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readingtheend's review
3.0
perfectly cute and fine but not necessarily cute and fine enough that I need to shove it into my niblings' hands with prejudice
j00j's review
3.0
Fun times with faerie-land in modern-day New York City. Sherman has created a charming, engaging world with intriguing characters. Incidentally, does anyone know of urban fantasy set in Chicago besides [book: The Last Hot Time] by [author: John M Ford]? Why should New York get all the love?
elizabethseebee's review
3.0
Once I finished the story, I discovered there was "Neef's Guide to Supernatural Beings" in the back of the book, like an index... I think I would've had an easier time understanding some of the creatures in the story if I knew this index existed... Otherwise, it was a cute story with a lot of folklore spinoffs...
vylotte's review
3.0
Book #8: Changeling, by Delia Sherman.
This is a story about a human girl raised in "New York Between" by the magical creatures that live there. She is a changeling, replaced with a fairy creature in the "world outside." She is, as most humans are, a curious and bit foolhardy girl and one innocent mistake throws her whole future into disarray. Only a daunting quest in three parts can restore the only life she knows as home.
This was a fast, fun, easy read. Full of puns and twisted meanings and the misconceptions of the human world as seen through the eyes of a pseudo-faerie, I really enjoyed this light read with elements of urban fantasy, myth, and New York travel guide with a tinge of cyberpunk thrown in for good measure.
One interesting note about the author, she is one of the founders and president of www.artistswithoutborders.org . I fully intend to check out more of her work.
This is a story about a human girl raised in "New York Between" by the magical creatures that live there. She is a changeling, replaced with a fairy creature in the "world outside." She is, as most humans are, a curious and bit foolhardy girl and one innocent mistake throws her whole future into disarray. Only a daunting quest in three parts can restore the only life she knows as home.
This was a fast, fun, easy read. Full of puns and twisted meanings and the misconceptions of the human world as seen through the eyes of a pseudo-faerie, I really enjoyed this light read with elements of urban fantasy, myth, and New York travel guide with a tinge of cyberpunk thrown in for good measure.
One interesting note about the author, she is one of the founders and president of www.artistswithoutborders.org . I fully intend to check out more of her work.
meeners's review
4.0
excellent plotting and overall a very fun read, although it raises more questions than it answers in the end (probably why there's going to be a sequel?). as someone who lives in NYC now, i also have to say that i LOVED what sherman does with the setting. =3
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