Sixty-One Nails

One of the blurbs on this book called it a “Neverwhere for the next generation,” referring to Neil Gaiman's book. That's what caught my eye. So I gave this one a shot. The story is set in present day London. Niall Petersen suffers a heart attack while in the London Underground and when he recovers finds that his whole world has changed. The woman who helped him is called Blackbird and she's part of the hidden world of the Feyre. And now Niall is too. This story moves along quickly, never gets dull, and is always interesting. Mike Shevdon weaves in century-old history into an involving story of Fey people, ancient rituals, magic, and a hidden world. It's consistently entertaining and interesting. It's also the first of a proposed trilogy called The Courts of the Feyre. The second book, The Road to Bedlam, is currently out in paperback. I already snapped it up.