Jack of Kinrowan
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780812538984 (0812538986)
Publish date: July 15th 1995
Publisher: Tor Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Novels,
Urban Fantasy,
Cultural,
Fairies,
Fairy Tales,
Speculative Fiction,
Canada,
Fairy Tale Retellings
Series: The Fairy Tale Series
I wish Goodreads allowed half stars because I think this book is really a 3.5.Jack the Giant-Killer retells the Jack motif from folklore. de Lint has a good twist by making this Jack, a Jacky. The strange thing it that the more interesting character, for me at least, is her friend Kate "Crackernut...
This is an omnibus edition containing "Jack the Giant-Killer" and its sequel, "Drink Down the Moon." I'd read the first novel before, but not the second.Both concern two young human women – Jacky, and her best friend Kate, who turn out to be destined to be particularly useful to Faerie – the magical...
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