 The Tree Shepherd’s Daughter (Faire Folk Trilogy Book 01) by Gillian Summers |
Description: When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood is forced to leave her beloved California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival in Colorado. After arriving, Keelie finds men in tights and women in trailer trash-tight bodices roaming half-drunk, calling each other lady and lord even after closing time! Play-acting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst nightmare. Keelie has a plan to ditch this medieval geekland ASAP, but while she plots, strange things start happening-eerie, yet familiar. When Keelie starts seeing fairies and communicating with trees, she uncovers a secret that links her to a community of elves. As Keelie tries to come to grips with her elfin roots, disaster strikes, and Keelie’s identity isn’t the only thing that’s threatened. One part human determination and one part elfin magic, Keelie Heartwood is a witty new heroine in a world where fantasy and reality mix with extraordinary results. Buy From:
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The first book in the Faire Folk trilogy is a light hearted book to read. Aimed at the young adult it was fun reading a book that wasn’t all gloom and despair. The characters in the book were mostly well written though some of the supporting cast could have been expanded a bit more. A lot of books have been written about elves and some of them even show the elves as a part of the Renaissance fair but still the book managed to stand out on its own and didn’t sound like a copy of other works. I liked the way the lead character takes time to work through her fears and finally accepts that she has the ability to magic after a lot of thought. In too many books it seems like the hero/heroine is told that they are magical and they accept it immediately which is quite unrealistic.
Final recommendation: A must read. Going to see if I can find the other books in the series, hopefully they will be as good as this one.