A review by leahtd
The Fairies of Sadieville by Alex Bledsoe

3.0

I wish I could give this like 3 1/2 stars and maybe it would be higher if I had read the books before this. But the premise of this book is super cool - there are these fairies living among us who were banished from their world by a vengeful queen. Two grad students find these people while working on a project to find the town Sadieville which mysteriously disappeared and no one can seem to remember. The book didn't totally get off the ground for me. I loved how the author switched between present day and historical Sadieville. The switching between time was really well done. I wanted to see what happened and the book did draw me in but I never really felt much tension and build up. When the book ended, it just kind of ended. I would be interested to see if there is more to this story, I would love to have more adventures with the fairies and such but I am not sure if there is enough set up for a second book or if the author is planning on it. If you like fantasy, I think this is worth the read. It is a cool modern fantasy with a neat premise it just didn't fully take off for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me a copy of this book in return for an honest review.