{"id":21120,"date":"2019-12-01T01:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T05:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=21120"},"modified":"2019-11-23T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T18:31:50","slug":"book-review-fairies-plain-simple-by-ralph-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/12\/01\/book-review-fairies-plain-simple-by-ralph-harvey\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review \u2013 Fairies Plain & Simple: The Only Book You\u2019ll Ever Need \u2013 An Introduction to The History and Mystery of Their Magical Realm by Ralph Harvey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Review<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

<\/a><\/a>Fairies Plain & Simple: The Only Book You’ll Ever Need<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

An Introduction to<\/span> The History and Mystery of<\/span> Their Magical Realm<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

by <\/span>Ralph Harvey<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

144 Pages<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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This 1<\/span>44<\/span>-page<\/span> book opens with a beautiful piece of <\/span>P<\/span>oetry and then quickly moves into 3 parts. Part one consists of an Introduction to Fairies. The author goes over different versions of the term Faeries and tells<\/span> a little about where the<\/span> Fae<\/span> come from, different classifications<\/span> as well as different names they may go by depending on culture and region.<\/span> From the beginning<\/span> I noticed the<\/span> photography though only in black and white, is beautiful<\/span> and can be seen throughout<\/span> the entirety of the book.<\/span> I<\/span> do wish they were in color though, just because they are so beautiful,<\/span> I truly feel they would have been ethereal in color.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout<\/span> the<\/span> book the<\/span> author was able to tell of his own experience with the Faeries<\/span> in which I<\/span> thoroughly enjoyed how down to Earth the re-telling was. I appreciated th<\/span>at<\/span> Mr. Harvey<\/span> very much still seemed in awe of his experience<\/span>s<\/span> which brought magic to his retelling. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Part 2 Mr. Harvey touches on <\/span>l<\/span>ore and I was so very excited to get into<\/span> it<\/span> and learned some excellent information such as likes, dislikes, and my favorite,<\/span> a step by step guide to help you see them.<\/span> When Mr. Harvey went into his personal <\/span>r<\/span>esearch later in Part 2,<\/span> I got<\/span> goosebumps at his telling of hi<\/span>s<\/span> and his wife\u2019s<\/span> adventures covering sightings from<\/span> locals. Part 3 covered the Faery realm, different superstitions, elementals, and flowers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Overall,<\/span> I am<\/span> happy to have this book on <\/span>my book<\/span> shelf. I feel it was informative and fun<\/span> as well as covered a wide variety<\/span> of Faerie topics. As<\/span> \u201cPlain<\/span> & Simple\u201d as the cover claims. I do wish there was more <\/span>to<\/span> this book and hope to find more work on Faeries from this Author. He was engaging and to the point. I do wish the chapters and parts were a little better organized for quick flip through but luckily the book is small enough at 1<\/span>44<\/span> pages that I could still quickly pull information as needed. I really enjoyed the photos and poetry in the book and suggest this book for those serious about their interest in faeries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n