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 This was such a fun book! 
 (view spoiler)[Laurel is a 15 year old girl beginning at a new high school after doing the home school thing her whole life. She moved away from her childhood home to a new place. She isn't happy - but eventually she makes a nice new friend; David. 
 Things seem to be getting better until Laurel finds a mysterious bump on her back. As days pass by, she hides it and comes up with all sorts of theories as to what it may be (cancer, etc.). Imagine her surprise when she goes into the bathroom one morning and there's a flower growing out of her back in place of the bump! Of course, she freaks and hides it. Eventually she confides in David. David, a science buff inspects cells from the blossom and find that it is indeed plant cells. 
 Laurel goes to her childhood home for some answers. She ventures out into the woods and comes across Tamani. Tamani is a faerie - and he informs her that she is one as well. In this book faeries are something a tad bit different than what we normally see them as. They're plants. Tamani tells Laurel she is a PLANT. Weird much? Yeah. So naturally she flips out and goes back home in denial. 
 After a cheek swab, and David peeking into his microscope again, she can't deny what she is seeing. She is definitely a plant. 
 Faeries are not the only mystical creatures out there. Trolls are trying to buy the land on which her old home sits - ultimately to find out the secrets that land holds and gain entrance to Avalon (land of the Fae). Gorgeous, mysterious Tamani begs Laurel to do what she can to postpone the land from being sold. 
 Later on, Laurel's father becomes ill - and Laurel, David and Tamani are on a mission to beat the trolls who are trying to buy the land and take over. 
 At the end of Wings (Book 1 of 4), we are left with Laurel living two separate lives. (hide spoiler)] 
 Complaints first! 
 1.) The villains were not interesting enough! The faeries were so interesting to me, but the trolls were incredibly blah and just..BORING. 
 2.) I wish it was a wee bit longer and more detailed. Fingers crossed for the next book(s) in the series. 
 3.) I didn't like Laurel all the time. I went back and forth liking and disliking her. She was snippy at times and also not very smart to hide the things going on from her parents and yet tell this boy she's barely just met about it! Really? 
 HOWEVER! I adored the book. It was fun and fast paced. I haven't read many fairy/faerie books, but this was a nice place to start. It was unique and had a bit of everything in it. I think the idea of "blossoms" is really neat. Laurel gets along with her parents (can you believe it?) which is a nice change from the norm with YA books. I love a good love triangle, and this definitely has one. You'll absolutely fall in love with Tamani. He's charming and clever, sweet and mysterious. Very fun! I'd recommend this for younger readers (it seemed more middle grade to me). 
 I also have to say I think the cover is super pretty. ^-^