Review: An appropriate and necessary conclusion to the tale.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
It takes a fine talent to make ordinary seem extraordinary and make the extraordinary seem ordinary at the same time.  Nathan Lowell creates characters that feel as comfortable as a casual friend or a cousin you see a couple times a year.  You like them, you understand them, and you are always interested in learning more about them.  Lowell also uses a series of short, episodic, chapters that lend itself well to his style of storytelling.Hermit is the final installment in the Tanyth Fairport series.  The first two books cover portions of Tanyth's journey to Lammas Wood and this installment is what happens when she arrives.  As in life; the journey is better than the arrival.  I enjoyed this book and it was an appropriate and necessary conclusion to the tale.  It is always a little disappointing when you find the 'man behind the curtain' and in this place all the explanations were also to its detriment.  It makes sense and was a good read, it just diminished the sense of wonder that the first books held.