIATT (starred review)

Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand―one who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, the enigmatic and gorgeous Luke turns out to be a gallowglass―a soulless faerie assassin. An equally hunky―and equally dangerous―dark faerie soldier named Aodhan is also stalking Deirdre. Sworn enemies, Luke and Aodhan each have a deadly assignment from the Faerie Queen. Namely, kill Deirdre before her music captures the attention of the Fae and threatens the Queen's sovereignty. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James, her wisecracking but loyal best friend. Deirdre had been wishing her life weren't so dull, but getting trapped in the middle of a centuries-old faerie war isn't exactly what she had in mind . . .

Lament is a dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, plus cover art and interior illustrations by acclaimed faerie artist Julia Jeffrey.

 

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  1. Book 1 of 2
    A Lament Novel
  2. Print length
    325 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Flux
  5. Publication date
    October 8, 2008
  6. Grade level
    7 and up
  7. Dimensions
    5.27 x 0.81 x 7.96 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0738713708
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0738713700
  10. Lexile measure
    720L
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*Starred Review* Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan, a gifted harpist who regularly plays for weddings and other events, has the kind of stage fright that makes her physically ill before a performance, which is an inauspicious way to start a romance; but while vomiting before a competition she meets a gorgeous boy who comes into the restroom to hold her hair. He is Luke Dillon, a flautist who proceeds to accompany her in a truly stellar performance. As four-leaf clovers start appearing everywhere, Deirdre develops telekinetic powers and encounters strange, unworldly people who seem to bear her ill will. Her best friend, James, also a talented musician; her beloved grandmother; and her mother all are in danger, as Deirdre is targeted by the queen of Faerie. Deirdre eventually discovers that she is a cloverhand, a person who can see the denizens of faerie, and Luke, not the only immortal who has her in his sights, is a gallowglass, an assassin assigned by the queen of Faerie to kill Deirdre but who falls in love with her instead. This beautiful and out-of-the-ordinary debut novel, with its authentic depiction of Celtic Faerie lore and dangerous forbidden love in a contemporary American setting, will appeal to readers of Nancy Werlin’s Impossible (2008) and Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. Illustrations by Jeffrey are fitting. Grades 9-12. --Diana Tixier Herald

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"Part adventure, part fantasy, and wholly riveting love story, Lament will delight nearly all audiences with its skillful blend of magic and ordinary life." --KLIATT (starred review)

"This beautiful and out-of-the-ordinary debut novel, with its authentic depiction of Celtic Faerie lore and dangerous forbidden love in a contemporary American setting, will appeal to readers of Nancy Werlin's Impossible and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series." --Booklist (starred review)

"Vibrant and potent, YA readers searching for faerie stories will be happy to find this accomplished debut novel." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Flux; Illustrated edition (October 8, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 325 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0738713708
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0738713700
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 720L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.27 x 0.81 x 7.96 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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New York Times bestselling author of The Shiver Trilogy, The Raven Cycle, and The Scorpio Races. Artist. Driver of things with wheels. Avid reader.

Maggie Stiefvater plays several musical instruments (most infamously, the bagpipes) and makes art in several media (most generally, colored pencils).

She lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband, their two children, many dogs, a bunch of fainting goats, and a mating pair of growly tuner cars.

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Brake4Moose
5.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous Lament
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2009
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Lament by Maggie Stiefvater is a mystical magical tale of the world of Faerie that is sure to delight even the most unbelieving reader. This is a tale woven so beautifully that it flows like water through your fingers. A tale that is sure to entertain all ages and a great summer read for your teen/young adult.

Deirdre Monaghan is a normal teenage girl but with musical talent that is well beyond her years. A musical gift that comes so naturally that it could even make the angels weep. Only problem is, is poor Dee has stage fright to the point of getting physically ill.

Luke Dillon is anything but what he seems. Befriending Dee and setting off her abilities to call the Fae is his beginning with her. They immediately fall in love but will the dangerous obstacles that pop up keep them from each other?

Our story starts quickly and leads to our heroine singing a Lament while playing her harp accompanied by a brand new acquaintance who plays the flute just as beautifully. Together the duo set in motion something that will change their futures forever.

Deirdre hears herself singing but can't quite believe the voice that sounds like an angel's let alone how it could possibly be coming from her. Her strumming the harp is like caressing the finest silk, soft, smooth and yet powerful. This is the best performance of her life and she hopes that it will win her the school competition. With Luke's flute beside her how could she possibly lose and who is this stranger that has popped into her life so suddenly.

As our story goes on many strange things start to happen to our characters. Most of what happens seems to involve Dee and things that she always thought were children's tales are now becoming realities both frightening and beautiful. The female line of her family being blessed with a gift, or is it really a curse take her down a path that will determine the outcome of the human race. Her only hint of dangers present is the smell of herbs and the finding of four leaf clover that appear out of seemingly thin air. Question is, will Luke be able to save her from a cruel fate? Will he be able to save himself for falling hopelessly in love with what is forbidden?

Our author has given us a tale of enchantingly beautiful music combined with jealousy. A story that has been woven as tightly and intricately as a spider's web. A story of danger and love that are balanced equally and of trust and deception so fragile that a feather angled just the right way could slice through unhindered. A story where the heroine saves the hero with an unusually powerful ending. One I won't soon forget.
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Emily
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Amazing Stiefvater Novel!
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2012
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"You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again." ' Maggie Stiefvater, Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception

Ok, as regular readers will know I have a pretty big author crush on Maggie Steifvater. I loved the Shiver series, ADORED The Scorpio Races, and have been eagerly awaiting The Raven Boys. In order to get my Maggie fix prior to The Raven Boys I decided to order Lament from Amazon and I was not disappointed!

Lament begins with Deirdre Monaghan getting ready for a school musical competition when suddenly a mysterious boy, Luke, arrives and the two perform a duet totally on the fly. From there Luke becomes kind of a staple in Deirdre's life. The reason for Luke's sudden appearance is because Deirdre is a cloverhand, a human with the power to control the fey.

I really love Steifvater's way of bringing characters to life. I felt like as the novel progressed I knew exactly who Deirdre was and I understood the choices she made because they are ones that I too would have made had I been in the situation. I also liked that as Deirdre learned more about herself and what she is she grew as a character.

The romance between Luke and Deirdre didn't feel forced and while it was kind of instant it was still very believable. I think Deirdre pushed the relationship along more then Luke too. It was good to see a strong young woman being in charge of her love life! And boy the ending between the two of them! It definitely made me eager to begin the next book.

Prior to reading Julie Kagawa's The Iron fey series I stayed away from anything fey related. In fact, I will go so far as to say that I `may' have looked down on other YA readers who read books about fey. I now see the error of my ways and with Lament I have became a total fairy convert! The fey in this book were very traditional and in line with Celtic lore. I loved that they were spiteful, secretive, and not at all human. In short they were just perfect! One of my favorite Fey characters was Una, although she wasn't a main character she stole every scene she was in and I hope that in the next book she plays a bigger role.

Overall, I really enjoyed Lament. It was a fresh take on the fey and I was engrossed from the first to last page. I can't wait to begin the second book and see what Maggie has in store for us next!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really excellent!! Caught my interest right from the start
Reviewed in Canada on December 10, 2017
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Really excellent!! Caught my interest right from the start!! 👍🏻 I’ll definetly be buying the second one in the series!!
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L. F. Knight
5.0 out of 5 stars Lament - the only thing u can desire is the one u can never have
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2012
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Deirdre Monaghan is sixteen. She has a talent for music. Infact, a gift and she doesn't even know that she has it. She uses it frequently, but never enough to be the best like she can be. She is a harpist. A TALENTED harpist.

One day, at the auctition at her high school, she is getting ready for a her performance and is tremendously nervous. So nervous that she has to be sick. She goes to the ladies bathroom and pukes. Then she meets Luke...

Dee decides that she likes Luke and can't wait to see him again. But the more time she spends with Luke the more she gets surrounded by strange faerie things e.g. "Freckle Freak"; a guy who reaks of thyme. Or clovers, four-leaf clovers that somehow seem to follow her everywhere she goes. Luke has a secret that he cannot tell anyone. Even Dee...

Each day Dee spends with Luke, more information about Lukes secret is unravelled; that he won't tell her about.

Dee unravels a secret of herself, too: she is a cloverhand - someone who can see faeries and also uses similar powers to what the faeries use. Then, Dee descides something else: she likes her gift and she loves Luke. But does Luke love her back? And is this gift of hers safe to keep?
The Others are watching...
...They're closing in on her.
And all Dee wants is a summer romance with Luke. A bit of time. Precious time that can be snatched away just like that. But her future has already been planned.

With Luke bound tight in his secret, held back, not able to escape the strong grasp on him and Dee surrounded by surreal things, faeries, things she never wanted, except for luke, how can their love concur? How can their love survive? The faeries are taking over and only Dee can stop them. She is in a dangerous game when the one you love is the one who gets hurt so you can be hurt...

Thats my version of Laments Blur, hehe ;D
Anyway, well Dee is a nervous, invisible person. Well, not literally invisble, in the way when you're never noticed. And Luke is an asassin who has his soul trapped behind bars, stolen from his body. Now he must serve the Faerie queen - Deirdre O'Brien (same name as the main character...strange). If he denies to serve her, his soul will be sent to hell, where the flames of roaring fire never burns out. Serving the Faerie queen, he is ordered to kill a cloverhand (as i said, a person who has faerie powers and can see faeries too, but is human) considering they might become powerful and suddenly take over the queen and then become queen or king themselves. And this cloverhand happens to be Dee, the girl who is invisible. But not invisible enough to not be seen by Them. Dee doesn't even know that she has a gift; she hasn't even used her powers. But despite that, her future has already been spoken for. Luke accepts the offer for he mustn't disobey the queen or his soul will be damned...

Luke finds Dee and finds himself fascinated by her and cannot find it in him to destroy her. Dee is attracted to Luke, and also likes him too. They start to spend time together as they both like eachother and Dee senses that Luke is different and not normal. Not like the others; he is odd. Dee wants to find out more about him and Luke tells her that he cannot reveal the truth of who he really is. Dee unravels who he is eventually and is shocked and sad for he is an asassin who has killed so many people. Despite her disgust towards him, she can't find it in her heart to hate him. She doesn't know what is making him do it, but she senses that that's not what the real Luke is like. She KNOWS that hes not really like that, and the love that is held in her for him - only him - cannot be destroyed by his past.

During this time, when Dee is alone, she feels unsecure and vunerable as there are faeries everywhere she turns. She finds herself walking in four-leaved clovers constantly, as if they're following her secretly. She keeps being stalked by a freak - Freckle Freak as she calls him because of his freckles and his sketchy, freaky personality. But no matter how much the faeries try to harm Dee, Luke is always there. As if he is her hero. Her protecter.

But Luke cannot be there for her forever so it is possible that their love - a small rose petal, peach-coloured, gleaming in the sunset, falling down, down, down into the delicate envying hands of the faerie queen - will be destroyed.

When everything is taken from her - James, her best friend and Luke, her love - she finds it in her that SHE is the one who has to save them. She can do it. And she will.

After Dee saves James and Luke, the queen is out-voted and then is destroyed by her people. Lukes soul is free for the queen is dead. But his soul would mean a goodbye. For Dee and Luke, it would be the last goodbye they would ever say. Dee can't find it in her heart to keep Luke. She must let him go now. Neither of them want to leave eachother but its the only way and Luke has waited for his soul to flutter its dove wings back into his chest so he can be ALIVE and free, for so long. It has to be a goodbye...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2016
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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars I ready this as a teen and have reread many times over
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2023
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I love the world built in this series and the characters are a delight. The inclusion of the musical background of the two friends I also find fun
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Vaishnavi Saritha
1.0 out of 5 stars Bored
Reviewed in India on March 1, 2018
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Seriously i though it will be good like the shiver trilogy. But it is so stupid and boring
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