

The world is sumptuous, beautiful – and very very scary.


You’re always only too well aware, however, that it is actual Light and Dark, the indestructible strictures of Good and Evil, that separates them – and, with the night, comes The Fallen, with whom no prayer can be heard, no favour can be granted and absolutely no compromise or understanding can be reached.Īyla and Gairynzvl’s mystical world and the manifestations of the forces of Darkness and Light are intricately imagined. Gairynzvl, is a faerie of the Dark he’s one of The Reviled, The Fallen Fey – and, from the deep shadows, he begins to watch Ayla he watches and waits – risking his all.ĭespite their singularly disparate spheres, however, the two are able to sense one another and when at last they dare to communicate, mind to mind, soul to soul, you realise – you hope – that they are made for each other and, if there is anything at all right with the world, they should end up together… What I discovered was a tender love story – through and around which raged a fearsome and wholly relentless battle between, literally, Light and Dark.Īyla, a faerie of the Light, is a gifted empath whose compassion is so deep-seated and enduring that she can’t help but take on others’ pain and angst – especially that of those close to her heart. I don’t recall having ever read a Mystical Fantasy story before and, for sure, I’ve never read a Mystical Faerie Fantasy – so I had only a vague idea of what I’d find there and no idea, really, of how I’d react to it.
