pickA lovely story that would be a great fit for anyone who enjoys the Emma M. Lion books. An unconventional romance between a cranky man and a woman who ignores social norms because she‘s missing half of her soul. A little bit of fairies sprinkled in and lots of proper English society. Also some depth is added with the cruelty of British workhouses. The result is delightful and a good fix when I‘m missing the Emma books.
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This series has been such a joy! I do think the first book is the best, but I am so sad that the story is over. I could have followed Emily, Wendell, and, of course, Shadow all over Faerie forever.
The audiobook narrator, Ell Potter, is also so excellent that I‘m planning to look up other books she‘s narrated just to keep listening to her.
Highly recommend this series!
pickI really loved this one. At first it was like any other fantasy; beckoning us to take a closer look at this train, its staff, and passengers. But don‘t look too closely at the passing landscape. It was dreamlike. The idea of being stuck on a train in the middle of nowhere, with an ever-changing landscape with unknown creatures on the prowl, sounds terrifying. But then it turns ethereal and whimsical, full of magic. The underlying theme is greed…⬇️
“We leave new life in our wake; young vines curling around ancient houses; new shoots stirring in the soil; flora and fauna not found in any of the natural histories so far written. We leave you to find ways to live alongside it, to make the choice that faces us all—whether to turn away from the changes, to fight, to flee; or whether to welcome them in.”
“Within all things, a striving to achieve a more perfect form.”
“…though the crow is a much maligned bird—a creature cannot be good or evil, not like man, who is born good and pure, who must learn evil.”
“This is why we have our rituals, she thinks. This is why they are needed—so that we can lose ourselves for a while.”
“…they take up the years of superstition, the ritual—boundaries have to be marked, after all, and what is it about a line that brings on the urge to leap over it?”
pick4⭐️ While it was slow during the first two parts, I really enjoyed the book. #2025 #bookclub #historicalfiction #fantasy #fiction #historicalfantasy
Gave myself a rest day cause it‘s been a crazy couple of weeks. Only the bare minimum for me today, and I think Luna and Sunny agree with my choices 🥰
