The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay

I wish sometimes I were a poet so I could adequately convey how beautiful and moving I find this book. This is one of my favorite books that I've ever read, however I can only read this book very occasionally. Unlike say, The Lord of the Rings which I read about once a year or so. I read this book, and the rest of the trilogy, so seldom, because I cannot bear to read it more than that. This story is so rich and so all consuming for me that I simply cannot read it more often than every 4 or 5 years. I think this might be my 3rd or 4th reading. Now, I am the sort of person that can read a book and then turn right around and read it again, if it's something I loved. This book ties together so much mythology and brings it so very alive. It reads like it should be a spoken epic. The language is so rich and simply drips off your tongue. I simply love it.

Rating: 5 stars! 6,7,8 stars!!

Recommendations: The rest of the Fionavar Tapestry of course. Book two is The Wandering Flame. Everything I've ever read by Kay, I am very fond of Tigana and The Lions of Al-Rassan.

400 pages, I honestly don't know how long it took me to read this book, I am completely swept away when I read this book