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rachelmanija Apr. 27th, 2021 01:24 pm)
rachelmanija Apr. 27th, 2021 01:24 pm)Archaelogists are in town, digging up remnants of an ancient settlement, spurred on by the recent find of an Epona statuette. Meanwhile, Jinny is having visions of the settlement itself, in addition to nightmares of a Red Horse straight out the weird mural painted on the wall of her bedroom. What does the Red Horse want from her?
This installment thankfully avoids moralizing in favor of Jinny the wild child riding around the moors in reality and nightmare, present and past. Civilization seems to never completely take on her, and that as much as her closeness to Shantih, her Arabian mare who's never completely tamed, makes her the perfect candidate if some ancient horse-related magic needs to communicate with someone in the present.
The magical elements are deniable but not treated as such; while not everyone believes in them, Jinny isn't the only one who does and there's no real question in the book as to whether they exist.
This installment thankfully avoids moralizing in favor of Jinny the wild child riding around the moors in reality and nightmare, present and past. Civilization seems to never completely take on her, and that as much as her closeness to Shantih, her Arabian mare who's never completely tamed, makes her the perfect candidate if some ancient horse-related magic needs to communicate with someone in the present.
The magical elements are deniable but not treated as such; while not everyone believes in them, Jinny isn't the only one who does and there's no real question in the book as to whether they exist.
