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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is hard to describe. I've settled on "I Capture the Castle" meets "The Goblin Market." The language is beautiful and poetic, and I always felt like I "got it" but could see it not working for some readers. It's also extremely slow-paced.
The protagonist thinks that the love interest travels between the human world and the fairy world. Throughout the book, things happen that could be evidence of this, or could just be a trick of the light, or a dream, or the fact that she drank too much wine, and so on. I was worried that we'd never get a real answer—that we'd be left with a mess of possibilities, but the way it worked out was satisfying.
I only wish we'd gotten to hang around a little bit longer with the characters—the ending is not really a HEA but more of a hinting at a possible HEA.
The protagonist thinks that the love interest travels between the human world and the fairy world. Throughout the book, things happen that could be evidence of this, or could just be a trick of the light, or a dream, or the fact that she drank too much wine, and so on. I was worried that we'd never get a real answer—that we'd be left with a mess of possibilities, but the way it worked out was satisfying.
I only wish we'd gotten to hang around a little bit longer with the characters—the ending is not really a HEA but more of a hinting at a possible HEA.
Very, very lovely, and very dark in places. It feels like an older fairytale, then, one where magic is dangerous and unpredictable and there are no fairy godmothers to save you.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a Tam Lin inspired story and it’s so so very weird. I thought “Fire and Hemlock” by Diana Wynne Jones was confusing already, but this one takes the cake.
The writing is beautiful as always, but the story is so confusing most of the time since it goes between dream, reality and the fae world and there is room to doubt what is happening and why. Even though I was so confused, I really enjoyed this book. I do not recommended it for people that have no patience to wait for the reveals though or that mind being left with some questions that only might be found on rereads.
In this story we follow Rois and her family as they get to know a newcomer called Corbet Lynn and get involved in something not quite of this world. There are rumours about his family being cursed and everyone in the small village is curious about him and his story. There is mystery, a love story that doesn’t go as expected and a lot of confusing scenes.
I really liked the magical comforting and sometimes scary atmosphere and imagery. As always, the story had some turns I did not expected and I really liked what it had to say about love and family. At this point I just should have more faith in the author to not follow the terrible conclusions that others do in this kind of stories. I also found the characters neat and I can tell that because I remember most of their names.
The ending of the book was pretty good to me, but it seemes like there is a sequel called “Solstice Wood” that I will have to check in the future.
Lovely writing; nature has never been so evocative, and the line between the realms has never appeared so romantic.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
This was a much weirder and wilder Tam Lin retelling than I expected, but I did like the lyricism and the wildness.
Winter Rose (Winter Rose, #1) by Patricia A. McKillip – If you like slightly tense faire folk stories, this is a really cool fairy tale! Happy Reading!
mysterious
medium-paced
Beautifully written, of course...very ethereal, which sadly for me made it hard to follow. Sometimes I read so quickly, I don't have the patience to wallow in dreaminess. Her books tend to have those elements about them (and I actually do love that about her writing), but, likely, due to the first-person narrative, the story seemed to be only about the dream state.