Green Hills and Fairy Bells The Green Hills Series Book #3
LGBTQ Fiction, Metaphysical Fiction, Visionary Fiction
Independent
Dec 16, 2022
Kindle
421
Amazon
“You probably shouldn’t stop to talk to strange men, dragons or fairies…”
Stewart Rygby and Michael Dougal are looking forward to a new chapter in a new lifetime together, but the waiting is driving them mad. It also doesn’t help that Stewart’s mother is prone to random outbursts of poetry punctuated by the pealing of bells in the local fairy village.
Whilst visiting Michael in Scotland, Stewart also gets to meet his fiancé’s cousin and the future mother of their children—Shannon Anderson. After getting dumped by her girlfriend of ten years by sticky note, she’s sick of pretences and vows to live life differently and by her own rules.
Meanwhile, back in Llwyncudd, there’s a new vicar in town. Father Aron Lewis tries to look at retirement and the odd turn his life has taken as a positive—and one quite possibly fated by God. But God seems to have a twisted sense of humour.
Join us for a puppy poppy tea party pealing parade in Green Hills and Fairy Bells—the prophetic third book in the Green Hills Series by Celyn Kendrick!
Review By Sherry Perkins
Member of the Paranormal Romance Review Team
“Are you a tylwyth teg?” — Green Hills and Fairy Bells
Green Hills and Fairy Bells is the third book in the multi-book series by Celyn Kendrick. In it, several plot lines, characters, and arcs converge to propel the story forward, and answer a few burning questions while posing a few fiery more. So, if you were wondering what was going to happen with Stewart and Michael, or what was going on with their dragons—not to mention the sheep—in the charming Welsh countryside, well, here you go.
That initial promise of “ribald and blue” in Book 1 & 2? It finally shows up. There is sex. A lot of sex. Some fantastic, some a little less so but all of it is lusty and raw. About that sex. Is it integral to the story? In Kendrick’s books, it not only demonstrates character development but shows the bond between characters. It’s often described in common terms and it can be amusing, frustrating, and endearing because it imparts a bit of reality into what is quite clearly a fairytale…unless, of course, dragons and fairies are real, in which case, I must hastily beg for forgiveness.
But back to the story. Green Hills and Fairy Bells elaborates upon Stewart and Michael’s burgeoning relationship, their otherworldly discoveries and themysteries that perpetuating their species entail. What is of interest to me is the clever tie-in between the love story, a local mystery including the disappearance of children, faith, reincarnation and fate, secondary relationships, and herds of sheep.
Kendrick captures the nuances of contemporary life, think COVID and other current issues, while interweaving fantasy, folklore, and the Welsh people into it. Most enjoyable, there still are the ever-entertaining church announcements that foreshadowed events, the introduction of poetry and a ballad that also foreshadows or perhaps provides backstory. However, I was distracted by parenthetical comments sprinkled throughout the text and some vulgarities that were nonetheless funny along with some scatological references as well. And to my disappointment, I really, really wanted to know more about Jane’s story from Book 1. Perhaps she’ll be in the next book? Meanwhile though, this book is for Stewart and Michael fans.
A four-star read about dragons discovering their place in the world and with one another.