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juushikaTitle: What the Faeries Left Behind
Author: Amber Cook
Published: Unchangeling Press, 2013
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 32
Total Page Count: 136,798
Text Number: 401
Read Because: review copy provided by the author
Review: When a faerie shows up on her doorstep, Abigail discovers a longed-for escape from mundane life. What the Faeries Left Behind clocks in at 30 pages, a strongly inspired novella that suffers for want of a rewrite. It's urban fantasy by the "traditional"/1980s definition, contrasting the banality of daily life against the magic that we hope to find at its fringes; while each is simplistically rendered, the emotional relationship between the mundane and faerie worlds is palpable and climaxes in a beautiful scene about the magic of a perfectly ordinary bubble wand. But it's choppy and stilted, suffering from both headhopping and an obtrusive first person narrative, with many of the markings of self-published work. I think it needs a rewrite from the ground up and that makes me hesitant to recommend it, but What the Faeries Left Behind has its heart in the right place and if you're sympathetic to its message then you may enjoy it despite its flaws.
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Author: Amber Cook
Published: Unchangeling Press, 2013
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 32
Total Page Count: 136,798
Text Number: 401
Read Because: review copy provided by the author
Review: When a faerie shows up on her doorstep, Abigail discovers a longed-for escape from mundane life. What the Faeries Left Behind clocks in at 30 pages, a strongly inspired novella that suffers for want of a rewrite. It's urban fantasy by the "traditional"/1980s definition, contrasting the banality of daily life against the magic that we hope to find at its fringes; while each is simplistically rendered, the emotional relationship between the mundane and faerie worlds is palpable and climaxes in a beautiful scene about the magic of a perfectly ordinary bubble wand. But it's choppy and stilted, suffering from both headhopping and an obtrusive first person narrative, with many of the markings of self-published work. I think it needs a rewrite from the ground up and that makes me hesitant to recommend it, but What the Faeries Left Behind has its heart in the right place and if you're sympathetic to its message then you may enjoy it despite its flaws.
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
