Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Berkley Trade
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Studio: Berkley Trade

Zoe Clare is a medium who has no trouble communicating with the dead-or with real live fairies, for that matter! But she can't seem to get her feelings across to her landlord-slash-manager- Magnus Monroe, Fairyville, Arizona's most eligible bachelor. She's tired of his erotic antics with every woman in town but her. So when her high school flame returns to town, Zoe is more than a little vulnerable to his charms. How Alex broke herheart is a scandal no one in Fairyville has forgotten. But even if Zoe isn't ready to forget, she's willing to forgive. The rules they're about to break will bring out the jealousy in Magnus-and the astounding truth.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointed
Comment: I expected more after reading the reviews. This book is heavy on sex (a wide variety) but light on plot. The story seems to be just a prop for the sex.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty steamy; but pretty average
Comment: Zoe lives in Fairyville, Arizona, a town ripe with paranormal activity and fairies. She can communicate with ghosts and is often called in by townspeople to get them to vacate. Nursing an unrequited crush on Magnus, she watches as he beds one woman after another. What she doesn't realize is that Magnus is a fairy prince and must continue to have meaningless relations in order to remain in the human world. When Zoe is called to a local inn to get rid of a poltergeist, she runs into Alex, the boy who broke her teen heart and left town after a scandalous affair with his football coach. PI Alex is in town with his partner and lover Bryan investigating a possible baby swapping ring. Old habits die hard and Zoe and Alex begin to spend more time together but don't leave Bryan out in the cold. Will Magnus ever level with Zoe about his true identity?

I never got the feeling of a deep love between Zoe and Magnus. However, Alex and Bryan are very sensitively portrayed and their love for each other comes alive throughout the story. Anyone who reads Holly's contemporary novels knows that there is going to be some MM action in the storyline. "Fairyville" has more than most; in fact MM couplings are more abundant than MF. For me, the story was just okay; not something I would be interest in picking up again. I'm not a fan of paranormal or fairies and found most of the storyline to be somewhat stupid. But I don't read Holly for her plots; it's a good thing since this is a scorching read with a minimal plot.

© Tracy Vest, September 2008

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Will Be
Comment: I am a huge fan of Emma Holly's books overall (Except for her demon series which I really don't care for. The male rape scenes ruined those books for me.) Others have summarized most items of note re. this book so I won't go into them.

One thing I'm surprised that no one has commented on is the sub-theme about the Will Be. I thought this concept of staying positive and open to gifts from the Universe was quite interesting and well constructed. It reminded me a bit of Constance O'Day Flannery's Foundation books. Often with erotica, it's a few hours of pleasant reading and then moving on to the next thing. It was refreshing to read erotica that was more than that.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: fairyville
Comment: to begin with I didnt realize this was erotica not romance and I am not into reading about Man with Man sex which pretty much started it out nor am I interested in graffic threesomes. Really just not the kind of reading for me.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A-, Wow. Not Even Cheesey.
Comment: WARNING: Do not read if you are uncomfortable with same sex scenes or multiple partner scenes.

Anyhow, I can't remember what book I read, but another author made reference to something being as hot as an Emma Holly novel. So I noted her name down.

I was in the bookstore, saw this, bought it. Granted, I'm a sucker for fairies and this one wasn't quite the usual with a celtic slant or anything, but it was definitely different. I don't think Holly is for the majority of romance readers (not for the faint of heart), but I really liked that she took what could have easily followed a cheesey path and made it almost sordid.

It was fun, dirty, and definitely sordid. This book is not for the faint of heart.

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