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Oh, dear readers, my faith in the urban fantasy genre has been restored.
This is the faery tale I have been waiting to read for most of my life. From kelpies hunting in the shadows, an undine dwelling in a park, and the King of Cats holding court, Rosemary and Rue is full of the Faerie Court as it should be- beautiful and deadly.
It is a familiar premise, the Fae world existing beside the human, hidden by glamor. But everything else is spectacularly fun and original. And, even for a Faerie lore buff like me, wonderfully perfect. It captures the arrogance and lethality of the Faerie Courts, and weaves it all around October Daye, part human, part Sidhe, and very determined to leave Faerie well enough alone. Faerie, naturally, has other plans. When one of October's friends is murdered she is pulled back into the games of Farie, with an ultimatum over her head. She must untangle the web surrounding the murder or her own life is forfeit.
If you are a fan of urban fantasy, and perhaps are as tired of vampires as I am, give this a shot. Refreshing and new, while still having the ambiance that drew me to the genre in the first place, this is definitely worth the read. Beautiful prose, wonderfully engaging and believable characters, and plot twists that will have you frantically turning pages as you try desperately to sort out who is to be trusted.
Seanan McGuire has done something wonderful here. Give Rosemary and Rue a shot.
This is the faery tale I have been waiting to read for most of my life. From kelpies hunting in the shadows, an undine dwelling in a park, and the King of Cats holding court, Rosemary and Rue is full of the Faerie Court as it should be- beautiful and deadly.
It is a familiar premise, the Fae world existing beside the human, hidden by glamor. But everything else is spectacularly fun and original. And, even for a Faerie lore buff like me, wonderfully perfect. It captures the arrogance and lethality of the Faerie Courts, and weaves it all around October Daye, part human, part Sidhe, and very determined to leave Faerie well enough alone. Faerie, naturally, has other plans. When one of October's friends is murdered she is pulled back into the games of Farie, with an ultimatum over her head. She must untangle the web surrounding the murder or her own life is forfeit.
If you are a fan of urban fantasy, and perhaps are as tired of vampires as I am, give this a shot. Refreshing and new, while still having the ambiance that drew me to the genre in the first place, this is definitely worth the read. Beautiful prose, wonderfully engaging and believable characters, and plot twists that will have you frantically turning pages as you try desperately to sort out who is to be trusted.
Seanan McGuire has done something wonderful here. Give Rosemary and Rue a shot.
