I wonder if having a hard time getting into her books depends on how interested you are in the setting? I thought Caverna was fantastic, so it didn’t matter to me that the plot was slow; I was hanging on every word of description.

I haven’t read a lot of changeling books that I can remember. It’s an interesting concept that’s particularly appropriate for kids’ books (do I really belong in this family?). The Replacement keeps popping up on my radar; I’ll have to check it out. I’m hesitant about Holly Black’s latest because I have mixed luck with her books. They’re always very good, but I don’t always like them, if you know what I mean.

(I saw what you did with that cuckoo metaphor!)

Thank you! I appreciate your support in this matter.

Goody! Do! And then please report back to me. I love books about changelings but have a hard time finding a sufficient number of them. There is also The Moorchild, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, but it’s been untold eons since I last read that one.

You tried this one also? Cause I had a really REALLY hard time with A Face Like Glass, and if Ana hadn’t sent it to me as a gift, I would almost certainly have abandoned it. But Cuckoo’s Song, as well as being more up my alley, was just an easier one to get into. There was more payoff sooner. But for sure, the issue of Hardinge’s books getting off to a slow start is very real.

Me too I GUESS, but I still would truly prefer things to start with a bang!

Do! It’s good!