Review: The Goblins of Bellwater

Title: The Goblins of Bellwater
Author: Molly Ringle
Date Published: October 1, 2017
Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing
Page Count: 288
Rating: 4/5 pineapples
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I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

 Four neighbors encounter sinister enchantments and a magical path to love in a small, modern-day Puget Sound town, where a fae realm hides in the woods and waters...

Most people have no idea goblins live in the woods around the small town of Bellwater, Washington. But some are about to find out. Skye, a young barista and artist, falls victim to a goblin curse in the forest one winter night, rendering her depressed and silenced, unable to speak of what happened. Her older sister, Livy, is at wit's end trying to understand what's wrong with her. Local mechanic Kit would know, but he doesn't talk of such things: he's the human liaison for the goblin tribe, a job he keeps secret and never wanted, thrust on him by an ancient family contract.

Then Kit starts dating Livy, and Skye draws Kit's cousin Grady into the spell through an enchanted kiss in the woods. Skye and Grady are doomed to become goblins and disappear from humankind forever, unless Livy, the only one untainted by enchantment, can unravel the spell by walking a dangerous magical path of her own.

 

Goblins?!  Yes, please.  Sign me up!

Skye has always known in her heart that the “Teeny Tinies” existed in the woods, but never fully believed until she summoned them one night, and because of her curiosity, was cursed.  Now, having fallen into a deep depression, she longs to be with the very goblins who cursed her.  She is unable to speak of or even draw about what happened to her.  When Grady comes along, she thinks she has found the answer to the curse…..but she was wrong.

That’s all the details that I want to give because I don’t want to spoil the magic of the book.  I went into this thinking that it would be another fantasy read but I found that it was more of a contemporary romance mixed with a fantastical world.  The fae realm that Ringle has created is so descriptive and amazing.  I could see myself standing in the middle of it, taking in every detail.  I would highly recommend this book to everyone, especially if you are just dipping your toes into the fantasy genre.