Author: Maggie Stiefvater
EAN: 9780738714844
Trade Paperback
Young Adult/Fiction
Price: $9.95
Release: October 2009

Book Reviews

VOYA"Ballad is giddy, intoxicating, and threatening all at once. It is sheer edge-read: you feel like you stand on a cliff through every scene, only barely clinging to the world, not knowing who is coming up behind you!"
—Tamora Pierce

"Maggie Stiefvater excels at writing wonderfully complex characters who face wickedly impossible obstacles. Ballad had me hooked until the pulse-pounding end. Readers who loved Lament will devour Ballad and plead for more!"
—Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth

"With its razor wit, compelling characters, and deliriously beautiful prose, Ballad will make you laugh and gasp out loud even as it breaks your heart. Maggie Stiefvater is an author to watch out for."
—R.J. Anderson, author of Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter

"Stiefvater weaves suspense, romance, and music together to deliver a thoroughly satisfying story. Give this one a shot."
—Realms of Fantasy

 "Readers of Holly Black's Tithe (2002) or Charles de Lint's The Blue Girl (2004) will enjoy this rich foray into faerie. The book's backdrop, so firmly rooted in Celtic myth, is scary, mysterious, magical, and horrifying."
—Booklist

"James and Nuala are clever language users, though, and their romance is sweetly managed, given their equally bristly characters. Add to that a wistful melancholy that pervades the atmosphere and you have a book with decent appeal for those who long for a world beyond the veil."
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Stiefvater's writing continues to mature. Her plot is more focused than in Lament, while her evocative language does the elusive subject matter justice."
—VOYA

"A mature and intelligent story that should appeal to those interested in contemporary characters faced with circumstances a bit out of the ordinary."
—ALAN Online, an August 2009 Pick of the Month