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I have not read any Charles De Lint in a long time. I like this series and its teenage characters and the immediacy of their problems, danger and moral questions. How do you be a good friend.? What do you owe of your secrets? How tied are you to the greater good? Whose greater good? Thoughtful and I should not have taken so long to recognize a noted author as a Canadian! How did I miss that all these years...

I do love Charles de Lint, his books have humanity and magic in a beautiful and sometimes heartbreaking mix. Review to follow.

Continuing my tradition of reading a Charles de Lint book once I fall into bed, usually after midnight, as Christmas Eve becomes very early Christmas morning. I had ordered my new book, & UPS kept reporting it was about to be delivered ever since last week. I checked my phone just after returning home from Lessons & Carols at Grace Cathedral 1/?

First chapter done. Not sure how I feel about how de Lint throws everything in your face one chapter in. The execution feels a bit contrived. I'll see how it goes...