War for the Oaks in Into the Forest

Jan 18, 2009 Christine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-urban, diverse-and-women-authors, fair-folk

Anyone who loves music should read this book, for the chapter titles alone. Honestly, it's the first time, I started almost every chapter humming. It is a classic of the genre, and the hype is correct. All the characters live and breathe. There is a wonderful sense of humor in the book, and Bull knows her lore. Eddi is a nice, almost normal heroine who has flaws and knows it. I loved this book. ...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Hazel rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy

I think this story will speak most to those who share Bull's passions; Minneapolis, live pop music from the 80s(apologies; I've no idea what genre she writes about. Prince and the Revolution were the only group I recognised!)and tales of Faerie. Although it's the usual fantasy theme of ordinary girl discovering she has special abilities, Bull writes well enough that I kept reading. I suspect that her descriptions of place and sound are evocative enough that locals, and band lovers would recognis ...more

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Oct 04, 2010 Mariah rated it really liked it

Shelves: minnesota-author, library, fantasy, dark-fantasy, 2010, book-club, urban-fantasy

Yay! A fantasy novel that takes place in the Twin Cities!

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Aug 20, 2008 Pamela Lloyd rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, mythopoeic-fantasy, endicott-mythic-fiction-botm

This is one of my all-time favorite books. I loved re-reading it for the Endicott Mythic Fiction group, even though circumstances meant I was late doing so. It's a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. ...more

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Apr 17, 2008 Lia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library, owned, read-in-2008

Kind of dated now. The clothes described screamed "80's!", as did the songs & bands mentioned.

I'm going to try more of her books, like the more recent stuff, to see if I enjoy them more than this. It was fairly fun, but I wasn't always eager to get back to the book. ...more

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