Fairy Tale - Stephen King

Over the last few years, I've been making an effort to read Stephen King's books as they come out whilst also working through the back catalogue. The Bloke bought Fairy Tale for me for Christmas (I resisted the urge to buy it for myself) and it has sat on my shelf for a few months now. I just knew it was going to be something special so I sat.. staring at it.

I've only read 11 of his books to date but I've noticed that he tends to dabble in varying types of horror/thriller themes and to my (limited) knowledge, this was his first dabble into fantasy.. or at least the kind of fantasy that I'm familiar with. I wanted to make sure I had dedicated time to read this. I wanted to savour it and for once, I was stopping myself from reading too much too quickly.

Fairy Tale fits the patten of fantasy quest. Our unsuspecting Hero is thrown into a world unfamiliar to him, must defeat the evil forces and re-establish the order of civility and good.

Everything about the plot ticked the boxes, it had the Prince who didn't realise he was a prince, it had the trusted steed (in the form of Radar), the princess, the blight... it was just exactly what a Quest should have.

I felt so many emotions whilst reading Fairy Tale. I spent quite a portion of this book metaphorically reading behind a cushion because I was in fear of what King would do to the characters that I had fallen in love with.

Once again, I am in awe of the level of storytelling that Stephen King reaches. He's a master. Quite often I've enjoyed his books but I cannot fully articulate how in love I am with this story. This book left me inspired and hungry for more. This isn't a book that needs a sequel but I am desperate for a graphic novel. It would be stunning.

Quite often, I say that I'm in the mood for something Epic and I'm confident that this is my new ultimate epic read.

Did I mention that I loved it?

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