Title: The Boys of Goose Hill
Author: Charles de Lint
In: The Faery Reel (Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling)
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Fae, Poetry
Pace: Slow
Format: eBook, Poem
Year: 2004

I really loved this poem, and thought that it was a great way to start off the The Faery Reel collection. It was a wonderfully lyrical poem which focused on the more traditional views of the fae. And not the kind, generous ones. The ones that make you know that you should never invite the fae into your home and lives.

One of my favourite things about reading poetry is the beautiful cadence and lilt that some poems have to them. De Lint manages to create a beautiful flow to this story that made me read this poem about three times before turning to the next piece of prose in this collection.

This was an incredibly fun and enjoyable read. One that I will most definitely read again in the future.

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