I recently took part in the ‘Goodreads Giveaway’ – where an author gives away a set number of books free to readers before or around publication date, and it is a sort of understanding that the reader will leave a review on Goodreads. I decided to send out 20 signed books, I really did want to know what people thought of the book.

But I was nervous. Actually, I was terrified. The only people who had read my book so far were kindly friends and relatives, the people who worked for the publisher, a professional critique organisation and the ‘Writers Circle’ group that I attend. But I still hadn’t come across anybody who would be brutally honest if they didn’t like the book.

So this was the first reaction from real readers, a cross section of the people who will be buying the book; my readers.

I sent out the books three weeks ago and waited with bated breath for the first review to appear.

The first two reviews came in on 14th November, another on 19th and the most recent came in yesterday. I am on an absolute high.

"I received this book for free from the Goodreads ‘First Reads’ program. I loved it! When does the next book in the series come out? A coming of age novel with a girl who is just finding out she is fae and that she has to save the fae from destruction. Well written and easily read. Definitely a book I will recommend to friends."

"So... I found this book to be a quick, easy read. I really liked this book - as is probably obvious from the rating I've given it.

Scarlett was a really interesting, well-rounded character. I did feel that she had realistic strengths and weaknesses. She was really naive at times, but it seemed to fit really well with her character. (She did seem a bit obsessive about her appearance, though, and very contradictory at times).

I really liked the way the Fae world was different to the everyday world. How it was described came across really well - and I liked the different fairies and how they varied to each other.

I really liked Luke - and I have to say that, although I was surprised by what happened at the end, it was much better than the trend I've grown completely sick of. I hope to see more of that relationship forming throughout the next book.

I liked most of the other characters as well. It was nice that Scarlett wasn't incredibly popular, talented, etc. I could really get into her head at times in the story and relate really well with her over certain things - like her need to control what she could in the world. Again, they were things that made her a well-rounded, interesting character.

I really hated Sasha at first, but she eventually grew on me. I would have liked to know more about Jasper's and Ethan's motivations - the best villains are those who think they have good reasons for what they're doing, whether they are or not.

Generally speaking, the writing was really good and made it easy for me to read. Unfortunately, I did notice several errors - missing quotation marks, for one, but Jasper's gender also changed at one point in the story. And the wrong name was used at another point. Also, there were a few sentence fragments that didn't seem to go anywhere.

I'd definitely be interested in reading more books by this same author and in this same series. If it's available on Kindle with text-to-speech enabled, I'll recommend it to a friend of mine who really likes books about fairies... or the Fae."

"I never would have imagined how perfect this book was for me to read in the first place much less winning an advanced copy on my first try in a Goodreads giveaway. It was hard to put the book down and when I did it was only because I REALLY didn't want it to end. This is a Fae (fairy) story that is a little more "adult" than others I have read and I do love and collect fairy stories. I really felt that Cally Pepper was writing specifically for me because even though it was a fairy story I could relate to the main character and put myself into her feelings and desires. The main character even shares my love for the same drink that is mentioned several times throughout the book, which I got a good smile at every time. I also liked a lot of the new ideas about fairy's and their world that the author added. It definitely wasn't one of those books where you knew what was going to happen next, especially at the end which I actually had to re-read again to make sure I read it correctly! As for the cover I was afraid a white book would get very dirty and ruin the lovely cover image but it was rarely put down so that wasn't even an issue. This book is a great one to have if you love stories about fairies like I do and like to see a new take on them. I am SUPER excited that there will be a second book in the Faebles trilogy for YA/NA!!! I'm hungrily awaiting the next one!!!!!"

"Faebles...how can I ever leave a review about this book. I am so conflicted. It was freaking amazing. I just might have to read it again."

So I am on Cloud 9 at the moment, 9 ‘ratings’ – all five and four stars.

No doubt my elation will come to a crashing end when I get my first negative review!!