Fantasy · Thriller · Horror
Fairy Tale
Seventeen-year-old Charlie Reade befriends a reclusive old man and his loyal dog, then finds that the locked shed behind the man's house hides a way into another world. What waits there is part fairy story, part war.
- First published
- 2022
- Pace
- Medium
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 608
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like Stephen King in a more adventurous, kid-hero mode, with a portal world and a strong bond between a boy and a dog.
Skip this if you want King at his most frightening, since this leans toward dark fantasy and the first stretch is slow and character-led.
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