Member Reviews
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and enjoy.
This is a Middle Grade Book, and this is the second book in the Feylawn Chronicles series. I tried several times to get into this book, but I just could not get into this book. I do not know if it was because I have not read the first book in this book series. I just feel there was to many characters in keep up with, and I just did not care about any of the characters in this book. I think the writing style in this book was just not for me. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) or author (Dashka Slater) via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.
Because the fairies were successfully sent home, Rufus and Abigail have an impossible task - maintaining Feylawn - per Iris' checklist - with only Nettle to help, and Nettle is more trouble than he's worth. And - someone is trying to buy Grandfather's property, it's a couple of Goblins, and Rufus is certain Mr. Diggs is behind this somehow. Rufus and Abigail are going to need to save Feylawn again!
Dashka Slater's fairy world is fantastic - The Book of Stolen Time is imaginative, exciting and dangerous. Picking up almost immediately after "The Book of Fatal Errors" the page count (over 400) isn't daunting, as there's very little world building, just full of action and magic. I loved Iris' malapropisms as they are hilarious - and make sense how she is using them. Oh I hope this doesn't end the series - keep going, it's incredible!