I'd previously read sharp, the 1st book in this series before, and at the time I intended to go back to the beginning and read Feyland. Instead I've finished off the rest of the Feyguard trilogy.

Sharp is still my favourite. Sharp is an internet gaming star, who'd previously managed to break into the new Feyland virtual reality game, and actually transfer into the world of Fairie - complete with the traditional Light and Dark courts, and unaffliated allies, such as the sprite Puck. At the time Spark had a coterie of friends around her, but now that Feyland is having it's global launch, she's on her own, touring with the gaming company. However she's still charged with maintaining the boundary between Fairie and Feyland, protecting innocent humans from the wiles and malice of the Fey. Easy enough she thought, until she encountered the hacker Aaron. Down on his luck lucking for an edge he thought it too good to be true that he'd actually met the famous Spark. When she invites him to demo a preview version he realises his luck is finally arrived.

Royal follows the fighter in the party - a privileged son of one of Feyland's developers, nothing is too good for him, girls included. However he's beginning to learn a little humility and the value of friends from whatever strata in society they come from. Once again he's captured by the wiles of the Fey when he falls for an emissary of the Dark Court, the stunning Brae. Perhaps the best of the trilogy is the continuity this shows from Spark, because Royal is the weakest fo the three characters, too obvious, too changeable and generally weak. Even his strong front of his persona is poor crafted.

Marney is similar in scope - she's old school gamer, none of this VR for her. But she's the only Guardian in town when an enterprisingly gamer starts pulling bits of faerie out of the game to decorate his nightclub. - this really is as weak as it sounds plotwise, which is a shame as Marney's one of the better characters, strong, independent but human too with weakness and doubts.

Overall it remains a lot of fun. There's just enough technology future cast to make the VR belivable. and the faerie adhere's well to traditional Lore, whilst being inventive in it's setting and characters. I really must read the first three! ( )