Forests
of the Fae: Devlin’s Door
By
Kristine Kibbee
Genre:
Young Adult
At
thirteen, Anne did not expect to find herself traveling all alone, on her way
to spending her summer with family she neither knows nor wants to know. But
here she is; stuck on this train with a most annoying nine-year-old boy whose
only interesting contribution to her journey is the strange story of an
abandoned Victorian town hidden in the woods near her destination.
When
Anne arrives at her backwoods stop, she is met by her ornery relatives and her
horrific older cousin who is determined to spoil Anne's summer with her
maleficent tricks. Anne needs to escape into an adventure and remembers the
story of the forgotten town. Determined to find this place, Anne follows her
cousin and friends to the abandoned town where they goad her into entering one
of the cobweb-filled old homes and leave her locked inside.
While
searching for a way out, Anne stumbles through a hole in the floor and
unknowingly steps into an ominous, ghost-filled mystery. As she digs deeper
into the secrets of this house, she discovers a weathered journal that reveals
a magic-infused history hundreds of years old and a tragic secret: a curse has
trapped the town and its inhabitants in a place not meant to be found by
humans. The more she discovers about the secrets of this place, the closer she
gets to the chilling realization that she is not alone in Devlin.
My Review
Devlin's Door is a rad book! I love young adult fantasy and this one did not disappoint. Author K. Kibbee does a beautiful job in blending a historical time, modern-day life, and a faerie underworld. I adore the main character Anne. She has guts and compassion which is just what long-lost Grace needs in finding the community she once lived with, including her own family. Great imagery and a fun, twisting plot. I recommend this book and give it 5 stars!
Author
Bio
Kristine
Kibbee is a delightfully contrary Pacific Northwest writer with a fascination
for all things literary. Kristine’s passion for creative writing began in her
early youth and led her to the doors of Washington State University, where she
earned a degree in Humanities, with a focus in Professional Writing.
Kristine
has since had works published in The Vancougar, The Salal Review Literary
Review, S/Tick Literary Review and is a featured columnist for the nationally
syndicated magazine, Just Frenchies. Kristine’s novella, The Mischievous
Misadventures of Dewey the Daring, is available on Amazon.com and her
middle-grade fantasy novel, Whole in the Clouds, was released in November 2014
with Zharmae Publishing. She anticipates the publication of her comedic
collectionof dog stories, Frenchie ‘Tails,’ - which are short, cheeky and ripe
with mischief-- in November of 2015; also with Zharmae Publishing.
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