Some Kind of Fairy Tale

This is the first book I have read by Graham Joyce. The story was well written with descriptive language. The characters were flushed out with great detail and interesting. The pacing of the story was slow at times, which made it easy to put down. One thing that jarred me was some language Tara uses at one point in the story. It seemed out of place and pulled out some of the believability from the character.

I had to keep myself from reading this in one big gulp. The premise of a woman who's been missing for 20 years coming back and saying she's been with the fairies is appealing to me by itself, but this book has much more to offer than a good humans-encounter-fairies story. It is also a beautifully detailed story about family relationships and healing of friendships. In particular I loved the side story about the young boy Jack unwillingly being drawn into a friendship with Mrs. Larwood, the “mad old bitch” across the street. I really loved this book and wish there was more of it to read!