Faeries in urban fantasy are irresistible to me, but I've discovered authors can have very different approaches to the fae. I was very pleased to see that Christine Calhoun has a firm grasp on the capricious and at times amoral character of the faeries of folklore. While this collection of interwoven stories is set in Indiana, the faeries who populate it are very much the Good Neighbors of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Calhoun doesn't prettify her faeries, but she still manages to make a mortal reader fascinated with her fae characters.
At times deeply unsettling, The Trees Between is also filled with life and love, and I look forward to reading more from this emerging author.