Midnight Never Come

Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan

My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read this on the plane home for Christmas, and I found it completely engrossing despite a packed airplane and an uncomfortable seat.

The history is a little glossed, as other reviewers have alluded to, but had she offered the details of the lives discussed in the book, she could have easily doubled her number of pages. It reads as a fun supplement to the life of Queen Elizabeth I, but no one should expect that this novel will get you the full workings of Gloriana's court. Dissertations have been written about less. I suggest Alison Weir's excellent biography, if you want to know more.

This book is an excellent merging of the history with the fae, and the author's initial inspiration was the World of Darkness's Changeling role playing book. It was a fascinating example of a great story idea working in two venues (the game and the novel), and for fans of both story-telling vehicles, this is an interesting read.

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