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greyhound momma

This book breathes, it roars life into a world of magic - the plot artfully intersects powerful women, intrigue, place, revenge.

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2015

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The Bonnie Road Suzanne d’Corsey is my favorite new novelist!
This book breathes, it roars life into a world of magic, obligation and temptation, an American returned to her roots, amidst local intrigues personal and political. When Morag, takes you to the Samhain rites in the recumbant stone circle. Then you will understand the richness of this novel, when you can feel the knots of the garter untied and the wind of the Bonnie Road take you away.

Set in St. Andrews Scotland, that d’Corsey knows so well, the plot artfully intersects the intrigues of the personal needs of characters, the place, the living history, the whirl of ceremony and sexual abandon, sacred rite, and the pull of guilt and revenge, the humor of comeuppance and the reality of cruel actions. There is joy and surprise in the reading. The plot is complex, yet crystal clear because of the graceful writing. The sensual language and vivid description, the depth and specificity of characters - you can hear and see them – create an intimate relationship with the township of St. Andrews.

Forgive my resorting to a cliché – it was a page turner. The final 200 pages of The Bonnie Road kept me up reading til 3 in the morning -and that was reading on a computer screen!

Multireader

There are more things in heaven and earth,,,

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2016

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I lead with Shakespeare's famous line because The Bonnie Road takes us into the world of second sight, faeries and darker beings, and does so in a way that expresses just how closely such things co-exist with our everyday lives. In her inaugural novel Suzanne d'Corsey makes this realm accessible with everyday clarity and surprising wit and warmth. You will never think of faeries in the same way after you see them invade afternoon tea.

There is a sense of immediacy, of presence, in the writing that includes us in the events. We are not reading a story so much as sharing an experience, much of it no different than our own might be when arriving in a new place with unfamiliar customs, arriving for the saddest of reasons and then finding unexpected knowledge and adventure, and even love. That these things are offered to us not in black/white, 1-2-3 form but in the emotionally messy fashion of real life (and the dialogue is exactly the way people really talk, huzzah!) root us even more firmly in the story. The characters, good and spectacularly bad and in-between, are as real as the people you meet every day and so we are invested in them. We celebrate and puzzle and rage with Rosalind and Morag and the others, standing alongside them as they do the same. I can only compare this to the writing of Margaret George, who shares this gift of creating a world and placing us in it along with its inhabitants, rather than simply telling it in a tale.

But oh, the tale told here! It is a winding journey that you will not be able to put down. For myself, the Scottish setting brought me back to a period in my life when I was surrounded by the dialects, ceilidhs, legends, poetry and especially the music. I confess a distinct smugness in not needing to refer to the author's well-rounded glossary of references and Scots dialect translations, but the reader who has not been recruited into the "Scotia Nostra" will find it invaluable and enriching.

If you are wise enough to step onto the Bonnie Road with Rosalind and her new friends you may find yourself introduced to a country you've never visited, and a realm you've never imagined. Both are well worth the journey.

Stacy Babb

Enchanting, in all ways!

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2015

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The Bonnie Road is an amazing journey through the world of Scottish magic, history, lore and Witchcraft. It is enchanting.. and drew me in from the first page. There is a voice of wisdom behind the words in this book.. that is easy to discern if you know the old ways. You can read this book on many different levels. . I am enjoying the education of reading The Bonnie Road.. as much as the story. I am seriously impressed and will read it over and over. Beautifully written, Suzanne d'Corsey.

isisphoenix

I have been waiting for a book like this my whole life

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2015

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I have been waiting for a book like this my whole life, one that goes deep the complexities of human relating surrounded by the ancient history and magic of the craft. Each page, each paragraph provokes a visceral, sensory experience for the reader to merge with inviting their own remembering of the ole ways. At times gut-wrenching, sharply witty and suspenseful, this book is a spell waiting to wrap itself around the reader.

Melody

Richness and passion are evident

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2015

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The captivating tone and the immensely rich delivery make this novel a piece of art to behold. Suzanne d'Corsey provides flow, story and magick with each turn of page. Whether you practice the old ways or enjoy a solid novel at the surface I doubt you will find yourself dissatisfied with this book. The Bonnie Road is clearly the author's labor of love, dedication and perseverance.

Spiridonov

I highly recommend The Bonnie Road for anyone looking for a great ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2015

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This novel is deep, thoughtful, exceptionally complex and rich in authentic detail. The author knows Scottish history, culture and language. The dialog alone is delicious. Her familiarity with Celtic witchcraft makes this work a refreshing change from the tired and shallow Wiccan magic stories that seem to abound. I highly recommend The Bonnie Road for anyone looking for a great read this Halloween season.

KathyB

Bonnie, Indeed!

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2015

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The author's many years living in Scotland make this an authentic depiction of the Scottish people in all their loveliness. Enjoyable story, interesting and well-developed characters. The magick and ritual well-told, and I would love for d'Corsey to write a non-fiction about Scottish Witchcraft. As for "The Bonnie Road," I want the story to continue, want to know what each of the characters gets up to next, which says it all in my opinion!

deanna

great

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2015

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I thought this was a great book, it brought witchcraft into modern day world and separated Wicca for Old world witchcraft, and had a great storyline. I am looking forward to more books by this author.

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A Wild Ride!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2015

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The Bonnie Road is one of those rare novels which manages to combine astonishing bursts of literary clarity and existential contemplation with an increasingly tightly-woven and well-paced plot that sweeps the reader along on the enjoyably bumpy ride, right up to the particularly earth-shattering conclusion. Easily competing with the most harrowing scenes in horror fiction, the latter is not for the faint of heart!

I was particularly struck by the way author Suzanne d'Corsey wove each character's story from seemingly unrelated, trans-national strands into the extremely tangled web in which they are all eventually caught. The historic seaside town of St Andrews, currently known primarily as a playground to posh young royals and golf enthusiasts, enjoys something of a reputational facelift, revealed for the eccentric cultural melting pot, full of underlying histories and complexities, that it really is. Ivory tower academics, resident long-suffering Scots, bright-eyed American tourists all rub shoulders in the increasingly uncomfortable crucible of the small town, the fascinating (and at times sinister) tidal push-and-pull of its history still holding sway over their modern attitudes and actions.

In less capable hands, characters such as the witch, the minister, the ditzy history lecturer, etc, would be at risk of descending into stock stereotypes. Instead d'Corsey imbues each with a credible mix of all-too-human motives and obsessions. It is abundantly clear that she has experience whereof she speaks, not least in the clandestine world of Scottish folklore and occult practice, and the burgeoning Wicca movement, which is captured in the rather cattily amusing historical snapshot of the novel's 1980s setting.

Rarely does such broad intercultural and religious knowledge and research combine to create such an expansive yet credible homage. The interplay between the American protagonist and her broad-speaking Scottish uncle is particular amusing, a hilarious series of misunderstandings that must be overcome to deal with the serious business at hand - his impending death, and the future of the family cottage.

To try to classify Bonnie Road in terms of "genre" is to do it a disservice. It is foremost a literary work, expansive and profound in its aims. Yet it easily stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the best of social satire, spiritual quest narrative, and gothic horror. In its sly, jaundiced rendering of character and society a certain kinship with Fay Weldon is apparent. Another ambitiously literary author educated at the University of St Andrews... Coincidence?

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