by Hope Mirrlees
This one sort of snuck up on me. The first third or so was a little slow for me. But by the end of the second third, I had become invested in the characters and what would become of them. I really liked how fairyland was shown in this book, wonderful and terrible and strange.
A fairy tale for adults. Both serious and light, this is a story that works on more than one level. The surface narrative is an intriguing story and mystery that gradually builds tension and is delivered with a pleasant, leisurely prose style. But also the author is trying to say something about soc...
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