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This was what I was being all hesitant about on twitter, the idea of writing a review for a book where the author can potentially see it without deliberately seeking out reviews of her work? But I figure it'd take at least one click out of twitter to get here, and I really want to talk with people about this book!!!
The premise: in Victorian England, Catherine Helstone's brother, Laon, has gone to be a missionary to the land of the fae. As the letters he's been sending back are scant, she decides to follow him. There, she meets a handful of mysterious and unusual fae and discovers the history of that world.
Would recommend if you like: intricate but well resolved plot, Gothic novels, Christian theology, tight first person unreliable narrator
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Overall, I enjoyed it, but it was not at all what I expected! I went in without having read anything at all about it (rare for me!) on the strength of Jeannette's twitter ahaha.
The premise: in Victorian England, Catherine Helstone's brother, Laon, has gone to be a missionary to the land of the fae. As the letters he's been sending back are scant, she decides to follow him. There, she meets a handful of mysterious and unusual fae and discovers the history of that world.
Would recommend if you like: intricate but well resolved plot, Gothic novels, Christian theology, tight first person unreliable narrator
( Read more... )
Overall, I enjoyed it, but it was not at all what I expected! I went in without having read anything at all about it (rare for me!) on the strength of Jeannette's twitter ahaha.
