Even although I’ve had jobs the place I like to recommend books to different folks for near twenty years now, I nonetheless get excited to obtain suggestions myself. I get most of them from associates and web acquaintances, however sometimes I spy one thing on-line that additionally catches my curiosity.
That very factor occurred the opposite day, as I used to be on the lookout for data on an older title. I got here throughout a dialogue about upsetting fantasy books, and one jumped out at me, as a result of the commenter stated one thing about it ruining their life and upsetting them endlessly. SOLD! That’s my type of learn. And, because it occurred, I had the e book, You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce, already hiding in my stacks.
So I dug it out and I’ve began studying it, with out spoiling it for myself by trying on the description. I’m solely fifty pages in, however it’s clearly a really, very darkish fairy story, which made me consider different darkish fairy tales I’ve learn and about tales of dangerous fairies. And now, right here we’re. (Thank you for coming with me on this journey.)
We know not all fairies in literature are pleasant and useful. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell went up in opposition to an evil one. Tinker Bell was a petulant little imp, when she wished to be. Fairies steal infants, play methods, and usually trigger mayhem. But the fairies within the three books beneath are actually not good.
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Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
A burgeoning screenwriter makes use of his newfound wealth to maneuver his household into what he thinks is the home of their desires. But as an alternative, he’s plunked down in the course of a actuality the place magic is actual, and he’s caught in the course of a struggle with some Very Bad Things.™ (What can be notable about this novel is that Feist has written over thirty novels since 1982, and Faerie Tale is the one one not set within the Riftwar universe.)
The Iron King: The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa
This YA romantasy is a superb “hey, mean fairy, give me back my sibling” story. Meghan Chase is about to be taught one thing mind-blowing about herself: she’s the key daughter of a faery king. And to avoid wasting her brother, who has been swapped out for a changeling, Meghan should rescue him herself. But her journey is fraught with hazard, in addition to romance. She learns her real-world bestie is a faery, and she or he meets a steely faery prince. (Who is likely to be the worst faery of all of them, as a result of lady, you are able to do higher.)
The Call by Peadar O’Guilin
This frighteningly enjoyable YA e book has a Hunger Games-like problem, however as an alternative of teenagers searching different teenagers, they’re hunted by actually, actually scary faeries. If somebody is instantly whisked away to a different land, they’ve three minutes after the horn sounds to make sense of their environment and get the hell out of there—or reeeeeeeally terrible issues will occur to them. Because, although people prepare for this incidence, only a few survive The Call. But Nessa thinks she has what it takes to win.
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