Review of "The Green Man's Heir (Green Man, #1)" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Really enjoyed this mythical/fantasy book set in England, and centering around Daniel, a dryad's son. The author writes well, and has clearly done a lot of research into old myths and folklore of Britain, and she translates that into an exciting novel somewhere between a murder mystery and a folklore legend.
Daughters of a dryad and a human male become dryads also; but sons remain mortal, though they have some of the dryad blood and are a bit stronger, faster, taller, and better healing than normal. They can also see other mythical creatures, so when Daniel moves from Scotland to England for work and happens to meet a dryad, she's as surprised as he is. And she asks a favour from him, which soon leads to him meeting a naiad also, the titular Green Man, more dryads, and various other less friendly creatures of legend. Meanwhile Daniel is trying not …
Really enjoyed this mythical/fantasy book set in England, and centering around Daniel, a dryad's son. The author writes well, and has clearly done a lot of research into old myths and folklore of Britain, and she translates that into an exciting novel somewhere between a murder mystery and a folklore legend.
Daughters of a dryad and a human male become dryads also; but sons remain mortal, though they have some of the dryad blood and are a bit stronger, faster, taller, and better healing than normal. They can also see other mythical creatures, so when Daniel moves from Scotland to England for work and happens to meet a dryad, she's as surprised as he is. And she asks a favour from him, which soon leads to him meeting a naiad also, the titular Green Man, more dryads, and various other less friendly creatures of legend. Meanwhile Daniel is trying not to get fired from his carpentry job, trying to avoid being kicked out of the flat he's renting despite strange naiads turning up looking for him, and trying to convince the police that all the odd goings-on around the village are NOT his fault, despite the fact that he can't seem to stay away from them. And oh yes, all while trying not to worry his parents too much - especially since his mother the dryad has figured out how to tap into mobile phone conversations, and has given him dire warnings about ever trusting naiads, but when a naiad is the only source of information left ...
The book was very readable and equally hard to put down and I finished it in two sittings. If you enjoy folklore of the British isles crossed with a modern fantasy setting, you'll likely enjoy this very much!
