Review: Music for the mind
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2012
I was provided The Herald of Autumn in exchange for a honest review.  I can honestly say this is one of my favorite books that I have read this year - and it's November so I've read a good many books.  The Herald of Autumn earns a place on a very exclusive bookshelf - the one with books I will read over and over.  I suspect each time I read it, I will find more I did not perceive before.  There is no doubt that I will be buying more books by this group.The writing is beautiful, truly music for the mind.  It will tempt you into reading it out loud, as if it were poetry and in a way, it is.  The blending of Native American myth with that of the Celtic Fae stories is masterful and makes such good sense that I wasn't for a moment tempted to scoff.  This novel will draw you into a dream world that you will never want to leave, even though it is sometimes terrifying, sometimes beautiful, always fascinating.The closest comparisons I can make is to some of Neil Gaiman's or Dean Koontz' writing.  The Herald of Autumn doesn't fit perfectly into any genre - but it doesn't have to.  In fact, if you read so much that you sometimes feel jaded and tired of all the boiler plate genre books, read The Herald of Autumn for a breath of fresh air - scented with autumn woods.