Of course 'normality' is off the menu when you live in a fairy-infested house, fairies in the grandfather clock, a tea caddy brownie in the kitchen complete with walking stick and a drain dweller in the bathrooom whose belches smell like rotten eggs.

Rowan (Red) is living at Elvesden Manor and she is doing her utmost to lead a 'normal' life with Tanya, Fabian and co. I don't want to give away too much of the plot but suffice to say that you are in for a real treat. Fear ye not as the author does a fabulous job of bringing events at Elvesden Manor to a close whilst introducing us to some intriguing new characters.

I adored her first two books, The Thirteen Treasures and The Thirteen Curses and I anticipated the latest novel with a mixture of sorrow, excitement and dread - sad because it was the signalling the end of my interaction with well-loved characters, excited to see how these characters would develop and the tiniest hint of dread that I might be disappointed. The Thirteen Secrets is the final instalment in Michelle Harrison's wonderful trilogy involving the relationship between faeries and humans. It was not a bad book by any means but I couldn't enjoy it as much as the previous books. It would have been better as a novella just to tie these loose ends. I felt like the story had ended after the first two books may be that's why or may be because the writer didn't have a lot to go on after the first two books. The story didn't properly align with the first two books even though the first two books were from different characters' POVs they sort of aligned with one another but this felt completely different. This book is definitely the darkest in the series but for some reason this read like a completely different book. They were dark, well thought out, fast paced and had me caring and rooting for the characters throughout. I loved the first two books in the series. Red also starts to go by her real name Rowan. Red lives at the Elvesden manor now with Tanya and Fabian and after the end of the second book, one would think that things are better now but this isn't the case as Red gets swept up in the dark world of the faeries once again and what's even worse is that someone is out there.

13 curses michelle harrison