#Once upon a time jack the giant killer full#
#Once upon a time jack the giant killer series#

This right here is a drop of the pure.moreДЄctual rating: 3.5 This was really interesting and enjoyable but I think it would have greatly benefitted from expanding it into a full length novel because the whole thing felt like a speed run. Jacky Rowan, a young woman living in Ottawa, Canada, encounters the Wild Hunt (mounted on Harleys) and finds herself enmeshed in the conflict between the local Seelie Court (the nice ones well, mostly) and the Host (the other kind) and sent by the local Gruagagh on a quest that will pit her against bogans and gullywudes and, yes, more than one giant.

#Once upon a time jack the giant killer series#

rock 'n' roll elves rather than vampire snogging see also Emma Bull's War for the Oaks) and an entry in Terri Windling's Fairy Tales series of novels based on, well, fairy tales. Jacky Rowan, a young woman living in Ottawa, Canada, encounters the Wild Hunt (mounted on Harleys) and finds herself enmeshed in the conflict between the local Seelie Court (the nice ones well, mostly) and the Host (the other kind) and sent by the local Gruag A relatively early example of first-wave urban fantasy (i.e.

Reading more reviews I see comments that it is not one of his best works so I will have to try again! By the way 3 stars because it is not a bad book - just not as good as I was expecting.moreДЄ relatively early example of first-wave urban fantasy (i.e. Even at a mere 200 pages I found it repetitive and not especially inspiring. And the average rating for this book is over 4 so I thought I was in for a treat! Sadly it turned out to be a very ordinary retelling of a fairy story. Reading more reviews I see comments that it is not one of his best works so I will have to try again! By the way 3 stars because it is not a bad book - just not as good a I have been meaning to read a book by this author for ages having heard so much about him, all good. I have been meaning to read a book by this author for ages having heard so much about him, all good.