Five on the Fifth: Scary Faeries!

[temporaryworlds]

Five on the Firth is a new monthly column that will be featured every month on temporaryworlds. Each month I'll pick out a topic, and list five recommended books. If you feel that I've missed a necessary book under the topic, or just have another one you'd like to recommend, feel free to make a comment about it.

For a long time, fairies were cute

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[asperias]

doesnt Pratchett have a book about scary Faeries too:-)? "Lords and Ladies."

[temporaryworlds]

Oooh wasn't aware of that one. Thanks!

[asperias]

i don´t know if it´s "faeries" but i think it´s Faeries. but they are of the people of Legolas from LOTR.

[calico_reaction]

Cool column!

For fairies, I'd add WICKED LOVELY by Melissa Marr (I'm more partial to it than Holly Black's book), and WAR FOR THE OAKS by Emma Bull, which is CLASSIC.

[temporaryworlds]

Thank you!

I couldn't really connect to Melissa Marr, but I know she has a ton of fans. War for the Oaks is on my wishlist. Interesting how it was only published in the late 80s and is already considered a classic. I guess that shows what a young genre urban fantasy is!

[calico_reaction]

I've got a theory about Black's work and Marr's: it all depends on who you read first, and then the one you read second just doesn't seem as powerful. Of course, I'm assuming you read Black before Marr. ;)

When you read WAR FOR THE OAKS, you're going to be surprised just how much the current trend of "Buffy-Lit" owes to that book. It's really, really surprising.

[temporaryworlds]

That theory makes sense. I read Black's Tithe back when it first came out in 2002 (damn that was a long time ago). The fact that it was my first urban fantasy title also gives it a nostalgic edge to it. I read Marr soon after Wicked Lovely came out and it just seemed rather "meh" to me.

I'm very curious about War for the Oaks. Argh! Too many books to check out!