It’s about a talented musician called Eddi who becomes entangled with the Seelie court.  They want to do battle with the Unseelie court, but they can’t do it properly unless they have a mortal around, because that’s the only circumstance in which the Seelie and Unseelie people can be killed.  Once they’ve decided to do this, they set a phouka to guard Eddi until the battle arrives, so that the Unseelie court doesn’t kill her in advance of the battle.  It’s all fun and games until – well, no, it’s never fun and games.  There are many unpleasantnesses.  (I mean, it’s fun for me.  It’s not fun for its protagonists, at least not mostly.)

I was in the mood for something fun with phoukas and brownies and the Sidhe.  I can’t do with a constant diet of them, but it’s a nice thing to read on a Sunday afternoon, when it’s too hot to go outside but just about right to pull open the shades and open up the window.  Lovely.

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