Cheryl R. (Spuddie) - , reviewed on 7/26/2007 + 412 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

Fantasy tale about fairies--beginning with two exiled Scottish fairies, Heather and Morag--who make their way to New York. Eventually the book encompasses the stories of several fairy clans both across the pond and in NY itself, with bits on the Isle of Skye to Cornwall to Ireland and different neighborhoods of New York. Some interesting humans pepper the story as well--Kerry, a young hippie-ish woman with severe Crohn's disease and a colostomy whom Morag befriends; Dinnie, an overweight, bigoted layabout whom Heather takes on as an improvement project since, like herself, he is a MacKintosh; and Magenta, a thirty-something mentally ill bag lady who has delusions that she is the captain of a mighty Greek army. Witty, funny and yet poignant with interesting characters and an interesting "world" I enjoyed this book quite a lot, though sometimes it was just plain silly. It's written in an easy reading style and sometimes the humor sneaks up on you and makes you laugh out loud.

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