I am a huge fan of fantasy fiction, but I'll admit this one wasn't so great. The plot and characters had the potential to make a great story and the romance could have made it YA, but the quality of the narrative and style of the author was clichéd and idealized which made it resemble a fairy tale for ten year olds rather than for teenagers.
The Amulet is about a young and beautiful girl, (here's the cliché, she has no faults), who lost her mother at a young age and lives with her adoring father. On the day of her death Faedra's mother gave her a figurine of a fairy set on a horse and she was told to treasure it forever. On her 18th birthday, however, Faedra realises that there is more to the fairy figurine than she thought. Her pet dog Faen transforms into a stunningly handsome fairy (who looks like he came out of a Disney film as said in the book) who is her Guardian and informs Faedra that her mother had been a Custodian, a very powerful human being with magical powers and Faedra is next in line. Training begins and Faedra learns to develop her powers so she can protect the Amulet, a powerful instrument that controls the weather in different worlds and would cause havoc in the wrong hands. Although some parts were humorous, such as the relationship between Faen, the love interest in the story, and his younger sister Jocelyn, the romance was predictable and seemed irrelevant since it caused no real problems or issues.

Also, Faedra is a natural; there is no real difficulty in the development of her transforming from an average teenager to a powerful Custodian which I expected to be a main subject. The realm of fairies created by Pensy was too common and had no real originality to it and the main "good" characters were far too perfect for my liking.
Nonetheless it makes a fun and simple read as some surprising truths are uncovered that the reader is eager to know since the build-up and suspense that surrounds them was moderately effective. Overall, the main reason I didn't love this book was that it felt like it was meant to be for young adults as hinted by the romance but was written in a style for a much younger audience. Girls from the ages of ten to thirteen would be best for this book but I couldn't honestly say any older.

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