Content levels
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
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Tropes
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand, one who can see fairies. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, he turns out to be a gallowglass, a soulless fairy assassin. And she is his next target ...
Is Lament appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Teens will find romance between a human girl and a fairy assassin sent to kill her. Contains moderate fantasy violence and supernatural danger, with themes of mortality and forbidden love appropriate for mature middle schoolers and up.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death and violence.
Who'll love this
Teens who love forbidden romance and fairy mythology will be captivated by this story of a musician who falls for a mysterious boy who isn't what he seems.