Review: A short story that stays with you
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2011
The Side Princess is a short novelette easily read in an hour. It takes place in rural Northern Ireland of the 1960s. Moira Mullins, 16 years old, has just been released from her second stay in a mental institution. Unlike her family, or most humans, she sees things we can't. In the wild lands bordering her family's farm, she meets a fairy princess called the Maid of Ulster. When this being offers to let Moira glimpse at the future, the girls says yes. Learning the future is much like eavesdropping. Nothing good comes from it.The ending had my heart racing and filled me with a desire to read the next book in this series. Here's hoping Moira realizes what's happened and can fix it and Bran breaks free of the Maid of Ulster's hold.