This final book in the New York Times-bestselling Fairyland series finds September accidentally crowned the Queen of Fairyland. But there are others who believe they have a fair and good claim on the throne, so there is a Royal Race―whoever wins will seize the crown.
Along the way, beloved characters including the Wyverary, A-Through-L, the boy Saturday, the changelings Hawthorn and Tamburlaine, the wombat Blunderbuss, and the gramophone Scratch are caught up in the madness. And September's parents have crossed the universe to find their daughter.
Who will win? What will become of September, Saturday, and A-Through-L? The answers will surprise you, and are as bewitching and bedazzling as fans of this series by Catherynne M. Valente have come to expect.
I had this book series in my TBR pile for a good while. Telling myself I'd get to it and read it eventually. I'm glad I finally did. Not only did I find the first book to be a delight, but there were more books to read afterwards!
September has had a wild ride theses past four novels. She's done all sorts of impossible things that have given her a name and reputation known throughout Fairyland. She's deposed two rulers, broken the moon, lost her shadow, and generally created mayhem wherever she goes. So she gets crowned Queen. But there's a slight hitch. In the process every single previous ruler gets summoned back to life. They all have a claim, in a sense. So the only way to find out who gets to rule once and for all is to throw a Derby. But it's not just a race to be first. Find the heart of Fairyland, cross the finish line, and win. Of course, if it was that simple someone would have found the heart long ago.
It's a wild rumpus through Fairyland, and we get some new places. There's also some long awaited closure between September and the Marquis. My favorite part out of the entire series was the description of the food. Glorious, delicious food that would have more than one flavor in every bite and somehow each one stand out without getting muddied by such combinations. If I could eat food like that I wouldn't want to leave, ever.
The ending was fantastic. I had made a few assumptions on how the book would end, and found them all wrong. How often does that happen to a reader? It is definitely not one I would have foreseen.
4/5 Stars
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| Published March 2016 by Feiwel & Friends |
It's a wild rumpus through Fairyland, and we get some new places. There's also some long awaited closure between September and the Marquis. My favorite part out of the entire series was the description of the food. Glorious, delicious food that would have more than one flavor in every bite and somehow each one stand out without getting muddied by such combinations. If I could eat food like that I wouldn't want to leave, ever.
The ending was fantastic. I had made a few assumptions on how the book would end, and found them all wrong. How often does that happen to a reader? It is definitely not one I would have foreseen.
4/5 Stars
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