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This is ''such'' an enjoyable fantasy adventure. The worldbuilding is rather wonderful and completely credible but also unobtrusive, so we don't get pages and pages of dull-as-ditchwater exposition. The action gets going right from the very first pages and it doesn't let up until the very end. The plot twists and turns without the tiniest of holes. The characters are well formed - I loved Joseph so much I almost wanted to adopt him, I wanted to smack Slik, the naughtiest and most disloyal fairy you could possibly imagine, and I found Tabitha's reckless, impulsive actions and subsequent sulks extremely annoying. This may be because I'm a mother whose bete noir is a sulking child, but either way I engaged with and reacted to the entire cast created by Conrad Mason. And I don't say that about many books.

There's an epilogue setting us up for another story about Port Fayt. I hope it's coming soon. I think this rip-roaring fantasy adventure is going to win a loyal - and thoroughly deserved - following.