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I just can't make it through this book. It keeps making me sick to my stomach. It seemed good at first--it felt like some kind of fantasy style Little House on the Prairie with fantasy flavored domestic type drama. The writing sucked on the basis of craploads of exposition and VERY FEW scenes! The story was told in summary for the first quarter, though I forgave it that. But it's first major twist was awful! I was horrified to find that she had to go to the mortal realm to act like a slut to concieve elven children, but I was still willing to hear the story out. I really wanted the story to redeem itself somehow. Here's my problem: I loved Aulaudin, Jerlayne's husband, I thought he was hot and was looking forward to some relationship development and a nice good first love making scene between them. I was disappointed by the rush of all that--but that's not what the book was about, was it? If someone out there reading this would like to write a fantasy-homestead-drama, I'll gladly give it a try. Anyway, I never liked Jerlayne, I thought she was a brat on page one. A brat who CHOSE Aulaudin for her husband and got him pretty easily. Then we get the nauseating story twist and I'd be with her if she were angry and unwilling for a few chapters, or at least pages. But boy how fast she got infatuated with some random gross prostitute! He was only, like, the SECOND man she saw since entering the mortal realm! After what? Almost 100 years of being married to the "love of her life?" There was absolutely no guilt apparent there and if there was mention of guilt, it didn't convince me. She even snuck back into the mortal realm to screw the guy TWICE! Nonetheless, I kept reading because that, at least, was necessary for the survival of her species. I kept reading because I wanted to see the lies all come tumbling out and I wanted some relationship development with Aulaudin. She barely interacts with him throughout this book. I was hoping he'd be part of the plot development, but we barely see him and never get any hints of what he knows (keep in mind I only read to the start of the last quarter). I wanted deeper conversations with him and didn't get them. ...And then she screws the goblin, pretty randomly. I'm done. This is just nasty. I want to take a shower. I want to puke.
If you like stories about spoiled little brats who cheat on their husbands la-dee-da, and books with serious mechanical issues, then look no further. Ugh. Let me tell ya, I've read some horrible books in my day, but I've never read one that's made me so angry--and ill! Congrats, Abbey.


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Jerlayne Lynn Abbey 9780886778095 Books Reviews

I read the original short story, and was startled to pick up a random book and realize that I'd already read something about it. This is one of the better books I've read in a long time. It's not a short book, but I read it in 48 hours (on christmas break), then immediately picked it back up to read through my favorite scenes again and make sure I hadn't missed anything. The characters are richly drawn, the book has plenty of action, and the world is different from anything else while still reminding you of the best of classic high fantasy. I found myself searching bookstores for a copy to give to my friend so I could have someone to discuss it with. My only problem was wishing Jerlayne would give up her husband for Goro, who is much more interesting and caring (read it-you'll understand). Buy this book. Now!
I read this book years ago and have reread it on several occasions. There is just something fascinating about it. The immortality of the fairies, their survival, the goblins... the whole story was so unique. Were there typos? Yes. Were they distracting? A bit. But it still didn't take away from the uniqueness of the story. I have always loved fairy tales, fairy stories etc., and have enjoyed them as a child, a teen, and now as an adult, I love the mature and sometimes dark spin some of them take.
This is one of those odd books that is remarkably hard to categorize, even though it does fit quite neatly into the fantasy section of any bookstore. You see here we have a book about Elves, who live in faire, and the women can all "shape" things (such as fabric flowers out a piece of a thread, or pain into flesh, or healing) while the men forage for any supplies needed-in the mortal world.

These elves don't really do anything but farm (or their servants, the gnomes, dwarfs, and so on) farm, so they need almost everything from the mortal side of the "veil." Meanwhile the elves have tons of children, since they're immortal, and most of these kids turn into gnomes or dwarfs or some other kind of fairy creature, occasionally even a dragon. There are also ogres about, and to be protected from these beasts, goblins make bargains to protect the homesteads of each elf couple (yup, just like in the Wild West) in exchange for iron chains which the women shape as their induction into adulthood.

But this land is full of secrets, upon secrets, upon secrets. Mostly about why all of the children that our heroine has keeps turning into something else when she so desperately wants them to be elves. And there's some kind of goblin conspiracy, a whole lot of weird religion stuff (and I do mean weird) and some fairly odd interactions with the mortal world.

All in all this isn't a bad book, it's just strange. There's a constant shifting of perspective which makes things a little hard to track, and I will never understand why the elf husband married the elf wife in this first place-I mean he seemed so disinterested and then all of a sudden he's head over heals in love. In general, the book was kind of blah. I can't even remember the names of the main characters, which shows you how much I cared about them.

In all, could have been worse, could have been better, so three stars.
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I just can't make it through this book. It keeps making me sick to my stomach. It seemed good at first--it felt like some kind of fantasy style Little House on the Prairie with fantasy flavored domestic type drama. The writing sucked on the basis of craploads of exposition and VERY FEW scenes! The story was told in summary for the first quarter, though I forgave it that. But it's first major twist was awful! I was horrified to find that she had to go to the mortal realm to act like a slut to concieve elven children, but I was still willing to hear the story out. I really wanted the story to redeem itself somehow. Here's my problem I loved Aulaudin, Jerlayne's husband, I thought he was hot and was looking forward to some relationship development and a nice good first love making scene between them. I was disappointed by the rush of all that--but that's not what the book was about, was it? If someone out there reading this would like to write a fantasy-homestead-drama, I'll gladly give it a try. Anyway, I never liked Jerlayne, I thought she was a brat on page one. A brat who CHOSE Aulaudin for her husband and got him pretty easily. Then we get the nauseating story twist and I'd be with her if she were angry and unwilling for a few chapters, or at least pages. But boy how fast she got infatuated with some random gross prostitute! He was only, like, the SECOND man she saw since entering the mortal realm! After what? Almost 100 years of being married to the "love of her life?" There was absolutely no guilt apparent there and if there was mention of guilt, it didn't convince me. She even snuck back into the mortal realm to screw the guy TWICE! Nonetheless, I kept reading because that, at least, was necessary for the survival of her species. I kept reading because I wanted to see the lies all come tumbling out and I wanted some relationship development with Aulaudin. She barely interacts with him throughout this book. I was hoping he'd be part of the plot development, but we barely see him and never get any hints of what he knows (keep in mind I only read to the start of the last quarter). I wanted deeper conversations with him and didn't get them. ...And then she screws the goblin, pretty randomly. I'm done. This is just nasty. I want to take a shower. I want to puke.
If you like stories about spoiled little brats who cheat on their husbands la-dee-da, and books with serious mechanical issues, then look no further. Ugh. Let me tell ya, I've read some horrible books in my day, but I've never read one that's made me so angry--and ill! Congrats, Abbey.