That was interesting! Not exactly what I was expecting, but it was a solid fairytale-type story.

Maddy recently lost her parents and has been taken to Ireland to live with her grandparents. Her grief and sorrow cause her to act out, which puts stress on her relationships with her remaining family. When her next-door-neighbor, a little boy named Stephen, is stolen by the fairies, Maddy and her two cousins, Danny and Roisin, must go on a dangerous quest to the land of the fairies to rescue him. I think this would be a decent book for middle schoolers based on the content and age of the main characters; high schoolers will probably be a little bored by the story. Maddy is easy to connect with, but the other characters seem somewhat distant, most likely because Maddy distances herself from them. Also, they take their dog with them on the quest, which is an accident, if I remember correctly, but its presence doesn’t really add anything except to give the story a Wizard-of-Oz Toto element. Overall, a solid fairytale, but not really a stand-out piece.