She needs something only Alex can provide, and she will stop at nothing to possess it. Fey are vanishing, and May needs to cross into the human world. That, and hed like his first kiss, preferably with Jerod Haynes, the straight boy with the beautiful girlfriend and the pe. As Alex's human world is being destroyed, the Unsee is being devoured by a ravenous mist. A Harmony Ink Press Young Adult Title First in the Haffling series All sixteen-year-old Alex Nevus wants is to be two years older and become his sister Alices legal guardian. There he finds his mother held captive by the power-mad Queen May and learns he is half-human and half-fey-a Haffling. Frantic, he tracks her to a remote corner of Manhattan and is transported to another dimension-the land of the Unsee, the realm of the Fey. When Alex's mother goes missing, everything falls apart. Having a fairy on his shoulder only he can see doesn't help, and his mom's schizophrenia places him and Alice in constant jeopardy of being carted back into foster care. Strapped with a mentally ill mother, Alex fears for his own sanity. Sadly, wanting something and getting it are very different.

That, and he'd like his first kiss, preferably with Jerod Haynes, the straight boy with the beautiful girlfriend and the perfect life. Sixteen-year-old Alex Nevus lives in the East Village with his family, attends Stuyvesant High School, and generally tries to keep his world from falling apart. The Haffling: Book One All sixteen-year-old Alex Nevus wants is to be two years older and become his sister Alice's legal guardian.

Haffling by Caleb James