Lud-In-The-Mist
Book description
The book that New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman considers "one of the finest [fantasy novels] in the English language."
Between the mountains and the sea, between the sea and Fairyland, lay the Free State of Dorimare and its picturesque capital, Lud-in-the-Mist. No Luddite ever had any truck with…
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1 author picked Lud-In-The-Mist as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Full disclosure: I almost put this book down after reading the first two chapters, full of info dumps. I kept reading though, and I ended up being glad I did. The town of Lud sits near the edge of Fairyland, but the citizens want nothing to do with the fairies thankyouverymuch! They are rational, logical people, and anything from Fairyland, especially fairy fruit, is strictly prohibited. Of course that doesn’t stop an illegal trade in fairy fruit from developing... This novel doesn’t follow the pacing and structure that most readers are used to, but when you abandon expectations and accept…
From Fran's list on faerie tales (that aren’t for children).
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