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Published: March 26, 2011
Words: 68533 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
The town of Baile seems to be just a small town with ordinary people until Teagan O’Brien opens an unusual candy shop. Something ancient and buried begins to awaken in the people when they consume his sweets. They remember a life they had long ago left behind becoming their true selves, and a maleficence awakens that had been locked away in forgotten memories.Extended description
The town of Baile seems to be just a small town with ordinary people until Teagan O’Brien opens an unusual candy shop. Something ancient and buried begins to awaken in the people when they consume his sweets. They remember a life they had long ago left behind becoming their true selves, and a maleficence awakens that had been locked away in forgotten memories. Out of those memories comes the truth of what brought them to the world of humans and the path back to the place they call home. The path to their salvation depends on three of their human-born children, who are thrust into a future of uncertainty as each one discovers the truth behind the people of Baile and the secrets locked within their own bodies and Only these three have the ability to overcome the evil that threatens to corrupt and dominate every living creature, to save not only their kind, but humanity itself.Tags
horror, fantasy, dark fantasy, irish folkloreAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Jenn Donnelly
on July 05, 2011 :
RECEIVED FROM: The Author For Review
***NOTE MY REVIEWS OFTEN CONTAIN SPOILERS***
Secrets exist in the small town of Baile, in the home of every resident, in the heart of every business, in the soul of every child. Unimaginable secrets, unknown to even themselves, that threaten the very existence of the human race. When a stranger comes to town and opens a candy shop that has the whole town buzzing, hidden secrets begin bursting to the surface in dangerous ways. What beings seeming like a collection of short stories about the residents of Baile slowly merges into a battle so immense it threatens the existence of all humanity. Will the residents of Baile survive to learn the truth of their own existence or will it be their own secrets that kill them?
The little television towns of Eureka and Haven have nothing on the town of Baile. This has to be the absolute weirdest novel I have ever read. It's an odd mix of urban fantasy and dark horror that leaves you turning the pages from beginning to end.
Only a couple of things detract from an otherwise excellent story one of which is stilted dialogue from the characters that is somewhat unrealistic at points. The dialogue also slides between Gaelic and English and you aren't always certain you're getting a full dialogue translation.
Another thing that bothered me is while for the most part this novel with woven with Celtic mythology, there's mention to Tartarus in one scene, a location more closely associated with Greek and Roman Mythology. It stood out to me as being very out of place.
The opening is slow and highly confusing. At first I was turned off by the novel because the beginning didn't make a lot of sense to me and it seemed to drag on endlessly. I came back to the novel because I'd promised to review it and was highly rewarded for my efforts with the experiences of a truly original and engaging story.
As each of the residents secrets are revealed the novel begins to make more and more sense. However the beginning chapters read more like seemingly unrelated short horror stories about the residents of the town of Baile. It isn't until the novel progresses that you begin to see their connection and importance. Unfortunately explaining how the opening scenes make sense in this review will seriously spoil the story for those that haven't read the novel. Part of the appeal of this novel is figuring out what the heck is going on within it's pages. It is the very thing that pulls you into the story, pure curiosity. What's engaging about it the characters have no more idea than the reader what's happening to them. If you can struggle through the confusion and slow pace of the opening chapters, you will be rewarded with an epic and engaging story.
The novel is plot driven rather than character driven so you don't see a lot of character depth and fleshing out. However, the plot is so intricate and intriguing that I personally feel it wasn't really needed with this story.
The descriptions are detailed and vivid, greatly adding to the intensity of the story. Although you receive a full story arc within the pages, you are left with an open ending that leaves you wondering what will happen next.
Despite it's faults, overall I'd highly recommend this book to readers of dark fantasy and horror, though I wouldn't recommend it to young adult readers (meaning the age group rather than the genre.).
(reviewed within a month of purchase)