It’s not a bad book, but as you can probably tell from my introduction to this review, I had my hopes and my expectations sky-high. Unbeknownst to her stepfamily, in the wake of her grief Ash has befriended a fairy and secretly desires to join him his home where, the stories suggest, she may be able to see a version of her mother again. When her father’s debts are made known, Ainsling-called Ash-is forced to serve her stepmother and stepsisters as a servant. When I found out that Lo had also written a fantasy novel? I was hugely excited, especially when I realized that Ash is about fairies and that it has been endorsed by Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black, Rainbow Rowell, Nina Lacour, Kristin Cashore, and more.īilled as a lesbian retelling of Cinderella with some dark, Irish-inspired fairies sprinkled in for good measure, Ash follows a young woman in the wake of her parents’ deaths. I don’t read much historical fiction, so the fact that I loved Last Night at the Telegraph Club as much as I did is remarkable. It is absolutely fantastic: excellent writing, a compelling balance between optimism and darker realism, likable characters, and a refreshingly diverse story from an era that is often depicted as overwhelmingly straight and white. Recently, I read Malinda Lo’s National Book Award winning, Stonewall Award winning, Asian/Pacific American Award-winning, and Printz award honoree Last Night at the Telegraph Club.
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