Kelley Winslow is the hero of the novel Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston. Like the typical hero, she undertakes a journey through the course of the novel, and discovers a new identity. At first she thinks that she is a normal, 17-year-old girl living in New York city, until she learns that she is the daughter of King Auberon, and queen Mabh, and the princess of both the autumn and the winter faerie courts.In a way, Kelley is also unlike the typical hero, firstly because she is a girl, and secondly because near the end of the book, she decides to take her destiny into her own hands instead of doing what everyone expects her to do.
"Kelley's eyes snapped open, and she gasped at the revelation. The Faerie king could take away his power from her blood . . . but Kelley was willing to bet that he couldn't take away Mabh's. . . fight fire with fire. That was what they had been trying to tell her . . . Kelley closed her eyes again and searched even deeper inside of herself . . . She touched something with her mind: twisting, serpentine energy . . . The power of Mabh's shadowy throne wrapped around her, suffocating, overwhelming . . . Until suddenly, like a key turning in a lock, something clicked and Kelley was flooded with strength and fury. Mabh's power coursed through her veins like acid. She was deathly cold and on fire at the same time." (Lesley Livingston Wondrous Strange 309, 310)
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