Briefly, I love A Change in the Weather.

I love it because it has fairies and goblins and cockatrices.  Because the dreaded victory of the Bad Guys is palpable and I could feel my heart beat just a little bit faster in fear of the brave protagonists.  I love it because the author is fearless in letting bad, terrible things happen to the good guys. 

I love it because there talking swords and dragons and Djinns.  The imagination that crafted this story is clearly seen in the characters, fairy tale elements that are familiar yet new, and in the echoes of folklore/myth. This is a fairy story that is grim and perilous and dangerous and, while being all that, it made me laugh and smile. 

I love that the protagonists made honest mistakes that weren’t clumsily disguised as plot devices.  What a breath of fresh air!

I loved the edged lightness of the prose.  It’s real, it’s modern, it kind of reminded me of Lewis (but not in a derivative kind of way).  It’s written in such a way that adults and children can appreciate and understand.  The prose, the story, felt relevant, like the story itself was just ’round the corner.

Finally, I loved it because for the first time in a very long while, here was a story that drew me in, that kept me interested.  I wanted to keep reading, I wanted to read every chapter.  And I did.  And I enjoyed it full heartedly.

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