Mist by Kathryn James (Book Review)

Goodreads summary:

A chilling fairy-tale thriller for 10+ girls.

Midnight: a mist-haunted wood with a bad reputation. A sweet sixteen party, and 13 year old Nell is trying to keep her sister, spoilt birthday-girl Gwen, out of trouble. No chance. Trouble finds Gwen and drags her through the mist. Only Nell guesses who’s behind the kidnap - the boy she hoped was her friend, the cute but mysterious Evan River.

All those fairy stories Nell’s grandmother told her about girls being stolen by fairy folk are true. The Elven are beautiful as starlight, fierce as wolves, and cold as ice. And they want their world back. The fight has been raging for centuries. Nell’s grandmother should know, she’s a Watcher, the ones responsible for imprisoning the Elven in isolated iron-bound camps in Siberia. Only Evan, his fanatical older brother Fen, and a handful of Elven children are still free. 

Fen, hellbent on revenge, keeps Gwen in their wolf-guarded stronghold deep in the mist. The price for her safe return? The release of all the Elven – but the Watchers will never agree. Only Nell can save Gwen.

Time is twisted through the mist: if Nell stops longer than a night and day, a hundred years will hit her as soon as she returns and she’ll be old and withered before she’s even lived. The clock is ticking.

                                                                               My Rating: 4

My review:

Mist follows a girl called Nell who meets a mysterious boy called Evan who she's immediately attracted to. One night, her sister Gwen has a birthday party in the woods and mysteriously disappears. Nell discovers her sister has been kidnapped, and she discovers a fairy world where all is not as it seems.

I really liked Nell as a character. She reminds me of myself when I was thirteen years old. She was an outcast, the one nobody paid attention to. Unlike her sister, Nell didn't care that she was unpopular. 

I really liked Evan's character, and I see why Nell was attracted to him. He's very mysterious and unpredictable. Sometimes he acts like he doesn't give a damn about Nell, but he does a lot of things to help her and keep her out of danger. 

Another character I liked was Nell's sister Gwen. At first she was like a typical annoying bitchy character, but as the story continues we begin to see a more vulnerable side of her. 

Evan's older brother Fen was the main antagonist, but it turns out there's a reason why he's acting like he is. He used to be a really good big brother to Evan, but that changed when their parents disappeared and he grew a dislike towards people and swore to get revenge. I actually felt sorry for him. 

I really liked the plot and fell in love with the fairy world. The fairies are very interesting people, and I felt like I wanted to jump into their world and get to know them. I liked how Nell got on well with the fairies and tried to fit in to their world. 

I borrowed this book from a library, but I enjoyed it so much that I'm thinking of buying my own copy.. If you love fun stories, fairies and just awesome awesome stories.. Then you will love Mist. 

In the summary it says this book is for '10+ girls' if you are a male, don't be put off. This is for you as well.