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Trailer Park Fae
Orbit: Hachette. (Gallow & Ragged, Bk. 1). Jun. 2015. 352p. ISBN 9780316277853. pap. $15; ebk. ISBN 9780316277839. FANTASY
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Popular urban fantasy author Saintcrow ("Bannon and Clare" books) initiates a new series starring half-human construction worker and former fae knight Jeremiah Gallow and Robin Ragged, errand girl to the Winter Queen. When Gallow's construction site is attacked, he's forced to come out of hiding and acknowledge his heritage as an armsmaster to the fae and confront his sad life as a widower. Meanwhile, Robin's royal service is clearly not by choice, yet it's unclear where her true loyalties lie. Add in her uncanny resemblance to Gallow's dead (and very human) wife, a plague that seems only to affect the full-blood fae, and a late arrival of spring, and the result is a fast-paced, skillfully crafted novel.
VERDICT Saintcrow's excellent tale will immerse readers in a complex and eerily familiar world of fae-inhabited trailer parks and diners and find definite appeal among fans of Seanan Maguire's "October Daye" series. Try this for Charles de Lint aficionados who want something a touch lighter but still with profound worldbuilding and characters.
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