The Wild Reel

I really enjoyed this book. I found Paul Brandon's writing to be engaging and descriptive. It gave the reader the unique feeling that this was a story that could just occur in the middle of anyone's life. The author did a beautiful job of making the characters regular people going about their lives, while the fantastical world of faery happened all around them, always just beneath the surface of every day life. With the exception of a few slower spots, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I highly recommend it for an enjoyable read with a happy (if not a bit too perfect) ending.

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I think I'm getting very unforgiving in my old age; I put this aside after fifty pages of Celtic muddle, with an emotional setup for the two protagonists (fairy king and mortal woman) that did not make sense to me and bordered on some potentially abusive territory (he is wooing her by bonking her in her dreams). At the point I gave up, the narrative was about to switch to Australia with potential for hilarious culture-shock japes. Not for me, sorry.