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A review by b00ksandqu0tes
The Wise One (The Scottish Scrolls, 1) by K.T. Anglehart
4.0
Thank you K.T. for an eArc of your novel!
The Wise One is not my normal genre that I delve into - it's an urban fantasy with rich historical fiction, environmentalism, folklore and new age themes. All of those combine to create a really interesting experience - I definitely read this gem over the course of two days, staying up late on a Friday to finish!
I feel like I went on a tour of Ireland while I was reading, which was such an adventure! It was fast paced, and still there was so much information about folklore that I feel like I learned a lot. There are multiple narrators, so you do have perspectives from all sides of the story. What I appreciate about the writing was in the strategic choosing of the narrator. Specifically, the slow reveals so that we don't truly know all (or most - there's still more to come!) until the end of the novel. Sometimes with multiple narrators I wish I didn't know as much, because I love a good reveal, but enough was hidden so that in every character switch there was an opportunity for that perspective to share something new or reveal something and I didn't know 100 pages ahead of time how it was going to end.
I particularly recommend this book to people who enjoy Irish history and folklore, and/or the concept of fairies combining with our contemporary world. Obviously if you're an urban fantasy enthusiast, go for it, but if you haven't tried this genre yet, The Wise One is a good place to start!
The Wise One is not my normal genre that I delve into - it's an urban fantasy with rich historical fiction, environmentalism, folklore and new age themes. All of those combine to create a really interesting experience - I definitely read this gem over the course of two days, staying up late on a Friday to finish!
I feel like I went on a tour of Ireland while I was reading, which was such an adventure! It was fast paced, and still there was so much information about folklore that I feel like I learned a lot. There are multiple narrators, so you do have perspectives from all sides of the story. What I appreciate about the writing was in the strategic choosing of the narrator. Specifically, the slow reveals so that we don't truly know all (or most - there's still more to come!) until the end of the novel. Sometimes with multiple narrators I wish I didn't know as much, because I love a good reveal, but enough was hidden so that in every character switch there was an opportunity for that perspective to share something new or reveal something and I didn't know 100 pages ahead of time how it was going to end.
I particularly recommend this book to people who enjoy Irish history and folklore, and/or the concept of fairies combining with our contemporary world. Obviously if you're an urban fantasy enthusiast, go for it, but if you haven't tried this genre yet, The Wise One is a good place to start!