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Since my 52 books in 52 weeks challenge began, I've done a short story collection, a piece of literary history, a significant modern work, and a poetry collection; I might as well go on and get some high fantasy in there as well. And high fantasy it is.

Through a recommendation from the awesome staff at La Maison Anglaise, I chewed through the first book of The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, Book 1). And high fantasy it was. Guy Gavriel Kay put together a complex, dense, and tightly woven universe in which mystery and intrigue have as much a place as magic and mythicalness. It's an immensely compelling setting to dive into and unravel, which is the mark of a great fantasy novel. I found the beginning to be a little rickety and precipitous, but it quickly fell into place and I surprisingly found myself lost in each page. Can't wait to get into the next book of the trilogy.]]>