The responses to this book are as varied and strident as schools of thought and poetry it dances among.

This retelling of the Scottish ballad Tam Lin is set in a 1970’s liberal arts college. Like all good faery tales, Tam Lin does not reveal the magic at its heart quickly or all at once. Your journey with the main character, Janet Carter, stays firmly grounded in the world of college until you notice that ghosts and rumors of ghosts are fitting around in your peripheral vision.

Once the rich strange world of the Fae quietly sidles  onto the stage, you accept it. Because, if you check the hairs on the back of your neck, it’s been there all along.

If you love literary quotes and allusions, and clever pacing that doesn’t throw all the players on the stage at once, then you may love Tam Lin as much as I do.