Lud-in-the-Mist

I listened to this book in my first interaction with it and I love authors who’s narrative doesn’t talk down to me. Hope Mirlees’ prose is incredibly fun, but subtle. Fairies are real here, with unpredictable ways and alluring fairy fruit.

I loved the exploration of a world of mystery beyond the bounds of human control. Mirlees’ tone reminds me of Susan Collins’ Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which I also loved. 

Uncanny and strange, the idyllic village of this book could not be described more vividly than by the masterful hand of Mirrlees. If I described Deathless as a pitch-black winter night, this one is a viridian spring morning. The scent of the flowers, the chirp of the birds, the speech patterns of the characters… all felt as though I’d been snatched into the book itself.

After I’d finished, I was left mourning that I couldn’t hop on a train and traverse to this quaint little setting neighbouring a fae realm that sounded like it should be right up the road… show more.