by John Tristan
Some beautiful language and imagery in this well-written novella. I would have gone to 5 stars but I craved a darker ending. I do like the cover but I feel that Ash appears far too brutish. This is the intensely atmospheric tale of the naive Leith, a nobleman's bastard and talented musician who agre...
I take issue with the sheer amount of "is not (of/for)..."After about the third or fourth one, it got quite annoying, to say the least.And then there was a double comma. Way to edit.Anyways, the book really picks up after this rather rocky start. I mean, I originally created the e-or-e shelf because...
This book has a lot of potential throughout the story. However, I found I was a little disappointed more than once when it just didn't seem to take things far enough. More than once, it pulled me into the scene and the world of the Fair, with plenty of details up to the actual scene. But, once th...
Fantasy is one of my favorite genres because I love experiencing the new worlds created. This book has a very interesting world that's made out of the forest. It was one of my favorite things about the book because it seriously is really cool.However, this story had a lot of potential that it didn't...
Sold off as a sexual slave is the strongest message a parent could give an unwanted bastard child. Leith of Calish is the Lord of the Manor's oldest child. Unfortunately for Leith, his mother is not the Lord's wife. One year, Leith's father is unable to provide the tithe required by the Fair. In exc...
Leith Inmer, a bastard son, is given by his father as a gift to the Fair, a mysterious band of other-worldly folk who roam the land looking for humans with special talents to serve in their court. Leith is young, beautiful, and innocent and has a rare gift for music making. He has also caught the ey...
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