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See my review at Great Imaginations!I love old-school faeries. The ones that treasure murder and riddles with the same level of adoration and intrigue. Ireland is famous for beer, beautiful landscapes, wonderful folk music, and “I kill you!” fae folk. I didn't foresee any issues loving this book....
I was trolling the stacks at the library, looking for a book to satisfy a mythology/folklore part of a challenge when this book called my name. I love faeries, werewolves, vampires, wizards, and all things urban fantasy. In addition, I have always had a burning curiosity about all things Irish. T...
This book was alright, a little heavy-handed with the whole "eating meat is baaaaad!" and "no one should ever cut down treeeees!" hippie talk, but I was expecting that. Not what I would really expect from a fairy tale though, but I bet the younger readers will like it.
You can tell that this is one of Melling's earlier works-it doesn't have half the depth of her later ones. Still, it is a good way to familiarize yourself with the Táin Bó Cúailnge story.
One of the good things about the current YA Paranormal Romance boom is that a lot of older paranormal books are being re-issued. Among them were the first three books in the O.R Melling's Chronicles of Faerie, which I had loved (especially the first) back in high school. I was excited to discover th...
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