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Trolls In The Hamptons

Trolls In The Hamptons, November 2010
by Celia Jerome

DAW
Featuring: Willow Tate; Agent Grant
320 pages
ISBN: 0756406307
EAN: 9780756406301
Mass Market Paperback
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"Can an artist's drawings really come to life, or is she just going crazy?"

Fresh Fiction Review

Trolls In The Hamptons
Celia Jerome

Reviewed by Lenore Howard
Posted November 19, 2010

Fantasy

Willow Tate loves her work as a graphic novelist, despite the low pay and disapproval of her mother. But she's never really believed the fantasies she spins until one day, after creating a giant red troll named Fafhrd, she sees him clomping down her street like a playful three-year-old among toy cars. But when no one reports seeing a hulking giant anywhere (although the damage left behind by something is very real -- some witnesses think it was a runaway trolley), Willow almost talks herself out of what she saw. Until it happens again. Then the sexy and mysterious Agent Grant shows up, claiming to be from the DUE (Department of Unexplained Events). He not only believes Willow has seen the troll but confirms her fears that she was, in fact, involved in it becoming real. Turns out Willow is from a family that possesses some very unique and ancient talents. But Agent Grant explains that Willow didn't act alone, and that there is an evil genius out there, meticulously putting together a plot to destroy the world as we know it. It's a story she might have dreamed up for a comic book -- except the consequences are very real. I never really got into this book, despite the interesting premise. There were a lot of long passages of exposition and description but not a lot of action, other than glimpses of Fafhrd. Some of the events seemed a bit contrived, the wackiness a little forced at times, and I had trouble warming up to Willow, who was a little too passive for my taste. Nevertheless, it's a clever idea with some fun moments, and a nice change from the violence and angst in many urban fantasies. If you're a UF fan looking for a lighter read or you're wondering where to find a good troll story, you'll probably enjoy this book.

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SUMMARY

Willow Tate is a graphic novelist who earns enough money at her craft to keep her rent-controlled Manhattan apartment and still put food in the fridge. But when she decides to write about a ten-foot-tall troll who's a superhero, one suddenly appears, causing mayhem in Manhattan. When no one else can see the stony red giant, Willy thinks she's gone crazy, until she meets Agent Grant from the Department of Unexplained Events. According to him, Willy has managed to break ages-old cosmic laws that could destroy the Earth as we know it. Now she has to help him save the world, rescue a little boy, and stop a murdering kidnapper who wants to use the power of a little village in the Hamptons to become master of the universe...


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