REVIEWED BY CINDY
TITLE: A Solstice Journey
AUTHOR: Felicitas Ivey
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 59 Pages
BLURB: Upon leaving his company’s Christmas party, Gunnar Dagviðurson decides to walk to the train and enjoy the snowfall, only to get caught in a winter storm that magically transports him to a mysterious foreign realm. That’s how Celyn finds him, stumbling blindly through the snow, and Celyn takes Gunnar home to a castle of faery. Gunnar wants to find his way home for Christmas, but suddenly he’s faced with a choice: does he go back to his adopted family in the human world or stay with the magical family he’s found?
A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2013 Advent Calendar package “Heartwarming”.
REVIEW:
Felicitas Ivey has created a wonderful world that I would love to go and visit.
Gunnar is feeling alone at Christmas and finds himself lost in snow storm. He is literally rescued by a knight in shining armor and finds a place where he feels at home.
His knight is Celyn and it’s immediately evident that he’s intrigued and fascinated by Gunnar and doesn’t mind letting him know it.
I love the bits of Icelandic lore throughout the story as I’ve always been a sucker for legends and mythology. The inclusion of the Yule Cat made me smile and I found myself looking up even more of her story.
The whole story is smart, fun and sweet just like the characters the author has created.
This is the kind of short story I love. It has detail, a complete storyline and you aren’t left feeling like something is missing. The only complaint I have is that I would have loved to have seen it gone on much, much longer in the whole “I love this story so please don’t ever let it end” kind of way.
Cindy’s Rating: 
Buy link: Dreamspinner Press
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ADVENT CALENDER EVENT
Dreamspinner Press and The Blog of Sid Love bring to you an opportunity where you get to win a free set of DSP’s “Heartwarming” Advent Calender 2013. Yes! The full set with 31 stories including contributions from authors like Andrew Grey, Cardeno C., Grace R. Duncan, and many more…
If you wish to enter yourself into this contest, all you have to do is comment on every advent event post we make each day till the end of this month. Look out for titles with “Advent Calender Event” mentioned in them (such as this one) and the posts will be reviews on each and every story from this anthology.
The contest will end on 1st January, 2014 and the winners will be announced on the 2nd of January.
So, good luck to you all and Happy Holidays!
Sounds like the perfect short story, when you want to know more!
Sounds like the perfect Christmas story!
Sounds like a wonderful fantasy holiday story. The part about the Icelandic lore sound especially interesting.
Wow! Another 5* story. Thanks for the review. 🙂
I don’t read many fantasy stories and likely would have passed on this one if it weren’t for your review, so thank you.
Nice review Cindy! Gonna check this one out 🙂