LitPick Review
Meghan is scared. Ever since she was a little girl, she has been haunted by strange visions and disturbing voices that no one else is aware of. Now in her junior year of high school, she’s learned to keep these things to herself. But when the dashing Cade MacRoich appears in the swamp behind her house, everything changes. Cade seems to have answers for the strange things which have plagued her and kept her apart from others – the voices, the visions, her strange aura, and her eyes, which never seem to remain one color for long. Cade’s explanation is simple: she is like him, a semi-immortal creature from the Otherworld. Suddenly Meghan’s world is drenched in the Celtic myths, with all their creatures and divine beings. Then the Morrigan, a raven/goddess of death, walks straight out of those myths and promptly begins trying to wreak havoc on Meghan’s world. Her sly actions threaten to destroy Meghan and the boy she’s come to love, but even if the Morrigan doesn’t succeed, will Meghan ever see Cade again?
Opinion:
Beginning to read Faelorehn gave me the impression that I was stepping into a world made of shadow. I was pulled into the dark setting of Meghan’s life. I very much enjoyed the irony of one of Meghan’s friends being a Celtic pagan of a sort, and then having Meghan’s reality become the Celtic myths. I also loved Fergus, a dog with white fur and reddish ears who accompanies Cade. I’ve always enjoyed mythology of any sort, and love books which involve Norse and Celtic myths in particular (Greek, Roman, and Eygptian myths steal the spotlight far too often. Not that they aren’t enjoyable). Meghan is maybe just another teenager with problems she doesn’t know how to deal with, but I appreciated her quiet inner strength. A dark, romantic, and thoroughly enthralling book, I would recommend Faelorehn to any teen with a love of dark fantasy.
