Kickshaw Candies
by R.K. Finnell
http://www.amazon.com/Kickshaw-Candies-ebook/dp/B004U359HW/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_2_1
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11078542-kickshaw-candies
This book was gifted to me by the
author for an honest review. Thank You!
A magical boy with magical hair hears
the cry of his brother. His mother tells him to save the “children
of the lost ones.” She also tells him: “There
are three you must find, for they will lead the way when you are
unable...” Then the mother turns into a small animal. “It looked
like a weasel but slightly larger, and its fur was white and sleek
with a black tip of a tail.” The magical boy, Teagan, opens a candy
shop. Bean Sidhe finds a changeling child, Irial. Everyone in the
town eats the magical confections from Kickshaw Candies except for
Liam, whose mother insists he eat healthy. Liam's mother, Molly is
really strict. Magical things happen when people give Liam food.
This
story reads like a magical Irish fairy tale. There is so much going
on in it. The story is interesting and unusual. And it is very well
written. A lot of the traditional Irish folk tales are pretty creepy
and violent. Each of Kickshaw Candies' chapters is like a short,
scary fairy tale.
I
am not familiar with Gaelic names so I had to google a lot of the
pronunciations. Ceara = Carra. Ciaran = Kearon
(rhymes with 'ear' 'on'.
Osán
= US
awn.
Baile = ball-yih.
Fáelán = FWAY
lawn.
Dáirinn = DAWR
inn.
Riabhach = ree-eh-vak
means with stripes.
Aiséirí (Ash-eye-ree)
. scáth (skaw)
Even
with the trouble I had with Gaelic, I really liked this book a lot. I
liked the dreamy, story telling tone and I thought it was really
intriguing and exciting. 5 stars.
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