Recommendation Sundaaaaaaaay

I can't really think of anything to do for today's Recommendation Sunday, so I'm starting a I don't know how many parts series where I recommend things most people seem to have already read. But whoever hasn't read them is getting them recommended by me. And I'm only writing a few sentences about each and why they're good. So yeah. It'll make more sense once you read the post.

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr [description from B&N]:

Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.

Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty—especially if they learn of her Sight—and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.

Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.

Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer.

Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.

But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost—regardless of her plans or desires.

Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.

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This book has faeries, action, and some delightful drama. There's a bitchy mother, seemingly mean king, interetsing Aislinnn, and some ooh-la-la secrets. And there is Seth.

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Death by Bikini by Linda Gerber [description from B&N]:

Aphra Behn Connolly has the type of life most teenage girls envy. She lives on a remote tropical island and spends most of her time eavesdropping on the rich and famous. The problem is that her family's resort allows few opportunities for her to make friends-much less to meet cute boys. So when a smoldering Seth Mulo arrives with his parents, she's immediately drawn to him. Sure, he's a little bit guarded, and sure his parents are rather cold, and okay he won't say a word about his past, but their chemistry is undeniable. Then a famous rock star's girlfriend turns up dead on the beach-strangled by her own bikini top-and alarm bells sound. Is it too great a coincidence that Seth's family turned up just one day before a murder? As the plot thickens, Aphra finds that danger lurks behind even the most unexpected of faces. . . .

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Fun. Light. Detectivey. Action. Romance. Suspense. Unique. Awesome.

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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray [description from B&N]

It’s 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma’s reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she’s been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence’s most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to?

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It's by Libba Bray. Libba Bray is amazing, therefore book is amazing. Is magical and actiony and original and has delightfully developed characters. Has secrets and Kartik. Yay. READ IT!

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Sorry that was so zombie-like. It's NaNo. I have no time to form coherent sentences.