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Booklog 65/2022: Juliet E McKenna: The Green Man's Gift – The Green Man #5
I was delighted to receive an advance copy of this book for review. I've loved all the previous Green Man books featuring Daniel Macmain, the son of a normal human man and a dryad mother. Dan, as befits his heritage, is a big, strong bloke who works sympathetically with wood, and who can see supernatural entities invisible to normal human eyes. His girlfriend, Fin, is a swan maiden and he regularly interacts with a couple of dryads who inhabit the Blithehurst estate where he works. In the first book in this series, Dan is a loner, working on building sites and moving on regularly so no one ever notices he's different, but now he's got a permanent home, and a network of friends which includes his boss at Blithehurst, the aforementioned Swan Maidens, and some wise women. The Green Man pops up from time to time to point Dan to a supernatural problem that needs fixing. This time young men are going missing in North Wales. One has turned up traumatised, after weeks, when he thinks he's only been gone for days. A beautiful young folk singer seems to be involved and Dan goes to Snowdonia to investigate. This leads him into the realm of the scary fairy and some shapechanging creatures of Welsh legend. Juliet McKenna knows her folklore and knows her characters. Dan may look like a thug (which he uses to his advantage on occasions), but he's thoughtful and resourceful. Highly recommended. You could start here, but I recommend you do yourself a favour and read the whole lot in order.
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