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For best describing the mood; it should be all of the above!
It's hopeful, yeah, but also dark, suspenseful, funny, and much more~

Basically, Jacky -- a female, modern-day Jack -- starts off getting out of a s***ty, toxic relationship. And she's a complete mess from it.
After a bit of binge drinking, she accidentally winds up seeing the world of faerie.

But, after bringing home a piece of it, her Sight doesn't go away when her hangover does.

She finds out all of Kinrowan -- her little corner of the faerie world -- and all the rest of it, for that matter, are in terrible trouble.
She winds up going to save the Laird's Daughter (think princess) with her best (girl) friend and a Prince she rescues along the way -- as well as other fun characters! -- from the Giants Keep, finding herself, her courage, and her strength, along with some new friendships, along the way.

It passes the beschdel test, has realistic, complex characters, and is a must-read for any girl (or guy!) of any age.

Best fantasy novel I've ever read, much less Modern Fantasy.
11/10, actively recommend on a regular basis.


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Jack the Giant Killer Charles De Lint 9780441379705 Books Reviews

Very loose adaptation adds bikers, bogles, bogans and more.

Definitely an archetypal example of the urban fantasy novel, if a bit lighter and more fairyish than some of the more recent examples.

Here, Jack is a girl, and she gets involved with the world of Faerie after he boyfriend gives her the arse, and taking a friend along for the ride ends up having the usual sort of experiences that you would expect if you ran across faery bikers and other such oddities.

3.5 out of 5
Jacky Rowan has just ended a bad relationship. Soon after, she witnesses a murder. When visiting her best friend Kate Hazel the next day, Jacky is sure of nothing except wondering what in her life is real. She is about to find out.

The only proof of what she saw a red cap belonging to the murder victim, and a mysterious Harley rider not even Kate can see. Soon both women find themselves caught up in a quest that becomes more real than either imagined. Monteal in October transforms into the faerie kingdon of Kinrowan in the weeks before Samhaine.

Spurred on by the enigmatic Gruagagh, Jacky, Kate and the hob Finn must rescue Lorana, daughter of the Laird if Kinrowan They are aided by the faeries Arkan and Eilian- and Jacky's magical name. Those insistent bikers constantly appear to put a stop to any effort. The girls have stumbled(?) into the perpetual battle between the Courts of Faerie.

This is one in a series of retellings of fairy tales put out by Ace Books. While De Lint's storytelling is in keeping with his talents, still it is a retelling of two basic tales. There were a few nice additions (Judith), and a resolution that I did not anticipate. Best of all, this is how Faerie should be portrayed dangerous, ambivalent and always with consequences. Disney did not invent them.

"He closed his eyes, not to shut out the sight of what lay in front of him, but to seek counsel inside. He let his inner turmoil rise and fret, caught each fear and loosed it from inside him like so many freed birds until only silence lay there, deep and soothing. And filled with possibilities. They lay like threads in front of his closed eyes, going every which way, unraveling into pasts and presents and times yet to come. He couldn't work them, couldn't weave them, that was for other hands more skilled than his,but he could take one thread, one possibility, and tie his need to it, then send it forth from his silence like a summoning call."
I always enjoy this authors work. Probably the best urban fantasy writer out there.
For best describing the mood; it should be all of the above!
It's hopeful, yeah, but also dark, suspenseful, funny, and much more~

Basically, Jacky -- a female, modern-day Jack -- starts off getting out of a s***ty, toxic relationship. And she's a complete mess from it.
After a bit of binge drinking, she accidentally winds up seeing the world of faerie.

But, after bringing home a piece of it, her Sight doesn't go away when her hangover does.

She finds out all of Kinrowan -- her little corner of the faerie world -- and all the rest of it, for that matter, are in terrible trouble.
She winds up going to save the Laird's Daughter (think princess) with her best (girl) friend and a Prince she rescues along the way -- as well as other fun characters! -- from the Giants Keep, finding herself, her courage, and her strength, along with some new friendships, along the way.

It passes the beschdel test, has realistic, complex characters, and is a must-read for any girl (or guy!) of any age.

Best fantasy novel I've ever read, much less Modern Fantasy.
11/10, actively recommend on a regular basis.