Review: The Herald of Autumn (The Talebourne Series)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
I was not quite sure what to expect from this book. I have read my fair share of fairy tales, and was curious as to how this one would play out. It wasn't like anything I have read before, and I have to agree with a reviewer that came before me that this book reads a lot like poetry. Everything flows together into a descriptive world that you can almost smell and taste.Tommy Maple is the herald of Autumn, which I'm sure you could have figured out from the title, called awake early he is sent an a hunt like one he has never been on. A darkness threatens the world, and one believes he is the only one that can stop it. Tried of always being alone he will find himself tempted by things he has only ever wished for in the secret part of his heart. The question is will the Hunter now become the hunted.I liked this book quite a bit, and the cover is really what caught my eye. I'm not the kind of reader the judges by the cover. . .in my experience some of the best books can be hidden behind a truly hideous cover and some of the worst books can be behind a beauty of one. Well the cover of this one stays true and has a beautiful story behind it.I'm not an expert in all things fairy, but I have read my fair share of stories on them. Some with them being good others with them being bad, I feel like this one falls somewhere in between. There is good intentions, and bad mixed in. You never really know if one is being honest or not. Tommy seems to fall somewhere in the middle of this mix of good and bad, he has no problem using a Telling to get the things he needs, and the hunter in him will not allow the darkness to cause harm.I found myself feeling for Tommy in a lot that he experienced. Someone that has no home and finds himself more alone has time passes, it made me sad for him. But the simple joy he could find in things would make you smile as well. I felt that I was following behind him and experiencing everything with him at the same time.Would I recommend this book? Yes I enjoyed it immensely