title: The Faerie Queene: A Reader's Guide
author: Heale
description: "...Heale acknowledges that she is neither comprehensive nor unbiased...the Guide truly may aid those preparing FQ for class, comprehensive exams, or even first-time teaching." Spenser Newsletter<br /><br />"...a godsend for students epically struggling with Spenser's epic. Even for courses where only a canto of two is read, this is well worth buying and keeping close at hand while reading the poetry. Today even instructors need such guides, and this is a good one." Bibliotheque D'Humanisme
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  Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a prodigiously gifted musician. She’s
  about to find out she’s also a cloverhand—one who can see faeries.
  
  
  Unexpectedly, Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy named
  Luke who enters her ordinary life, seemingly out of thin air. But his interest
  in her might be something darker than summer romance. When a sinister faerie
  named Aodhan shows up with deadly orders from the Faerie Queen, it forces Dee
  right into the midst of Faerie. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James,
  her wisecracking but loyal best friend.
  
  
  Deirdre had been wishing her summer weren’t so dull, but taking on a
  centuries-old Faerie Queen isn’t exactly what she had in mind.
  
  
  “Chock-full of the fierce and the fey, Lament is musical, magical, and
  practically radiating romance. A blood-fresh reinvention of old traditions,
  perfect for engag