Review (Becky): The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

Title: The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There Author: Catherynne M. Valente  Pages: 272 Audience: Tween/ early Teen Genre: Fantasy (high fantasy/ fairies) Rating: 4-I'd go on a quest with this <b>book again</b>

Goodreads Summary

September returns to Fairyland to reunite with A-Through-L, Saturday, and Gleam, and to confront her shadow-self, who has become the queen of Fairyland-Below, the upside-down world beneath the Fairyland of the first novel, filled with creatures of water and shadow, tales of ancient Fairyland before the human world was born, and not a few hungry buffins, blind birds of ice and moonlight. The yearly revels of Fairyland-Below climax in a mysterious rite September must avert or else lose her shadow forever

My Thoughts
I ended up liking the plot of this book at least as much as the first one, if not more. The whole shadow chasing shenanigans were a delight and put me in mind of Peter Pan. I found the narrator far less annoying, as he/she/it doesn't jump in and spoil the story quite as much this time. Personally, I don't care if the narrator is "a sly narrator" or what it thinks we were wondering lol.

Much of the old cast comes back with a few new friends. There were nearly too many characters, really, and it felt a little precariously balanced as a result. I liked September better in this story because she has more internal struggle and deals with a few more adult issues and the complexity of the questions she has to face increases. The barely budding romance with Saturday was awfully cute. 

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