Synopsis
Beware of what lurks in the corn.
Fairies don’t exist. At least that’s what Thomas Cavanaugh’s parents say. But the events of that one night, when he follows a fairy into the cornfield on his parents’ farm, prove them wrong. What seems like a destructive explosion was, Thomas knows, an encounter with Dauðr, a force that threatens to destroy the fairy’s world and his sanity.
Years later, after a troubled childhood and a series of dead-end jobs, he is still haunted by what he saw that night. One day he crosses paths with a beautiful young woman and a troubled young man, soon realizing that he first met them as a kid while under psychiatric care after his encounters in the cornfield. Has fate brought them together? Are they meant to join forces to save the fairy’s world and their own? Or is one of them not who they claim to be?
Review
Got this audiobook through NetGalley and I’m glad I was approved. Going on a horror kick at the moment.
This is a horror that’s got fantasy elements. Which is odd because I feel like it’s usually the other way around? It also has super high, world ending stakes, so it’s horror/epic fantasy. Epic horror? It features an inter-dimensional fairy world, but mostly takes place on a earth, so it’s also urban fantasy? Urban horror epic fantasy? Either way, it is a really unique blend.
Thomas and Bobby are alike. They are linked. Both of them have a future, maybe a darkness too. Both also have a connection to a fairy. Unfortunately, depending on who’s connection is with which fairy, decides what trajectory they’re on. Good vs evil with many blurred lines and especially dark evil.
This book is one of a couple that I’ve read recently that has devolved into descriptors being about tightening scrotums and inappropriately hardening penises, and I’m not sure when horror became this, or if it always was, but it’s been from different authors. I’m not a fan, but I do agree it’s horrifying.
This was a dark and enjoyable novel. The only thing I’ll say is because it was horror first and fantasy second, there is a big build up, but it doesn’t get the typically fantasy finisher, so in that sense it was a little underwhelming. However, as it’s a horror, I wasn’t surprised or disappointed really.
Lots of crazy kills and horrific descriptions.
I also just saw while chasing the links that there is a sequel incoming next year! It’s called The Boy from Two Worlds and I am stoked!! That makes the ending make way more sense. Check out the cover below:
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