Series: The Faery Rehistory, #3
Traits & Tropes: virgin hero; fated; suspense/danger; forced proximity
Publication Date: 10.12.21
Genre/Setting: Historical Fantasy/Paranormal/Time-Travel; Modern day Portland, Oregon, USA/Alternate Conacht, Ireland, 1888
Heat Level: 2
Rating: 4/5
Neve Kelly’s weird daytime nightmares have provided excellent fodder for the notebooks she creates, but otherwise, the visions of lovers dying together on a battlefield are scaring her. Weirded still, a man dressed in a period costume, two weeks too early for Halloween, randomly appears in her living room, then disappears almost as quickly, leaving only a piece of note paper behind.
Will Yeats only wants to live a quiet life in the countryside working on his poetry. So, of course, he finds himself involuntarily time traveling, briefly visiting the home of a beautiful woman who sounds American. Will is drawn there again just in time to find her being sucked into a terrifying hole that has opened up in her ceiling.
The only way Will can think of to save Neve is to bring her back to his home in 1888 Ireland, where they learn that she’s from the future, a world where fairies no longer exist. Will has been having the same weird dreams as Neve and with the Morrigan’s meddling turning into a more sinister power grab than she’s ever tried before, Neve and Will must work together to save Ireland once more and avoid the tragic end portended by their mutual dreams.
There was so much going on in this book that I think it definitely requires a reread to catch everything, but it was the ultimate escape. There’s a bit of historical fantasy, romance, action, time travel and contemporary all rolled up into one here that I think will make this story appeal to a broad range of readers. A reimagination of the life of Irish poet W.B. Yeats in addition to the rest of the history of Ireland was also a pretty cool and unique touch. Will was a great hero, so sweet and gentlemanly, while also being noble and very much a man. Plus, he was a virgin hero and I’m a total sucker for that when it’s done well, as it was here. Neve did have to grow on me a bit, but I loved that fact that it didn’t take her very long to listen to what Will was saying, despite how far-fetched it seemed, and join with him to make things right. I also really loved that Neve did own up to her feelings for Will so readily and I actually surprised myself by loving the fact that although these two wind up in a committed relationship by the end, they’re not married yet. I usually hate it when my romances don’t end in marriage, but for these two, getting to know each other better with plans for a wedding later on was the proper fit for Will and Neve. I’m normally not crazy about time travel books, but I really did enjoy this one, that action made it quite the page-turner, and I love the crazy world of Fisher’s reimagined version of Ireland.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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