Description: "With his subtle, character-driven approach, Bledsoe skillfully fuses music, legend, and regional atmosphere to create something that feels like an unexplored corner of American mythology." - Publishers Weekly "Always effectively subtle in how it employs the supernatural, with music central to the magic of the Tufa." -- Library Journal "A fine installment in the popular series and a fine way for newcomers to join in the fun." -- Booklist "This book is a graceful merging of magic and mundane that charmed me to my core." -- Bookworm Blues "A fun, fascinating read that revels in elements of folklore, magic realism, and just good old fashioned suspense and interpersonal drama." -- Our Lives Magazine (Madison, WI) Praise for the Tufa books: " Long Black Curl makes me so happy that there are authors writing real North American-based mythic fiction...one that sits so well it feels like it''s always been a part of us." --Charles de Lint "Beautifully written, surprisingly moving, and unexpected in the best of ways." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author, on Wisp of a Thing "Captures the allure and the sometimes sinister beauty of the Appalachian backwoods." -- Library Journal , starred review, on Wisp of a Thing "It''s no secret that music stirs the soul, and combining that with a folk-tale setting makes a deeply heart-rending novel." -- RT Book Reviews (four stars) on Long Black Curl "Haunting. . . . It''s a mixture: folk tales and folk songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. Or, you might say, a rustic version of ''urban fantasy,'' with its suggestion that there''s mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullest small-town facade." -- The Wall Street Journal on The Hum and the Shiver "A lot of fun." -- Booklist on Long Black Curl "Beautifully written, surprisingly moving, and unexpected in the best of ways." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author, on Wisp of a Thing "Captures the allure and the sometimes sinister beauty of the Appalachian backwoods." -- Library Journal , starred review, on Wisp of a Thing "It''s no secret that music stirs the soul, and combining that with a folk-tale setting makes a deeply heart-rending novel." -- RT Book Reviews (four stars) on Long Black Curl "Haunting. . . . It''s a mixture: folk tales and folk songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. Or, you might say, a rustic version of ''urban fantasy,'' with its suggestion that there''s mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullest small-town facade." -- The Wall Street Journal on The Hum and the Shiver "A lot of fun." -- Booklist on Long Black Curl "Beautifully written, surprisingly moving, and unexpected in the best of ways." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author, on Wisp of a Thing "Captures the allure and the sometimes sinister beauty of the Appalachian backwoods." -- Library Journal , starred review, on Wisp of a Thing "It''s no secret that music stirs the soul, and combining that with a folk-tale setting makes a deeply heart-rending novel." -- RT Book Reviews (four stars) on Long Black Curl "Haunting. . . . It''s a mixture: folk tales and folk songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. Or, you might say, a rustic version of ''urban fantasy,'' with its suggestion that there''s mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullest small-town facade." -- The Wall Street Journal on The Hum and the Shiver "A lot of fun." -- Booklist on Long Black Curl "Beautifully written, surprisingly moving, and unexpected in the best of ways." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author, on Wisp of a Thing "Captures the allure and the sometimes sinister beauty of the Appalachian backwoods." -- Library Journal , starred review, on Wisp of a Thing "It''s no secret that music stirs the soul, and combining that with a folk-tale setting makes a deeply heart-rending novel." -- RT Book Reviews (four stars) on Long Black Curl "Haunting. . . . It''s a mixture: folk tales and folk songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. Or, you might say, a rustic version of ''urban fantasy,'' with its suggestion that there''s mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullest small-town facade." -- The Wall Street Journal on The Hum and the Shiver "A lot of fun." -- Booklist on Long Black Curl of ways." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author, on Wisp of a Thing "Captures the allure and the sometimes sinister beauty of the Appalachian backwoods." -- Library Journal , starred review, on Wisp of a Thing "It''s no secret that music stirs the soul, and combining that with a folk-tale setting makes a deeply heart-rending novel." -- RT Book Reviews (four stars) on Long Black Curl "Haunting. . . . It''s a mixture: folk tales and folk songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. Or, you might say, a rustic version of ''urban fantasy,'' with its suggestion that there''s mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullest small-town facade." -- The Wall Street Journal on The Hum and the Shiver "A lot of fun." -- Booklist on Long Black Curl

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