A review by ronmccutchan
Finder by Emma Bull

5.0

Back in the early, early days of urban fantasy, there were Terri Windling's Borderland anthologies . . . which begat a few amazing full-length novels by contributors Emma Bull and Will Shetterly. (Emma had already broken ground for the new genre with [b:War for the Oaks|771527|War for the Oaks|Emma Bull|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316130728l/771527._SY75_.jpg|144029]. In the early 90s, I was reading a lot of fantasy--even attended Boskone for a couple of years (one of which when Emma and Will were GoHs). And I bought and devoured [b:Finder|930095|Finder|Emma Bull|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462827205l/930095._SY75_.jpg|915097]. A quarter century later, in a fit of nostalgia and lack of a current read, I pulled the book from my shelf (once again, regretting the absence of any new novels by Bull since [b:Territory|70581|Territory|Emma Bull|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1475992815l/70581._SY75_.jpg|68392]) and began reading. Did it all come flooding back--no (though I did remember Orient and Wolf Boy--though the latter more because he was a return player from the other Borderland books) ... which was all to the good because I got to savor the full story and characters anew. I need to start selectively rereading those old favorites more frequently!