Today's post is on Trailer Park Fae by Lilith Saintcrow. It is the first in her Gallow and Ragged trilogy. It is 312 pages long and is published by Orbit. The cover has Gallow on it with his tattoos and spear glowing. The intended reader is someone who likes urban fantasy and a new spin on the Fae. There is foul language, sexuality, and violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the characters moving from one to the next per chapter. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Jeremy Gallow is just another construction worker, and that's the way he likes it. He's left his past behind, but some things cannot be erased. Like the tattoos on his arms that transform into a weapon, or that he was once closer to the Queen of Summer than any half-human should be. Now the half-sidhe all in Summer once feared is dragged back into the world of enchantment, danger, and fickle fae—by a woman who looks uncannily like his dead wife. Her name is Robin, and her secrets are more than enough to get them both killed. A plague has come, the fullborn-fae are dying, and the dark answer to Summer's Court is breaking loose.
Be afraid, for Unwinter is riding...
Review- Saintcrow once again creates an interesting and dynamic world of magic. The two main characters are powerful but they feel very out matched by the odds against them. Saintcrow takes familiar names like Robin Goodfellow and does some interesting things with him and she carries that over the entire cast. The plot moves very quickly and you never have time to get bored with anything and the twists never stop coming. I would have liked it to slow down a little so I get absorb what was happening but that is my only complaint and I look forward to reading the next one.
I give this volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this book with my own money.
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