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This is a three and a half star novel for me.

Our story begins after the curtain has fallen, when the credits have stopped rolling and "happily ever after" has been written. Back home Niall is faced with a bored hormonal partner ( this was not the Blackbird I knew ), a self centred, introverted daughter ( she drove me to distraction), a fractious nagging ex wife ( I hated her ) and a boss who is never satisfied. Every action he does is unacceptable to at least one of these parties, usually more. It is rubbing off on him and he is getting petulant and cantankerous. He interrogates Blackbird about Gregor, a guy she knows asking if she slept with him or if she was chatted up. This is not how Niall would act normally.

'Strangeness and Charm' was very slow to start and I found I was becoming very impatient with this domestic interaction. Don't get me wrong I am not against domesticity, and as I read I could see it was important for some plot development; I just felt there was too much and it was detracting from the storyline. I was losing interest. It was not until our hero starts to interact across the fey borders that the novel started to come together and the pace picked up.

I do like the way Mike Shrevdon uses English folklore, historic objects, and the ritualised life of so many English institutuions as central themes. The confrontation on the tor at Glaastonbury drew all these components together in a very believable manner.

I most enjoyed reading the final chapter when the Eighth Court is established and Blackbird is enthroned as the leader of the mongrel fey. Though Blackbird is a good mother she was a bored woman and now has a role that is worthy of her talents. But this was when it really hit me. Even though much of this novel is told in the first person through Nialls eyes most of the story is about others and this may have been why I was so unsettled while reading. I still wanted him to be the hero.

This novel may be necessary for the full development of Niall's story but it was definitely not my favourite and just a touch underwhealming.


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Strangeness and Charm Courts of the Feyre Mike Shevdon 9780857662231 Books Reviews

Eventually this book is about the fallout of what happens with or rather to the escapees from Porton Down. It also deals with Niall (who is rather annoying in this book) and his daughter Alex (who is also annoying). Niall is very defensive and argumentative when told by Fionh that he needs to,learn how to use his powers, that he needs to learn to control them. He pulls an attitude, he's only known about the Fae, that he was Fae, that he even had powers for a short amount of time..now he thinks he's an expert..How does he ever expect to help his daughter when he can't even help himself? I guess Niall's struggle with letting go cover a move vast area then just his daughter.
I also felt that Niall really didn't take his job as a warder seriously. It felt like he rather didn't care about his duty or the proper way to handle situations and just impulsively did what he wants to do. He rather like his daughter in the sense that he don't really care about anything else than his own selfish wants. Yes, his heart may be in the right place but there is way to do things I stead of blindly rushing into them.
I will say this, yes everybody, teenagers are annoying. Reading about teenagers is annoying. Alex is argumentative, defensive, whiny and stubborn. Alex believes that she knows it all and what is best but in all actuality is utterly clueless. She pretty much is the character type for all teenagers. To top it all off, she's supremely powerful, emotional and has no control over her powers...basically she's an ornery loose cannon...No that doesn't really make for fun reading, especially with Niall and Blackbirds arguing added into the mix, but that's just part of the story. I do feel like the story wouldn't be realistic if it was all perfect. For these characters, this is ral life and there are consequences to every action and emotions to every result. It may not always be a fun read, but at least it's real.
But on the flip side of that, I did feel like I was listening to a teenager whine for half the book, and the other half I was listening to a disgruntled, dysfunctional, neglected relationship hash out their problems. I have my own dysfunctions with reality, I really don't need to relive it in my escapism. Reading about that really isn't my favorite pastime..But I digress. I felt like this book was just a bridge onto the next part of the story. If I want to continue to see where Mike Shevdon takes these characters, unfortunately I have to read this story to do it..
I will say that when she wasn't being annoying and essentially acting more adult, I rather enjoyed reading about Alex's story and see her come into her powers. I do feel like this series has some interesting turns and plots ahead of it, especially with the way Mr. Shevdon built the story at the end. He set up enough that after wading through all the crap throughout the whole story at the end your left feeling 'what now.' I'm interested to see what happens next, I just hope the characters don't annoy me half as much...
I thoroughly enjoyed all three of the books in this series. So much so, I have referred them to several friends. Shevdon does an excellent job of setting the scene and developing characters. I only wish he would continue the series with another three volumes!
This was really a good book. I love the characters and they keep getting better. I won't bore you with a plot summary as I know other reviewers are fond of doing that. I will say that this book ended very differently than I had thought it would end. As with the first two, there seemed to be a few typos and missing words, but it's nothing too distracting. I appreciate that this book had chapter demarcations. Chapter demarcations make it so much easier to see how close you are to the end of a chapter or to find a stopping place when you need to do so. If you liked the first two books in the series, I say you should give this one a shot because I don't think you'll be disappointed. Have at it! I can't wait to read the next one!
This is a three and a half star novel for me.

Our story begins after the curtain has fallen, when the credits have stopped rolling and "happily ever after" has been written. Back home Niall is faced with a bored hormonal partner ( this was not the Blackbird I knew ), a self centred, introverted daughter ( she drove me to distraction), a fractious nagging ex wife ( I hated her ) and a boss who is never satisfied. Every action he does is unacceptable to at least one of these parties, usually more. It is rubbing off on him and he is getting petulant and cantankerous. He interrogates Blackbird about Gregor, a guy she knows asking if she slept with him or if she was chatted up. This is not how Niall would act normally.

'Strangeness and Charm' was very slow to start and I found I was becoming very impatient with this domestic interaction. Don't get me wrong I am not against domesticity, and as I read I could see it was important for some plot development; I just felt there was too much and it was detracting from the storyline. I was losing interest. It was not until our hero starts to interact across the fey borders that the novel started to come together and the pace picked up.

I do like the way Mike Shrevdon uses English folklore, historic objects, and the ritualised life of so many English institutuions as central themes. The confrontation on the tor at Glaastonbury drew all these components together in a very believable manner.

I most enjoyed reading the final chapter when the Eighth Court is established and Blackbird is enthroned as the leader of the mongrel fey. Though Blackbird is a good mother she was a bored woman and now has a role that is worthy of her talents. But this was when it really hit me. Even though much of this novel is told in the first person through Nialls eyes most of the story is about others and this may have been why I was so unsettled while reading. I still wanted him to be the hero.

This novel may be necessary for the full development of Niall's story but it was definitely not my favourite and just a touch underwhealming.