Hall of Souls & the Book of the Fairies (Meridian Chronicles #1), M.D. Fryson

In a panic, the spirit guides seek an ally with the Fairy Queen who has her own agenda. With empty promises and tricks Meridian, her father and her best friend Relic go to the witch city of Salem in search of the Fairy Quartz on Halloween kept by a local witch coven in Salem. The last but most dangerous quest is the voyage to the dark realm alongside the fallen spirit guide Talon. There Meridian must answer the demon’s riddle, save her best friend and escape the demon realm. With the help of a once spirit guide cast away as a fallen, she finds an ironic refuge in his help and escapes with the Fairy Book only to see through the fairy tricks.

M. D. Fryson, has taken the common Fairy trope, and intertwined it with Spirit Guides, Mystical Realms, and Time Discrepancies, to create a Teen-Fantasy story that smashes all boundaries. It is a busy novel, which could have benefited from some more back story (perhaps this is to come in the next novel?), to add more depth, and relatability to the entire premise. Yet, there were some definitive aspects of this novel which I thoroughly enjoyed, it’s most enjoyable moment, was the portrayal of inter-personal relationships within the novel, the young-characters bonding, and the romantic aspects throughout.

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