** Originally posted on www.bunnycates.com**My Thoughts:This is the story of a boy who is a “halfer”, meaning he is half human and half fey/hobgoblin-warrior. He leaves his aunt and uncle’s, where he was living as an orphan, to live with his “mentor”/”master”. Yes, that part is very Harry Pottery....
FINN FINNEGAN was an exciting story which combines modern day life and ancient Irish myth. Finn MacCullen is thirteen, an orphan, and the new apprentice of Gideon Lir. He is descended of the ancient Tuatha De Danaan who are charged with ridding the world of the Amandán—an ugly goblin-like creature. ...
Putting all the right elements into a fantastic story, I really enjoyed this book. What I really like the most are the elements of a redeeming character as well as fantasy The reader meets this you lad, who is well...different. He has been sent away for his training and his "family" are just waitin...
1/3/12 ** I thoroughly enjoyed this urban fantasy. Mike Mullin's blurb on the front cover says, "If Lloyd Alexander had written The Ranger's Apprentice, the result might have been something like Finn Finnegan. I agree, with the exception that neither Lloyd Alexander or John Flannagan write stories...
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