Under a Fairy Moon

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ISBN-13: 9780986865701
Publisher: Brownridge Publishing
Publication date: 7/28/2011
Pages: 222
Product dimensions: 5.24 (w) x 7.99 (h) x 0.47 (d)

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Heavensent1

Posted October 5, 2011

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Excellent YA Fantasy~!!

Under A Fairy Moon is a YA fantasy novel.

Addy Marten has just moved in to her new home and is enchanted by her neighbour, Mrs. Tavishs' garden. It is her get away place from the world until the day she sees a boy talking to Mrs. Tavish, she decides to investigate except things aren't what they appear to be any longer.

Addy is positive she is no longer in the garden next door as weird things begin to occur. After meeting Connor, she is relieved that she won't have to traverse the garden alone.

Connor is a wealth of information; he has been "trapped" in the garden for a while and has made some observations, which he shares with Addy. These tips save them on numerous occasions as they now must play the game that has been set before them.

After meeting a sprite name Enitua and a satyr named Braithewaite, they are even more relieved to have allies in the world of Median. However, Enitua doesn't seem to be playing the game in Addy and Connor's advantage and the two begin to wonder whose side she is on.

The Fairy Queen Adalira is worried that the Elf King will find the moonling, Addy, and all of the fairydom will be undone. The Queen entrusts Addy with her pendant and tells Addy that she has her own magic inside and she will find a way to save Median and Earth from being ruled and destroyed by evil.

There are many perilous journey's set before the two and time is running out. Connor feels like he is fading and his memories of home are causing him to have severe headaches. Don't tarry to long in the land of fey, don't eat their food, don't touch the walls and stay away from the trees, these are but a few of the lessons that Connor and Addy learn along the way. But will it be enough to save them and return them to their own time or will they be doomed to become shadows of their former selves and allow the evil Elf King to take over the realms?

I truly enjoyed this book! I loved its pace, the plot and the characters involved. I thought Addy and Connor made a great team and the mysteries surrounding Enitua was perfect, you never knew if you could trust her or not! The wisdom and kindness of Braithewaite was endearing to read and you just knew when he was around things would work out for the best.

I loved the descriptions of the forests and settings that the two found themselves in. The witch, Uthrace, involvement was great in building up suspense within the pages and her minion, Dubhan was creepy and well placed in the plot.

I thought the ending was a bit flat but it doesn't bring the enjoyment of the book down, I had just wished for a more exciting ending than the one given. After all the suspense and the journey to get to that point, it just left me wishing there had been more substance given to the ending. All in all though, a very enjoyable book that would be enjoyed by any who like a good fantasy with fairies and forest fey thrown in.
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Heart2Heart

Posted September 18, 2011

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A Must Read Young Adult Fantasy Fiction!

Every garden has the possibility for a child with an imagination. For Addy Marten, her garden belonged to the neighbor Mrs. Tavish, who rumor has it was a reported witch. Yet whenever Addy saw her, she was just an old woman, in a brightly colored flowered dress with a large hat who loved working in her garden and talking to her flowers.

Whenever Mrs. Tavish wasn't in the garden was when Addy would sneak in, to the deepest part, beneath the thick overgrown shrubs, next to the bubbling creek to the center where the statues stood. This is the place where her imagination came to life and where the garden would become more than just a make believe place for young girls to play.

In the novel, Under A Fairy Moon by T. M. Wallace, the reader is immersed in a magical world of a little girl who has just moved into a new home in Windy Falls and discovering all kinds of wonder locked within the garden of her neighbor Mrs. Tavish. She takes part in an adventure with a young boy in a yellow raincoat named Conner, when they both become separated in the world and must reunite before the Mid Summer. A perfect blend of A Secret Garden meets Narnia, the reader is in for a delightful surprise from the very first page. For anyone who dreams of Wonderland and becoming their own Alice, then this is truly the book for you. Just the kind of magic that makes us all children once more.

I received this book compliments of Pump Up Your Book Tours for my honest review, and can't wait to read this one with my 13 year old daughter who is bound to make this one a personal favorite. Filled with the delights of any child, in a secret world that adults don't know about, this feels like The Bridge to Terabithia meets Alice in Wonderland. You aren't quite sure if she is imagining it all or if this is really happening. I would rate this one a 5 out of 5 stars and great for middle school readers who love fantasy adventure books. This one will not want to be one that is missed.
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Anonymous

Posted August 19, 2011

A fun fantasy

Fourteen-year-old Addyson Martin just moved next door to a witch, or at least that's what everyone calls the strange old woman who is now her neighbor. Addy watches the old woman's garden from her bedroom window, studying the large, curious statues that sit amongst the beautiful flowers, shrubs and trees. Addy has a very active imagination, and one day finds the courage to venture next door to explore the vast garden. She imagines a magical land within the garden walls, a land that Addy rules over. One day Addy notices a young boy in a yellow rain slicker speaking to the old woman in the garden. She gets jealous, for this boy is a stranger and is on her turf. Addy sets out to find the boy, but when she arrives in the garden, he is nowhere to be found. As Addy goes deeper into the garden, she soon becomes disoriented. She eventually finds the boy in the yellow rain coat and he tells her he has been trapped there for days, maybe even weeks. How can that be when she just saw him from her window? Soon, Addy realizes they are trapped in a magical space between their world and a magical world of faeries. The problem is, it's not the fun and beautiful world Addy always imagined. It's a dangerous world, and if Addy ever wants to get back home she must participate in a twisted game of chess played alongside the murderous statues in the garden.

In Under a Fairy Moon, T.M Wallace has crafted a wonderful fantasy story in the likes of C.S. Lewis and Lewis Carroll. The writing is rich and vivid, filled with wonderful imagery and a very entertaining cast of characters. This book was a quarter-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition, and I can see why. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It should appeal to both young adults and adult fans of fantasy. Older middle-grade children may also enjoy it, though some of the images may be a bit scary for the younger crowd.
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