Date read: 12th February 2019
My rating: 4.5*
Genre I reckon: Dark Folklorey Deity
Buy link: Amazon
Ooh, this is quite different and new. And it's not often I get to say that.
What a joyous find.
It's branded as a Gothic Fantasy, but tbh it's not quite dark enough for me to declare it as such. It's not scary. Perhaps a little chilling in places. It's deceptively sweet, actually. And therein lies the wonder.
A lovely little girl named Alice lives with her parents, enjoying a very nice life...lalala (*skips happily*).
Oh, but you know it doesn't stay that way (*maniacal laugh*).
Why does Alice have to get home by 4 o'clock every day without fail?
Well, there's a very good answer for that.
And then things start to die. Oh dear!? What can be the cause?
There is a secondary story nicely woven between, which was a bit jarring at first, but once I got used to it it all became clear.
I love how I was kept wondering who was good and who was bad for the majority of this book.
It reads like a sort of Tolkien-esque, dark fairytale. Woods galore, and strange beings.
There's hints of Alice in Wonderland, but really only very slightly. Don't think this is a re-telling.
This is apparently a debut novel; a very impressive start. This author shows great promise. Definitely one to watch.
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