Goblin Moon by Teresa Edgerton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Goblin Moon
Book Review: Fantasy and the Age of Reason - Completely Compatible
Summary: 5 Stars
Theresa Edgerton, I will state right now, is one of my absolutely favourite fantasy authors in the genre today. Within the space of a few hundred pages, she transports us to a world both foreign and familiar, introduces a cast Dickens would envy, and completes a novel that *might* relinquish the reader's attention given the space of a month. While publishers are constantly "upping" the cost and the length (and the dullness) of their new lines, Theresa Edgerton is an excellent foil - slashing through the cliche bilge and shining through the benighted press. Her stories have the added quality of "rereadableness" - for they rest on limited omniscience rather than surprise.In "Goblin Moon," the first book in a duology, Ms. Edgerton creates a world based on eighteenth century Europe, replete with evil duchesses and dashing masqueraders, husband-catchers and Faust mirrors, Guilds of gnomes and dwarves and covens of goblins. Although readers of her other series (The Green Lion Trilogy, and its sister Trilogy - both set in a para-Celtic land) might find the abrupt change in world surprising, yet the first few chapters will certainly convince them to continue reading. Students of this particular era (who suffered through Locke and have been looking for a means of putting such non-knowledge to use) will find her world-building especially delightful, from the Fates to the sheep-drawn carriages.
Beware, though. Ms. Edgerton's novels are notoriously difficult to find, but more than worth the agony of waiting.
Book Review: Goblin Moon
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book I found on the shelf in my reading class, unread and looking pretty old. I took it in and almost gave up on it because I found the beginning a tad bit uninteresting. But then the two lovers came in (yay!) and I was caught. The relationship between them totally sucked me into the book, which is now my fave. I would recommend this to anyone with a thing for good romances or just generally good fantasy books.Book Review: Great fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
It's so sad that this book is no longer in print, and that only seven people have reviewed it. That means there are A LOT of people out there who have never been introduced to the wonder that is Teresa Edgerton's Lord Skelbrooke!
I don't know how I first heard about these books- I probably saw them on someone's Amazon Listmania list, and then requested them off a bookswap service. But once I started reading Goblin Moon, I was sucked right in.
Is it epic fantasy? Not at all. Is the plot twisting and turning and totally compex? Nope. What it is is more of an adventure story than anything else, coupled with romance, science, hilarity and chaos. It is so ovious while reading this book that Edgerton enjoyed writing it. The characters come to life full-blooded, they enjoy living within their pages so very much, that it is impossible to read it and not enjoy their lives as well. Francis Skelbrooke steals every scene in which he appears, and Sera, too, is a heroine I'd love to have as a friend any day.
I highly recommend this book, and its sequel, The Gnome's Engine. Both are superb, and even if I came late to the game, I'm going to be cheering Edgerton on for a long time.
Book Review: Magical Gothic Romance
Summary: 5 Stars
Usually, I am not a fan of Gothic Romance. However, Ms. Edgerton's novel Goblin Moon reminds
me of the works of Tim Powers and James Blaylock.
The story is well-written with interesting and engaging characters. Magic, revenge and action as well as romance are seamlessly woven together to make this a worthy read.
If you like fantasy, even if you don't care for romance or gothic, give this book a try. I look forward to the (implied) sequel and will attempt to find other books by the same author.
Book Review: No Goblins but Good Fun Anyway
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked this up in a used bookstore and thought it was ok to start off, but by the end I was hunting through Amazon to see what else they had by the author. This isn't deep literature, but it's quite good fun and moves along nicely. A very interesting mix of Captain Blood/3 Musketeers/ Zorro - 17th C ish swashbuckling and faerie. I especially liked the twist on the bad would-be fairy godmother element. The society is nicely realised with some excellent touches and the characters are likeable. Though the goblin's in the title never really played a role, despite the cover art. Trolls and Faeries and Dwarves all part of society but no goblin action. It's terrible shame most of her work is out-of-print. But I'll certainly try her latest novel! And see what I can pick up otherwise.
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