Trigger warnings: This book is quite dark. The main character has Polio and is mistreated by classmates because of this. There is a significant amount of bullying, and there is a bit of self-harm.
Synopsis: Imagine a world where you might disappear any minute, only to find yourself alone in a grey sickly land, with more horrors in it than you would ever wish to know about. And then you hear a horn and you know that whoever lives in this hell has got your scent and the hunt has already begun.
Could you survive the Call?
Review: I didn't really know what to expect when I started The Call, and I quite enjoyed going in blind. This is a very dark story where children in Ireland train in schools to fight the fae. I liked Nessa a lot. I appreciated her desire to help fight, despite her physical limitations. She gets to know a fair number of her classmates, and she endures much of her training with her best friend, Megan. She also has a bit of a thing with a guy named Anto. Nessa tries to be a non-feeling hard ass, but I liked seeing her interact with Anto and Megan. It allowed her to be more human with the people who matter the most.
The Call is different than most fae stories as we don't get a whole lot of interaction with the creatures. I liked this change of pace, because it made them feel more eerie. We would follow perspectives of those who are drawn to The Grey Land, but these chapters are never too long. This allows us to see this world, but there is still a mystery about it. Some people come back from The Call, but they are normally changed in some way, physically. Seeing how their bodies were altered was never boring. Some changes were subtle, and some were obvious.
Twisted fae story that is definitely worth the read.
4 howls
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