Widdershins (Newford) by Charles de Lint Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Widdershins (Newford)
Book Review: Widdershins
Summary: 4 Stars
Another wonderful Newford book - but I sure wish the author would include a map of Newford!Book Review: another great from de Lint
Summary: 5 Stars
For Jilly Coppercorn fans, this finally satisfies the quandry over will she ever find love?. It is the ultimate sequel to The Onion Girl and I'm glad that Mr. de Lint finally got back to Jilly and Geordie. It is not to be read as a stand alone however, as to understand the story line one must read the Onion Girl first, otherwise reading this book would be a little confusing.Book Review: read it
Summary: 4 Stars
besides onion girl, this is De Lint's most realistic work, also the most moving. Don't miss any of his Newford series.Book Review: strong alternate reality fantasy
Summary: 5 Stars
After playing the fiddle at a gig in a mall with her band The Knotted Cord, Lizzie Mahone begins to go home but a horde of vicious males dwarfs known as Bogans assault her with an intent to rape her, but she is rescued. Afterward, Lizzie buries a deer that the mean spirited Bogans had killed. Her simple action angers the observing fairies, but the deer's father Walker appreciates her reverent gesture.
Meanwhile in Newford, Knotted Cord fiddler Geordie Riddell is seeing seer Mother Crone while his best friend artist Jilly Coppercorn, the Broken Girl in a wheelchair since a hit-and-run incident, breaks up with her boyfriend nurse Daniel. Jilly joins the band temporarily while member Siobhan's broken wrist heals. However, fairies abduct Jilly and Lizzie taking them to the woodlands "in-between". There the two females find themselves trying to prevent a coming species war with ethnic cleansing being the goal on both sides.
Though the various races and family trees are complex and difficult to keep track of who's who, fans of the series will fully appreciate this strong alternate reality fantasy. North America as always has never been the same since Charles de Lint introduced readers to the Newford chronicles and this tale that uses the relationship between Jilly and Geordie (everyone knows they are attracted to each other except them) as a backdrop adds to the fabulous saga. From start to finish this is a strong exhilarating stand alone (yet adds to the myth) Newford adventure that readers will fully appreciate as Mr. de Lint is at his best escorting the audience down the WIDDERSHINS.
Harriet Klausner