Genre: Urban Fantasy; Faerie
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: “You must remember…”
Back in Print for the first time in ten years, this original novel stands among
the finest of Charles de Lint’s early works. Eithnie is a young painter who is
acclaimed by the art world until the critics start noticing that her work has
lost the animating passion that had set her apart from the crowd. She returns
to her cabin in Canada ’s
remote woods, hoping to find a place where she can seek solitude and focus on
her art. At first, Eithnie’s muse remains elusive, but then beautiful and
disturbing creatures start slipping into her sketches unbidden. The following
days bring strange visitors bearing cryptic messages indicating that Eithnie
may be bound by a promise made in a forgotten, magical childhood. The world of
Faerie is clearly reaching out to her for help, and her ability to figure out
what they need may mark the difference between their survival…and their doom.
This is one of those stories that
is extremely visual. You can’t help but feel like you are a part of the story.
The imagery is so strong that after reading this I dreamed of magical forests
for two weeks strait. Charles has a way of making you feel that when you read
one of his stories its not just a story but an experience that you are going
through. And you come out the other end changed in some fashion. The character
Eithnie is at first scared of this dark strange creatures that she keeps on
seeing and soon interacting with. But she realizes that she must help them to
survive. This was a story that I can’t count how many times I have read it, but
it is one of my favorite ones. I think that everyone should at least read it
once.
Publisher: Thom Doherty Associates
ISBN: 0765302586
Pages: 208
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