Child of Faerie, Child of Earth

A book which draws you in and holds you there. You don't just understand, you ARE the characters. The style is the in the ancient folktale style, which is fitting for the characterization. I was fourteen when I first read this book, and since then it has become my "teddy bear" book, brought with me everywere. It gives you a way out of your mundane reality.

For years I'd seen this book in the shelves of the public library, but I'd never given it more than a glance. But just recently I was browsing the shelves, after having found what I was looking for, and chanced upon Child of Faerie, Child of Earth. I read the inside cover for probably the 5th time in the past 3 years, thinking maybe I ought to read it, and see if it was any good.So I checked it out, brought it home, and began to read... and I couldn't put it down! The story is so simple, and yet so enthralling all at once. I immediately liked Percinet, the green-eyed elf with a sweet sense of humor and such persistence. Me being the addictive reader that I am, finished the book in a day. I loved it not as one loves a flowering orchid awash in dew, but as one sees a white daisy in a field, and loves it for its simplicity and purity. If ever I am in a bad mood, I shall pick up this book and read my worries away.I recommend it to any avid reader, any hopeless romantic, any believer of Faeries, any lover of adventures, any magically talented soul, anyone who enjoys a story, pure and lovely. Any reader, any age, will love this book. I did. Even as I was in the midst of A Clockwork Orange, Julius Caesar, and so many dark and serious and sorrowful books, Child of Faerie, Child of Earth was my beam of hopeful light, my life-saving beacon. It is a book like no other.

This book is wonderful. The storyline of this book is simple, but this attribute only improves the beauty. It is pure and sweet. I found myself reading this book over and over. When my family moved to a new place and I could not find this book, I searched until I found a copy I could buy. I would recomend this book to anyone. It is a timeless classic.

This timless romance stirred something within me I never knew I had. Percinet's dogged yet polite pursuit of Gracisoa is a literary masterpiece in itself. I think that there is a little of Graciosa in all of us. This is a truly enchanting love story.

It's hard to find a book that you'll read over and over again. This book is one. I have checked it out from the public library at least nine times and I never get tired of it. It's similar in plot to several fairy tales but it adds a whole new touch. I think that anybody who likes adventure love stories will love this book. I recommend it.