Review: A good summer read...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2013
A young man is being chased by a killer and he finds refuge in a magical renaissance festival that is only open for three months of the year.  The rest of the time it is transported back into a forested, natural alternate universe. It was an interesting book and I had to think about it a few days before I could review it.  The characters were very likeable.  All of them came from different backgrounds and had different personalities, so it was fascinating to hear their stories.  Also, it was a pretty wide ranging renaissance festival with people in armor, animatronic talking fox-head costumes and pirate garb.  There was even a BDSM tent.  I liked the main character, Devin especially and the story sticks with him.  I was going to give it three stars but on consideration I am upping it to four for length, it lasted me all day Saturday as I avoided yardwork, and because the plot actually ended up being pretty believable, despite the whole alternate universe thing.  I liked it better after a day or two of thinking about it afterward, so I will probably read it again some day.  *huzzah!*  Also, the way everything that happened and the 'why' things happened was explained in detail was pleasing.  My favorite part was when, at the end of the season in autumn, the stalls all shut down and packed up as they prepared for the change back to their off-season home.  The magical transference was described very well and that was a cool scene.~~After almost a year I have come back to re-read this book more than once and I like it even better now, so I upped my rating by a star.  It's brilliant.