Tree for Sam and Billy: The Christmas Letter Book

Just to clarify, naming a book Extraordinary will NOT immediately raise it to EXTRAORDINARY status. And by the time I finished this book, there was no way on any account that I could even think of what this author had been smoking.

It's disgusting to see the normal high school girl falling for that aloof-couldn't-care-less tall, dark, stranger. But it's absoultely revolting to KNOW that the tall, dark, stranger is using the girl for something, and that he probably doesn't even look human! I went through 200 pages of girl-guy gross stuff, and yes, I did read EVERY SINGLE WORD of this book, because I am a patient and persistant reader.

Being patient and persistant didn't pay off. The book was horrible from start to finish. I couldn't care less what happened to Phoebe, I was a little annoyed at the Faerie queen for giving up basically all the Faerie's energy to some random HUMAN, (which I just couldn't get into my head- how can someone be that stupid?) and really, the only twist in this book was when Phoebe ended up partners with her human guy-friend. That was a different take on YA.

And really, what was up with the use of the word, "extraordinary"? Phoebe's ancestors were so "extraordinary" but she's so "ordinary" oh no! The use of the two words nearly drove me insane the last few 100 pages of the book.

So, yes, I didn't have high expectations when starting this book, (it takes a lot of wit for an author to name their book "Extraordinary" when it clearly turns out to be a rather "ordinary" book) and so was not immensely disappointed with how it ended.