Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

I received an ARE of Granted, by John David Anderson, longer ago than I’d like to admit; I finished it last weekend, however, and so it’s your review for the day. (One of these days I’m going to get to the recipes that need reviewing–I really am. But today is not that day.)

I admit, it took me a while to get into this one. And honestly, I think listening to it didn’t help; the beginning involves a decent amount of setting the stage and telling rather than showing, and it appears that I do better with that sort of thing visually. (It’s sometimes harder to appreciate well-written as a quality when you’re listening to something rather than reading it.) I also tend to prefer my fantasy to be more old-fashioned than not, which meant that this tale of a modern fairy from a modern fairy community (there are lattes) is less my thing. Once the fairy–Ophelia Delphinium Fidgets by name–entered the human world on her wish-granting mission, I warmed up to her a little, but it was Sam the dog that got me.

I LOVED Sam.

Sam isn’t just lovable in and of himself, though; he slowly renders Ophelia more lovable as well. And as she pursues her (elusive) assigned wish through Kettering, Ohio, she is slowly drawn into the human world around her. What happens next clinched it for me–I did really enjoy it after all. And if you don’t mind a more modern take on fantasy, you’ll have no qualms about enjoying it as well.

It might even change the way you wish.