Book review: “The White Horse Trick” by Kate Thompson

This final book in a trilogy starts at the end and ends at the beginning. The world is literally coming to an end, and the people in Ireland are just trying to hang on. The Liddys know of another place where they can be safe, but Donal can’t leave all the rest of the world behind to suffer. The only hope for saving civilization is to help people across the border into the fairy world of Tir na n’Og.

Why I picked it up: Because it was sent to me. I never start a book in the middle of a series.

Why I finished it: I wanted to see how Thompson would end with the beginning

I would recommend it to: only people who have read the other two books. I was very confused about the time period of this book for the first 50 pages or so – the humans are living like they did in the dark ages, but the soldiers have flashlights and DVD players. Also, the fairy logic of Tir na n'Og was fallible – if nothing ever changes because no time passes, how is it that people can fall asleep? The story was fun, though, and if I had known more about the world before reading the final book, I think I would have really liked it.