Through the Door (The Thin Veil) [Kindle Edition]

Jodi McIsaac (Author)

Book Description

Celtic mythology and the modern world collide in Through the Door, the first book in the new urban fantasy series The Thin Veil.

Cedar McLeod lives an ordinary but lonely life, raising her six-year-old daughter Eden on her own while trying to balance the demands of her career and the expectations of her mother. Everything seems normal until the day Eden opens her bedroom door and finds herself half a world away – and then goes missing. Suddenly, Cedar realizes her daughter is anything but normal.

In a desperate search for answers, Cedar tries to track down Eden’s father, who mysteriously disappeared from her life before Eden was born. What she discovers is far beyond anything she could have imagined. As she joins unlikely allies in the hunt for her daughter, Cedar finds herself torn between two worlds: the one she thought she knew, and one where ancient myths are real, the stakes are impossibly high, and only the deepest love will survive.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A strong addition to those seeking a riveting tale of fantasy and family. Recommended." - Midwest Book Review

"After just one book, Jodi McIsaac is already on my must-read list." - Nicholas Knight, Author of Supernatural: The Official Companion

About the Author

Jodi McIsaac grew up in New Brunswick, on Canada's east coast. After abandoning her Olympic speed skating dream, she wrote speeches for a premier, volunteered in a refugee camp, waited tables in Belfast, and earned a couple of university degrees. She now runs a boutique copywriting agency in Calgary, Alberta, where she lives with her husband and two feisty daughters.

Product Details

• File Size: 490 KB
• Print Length: 306 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Inkwood Publishing (May 11, 2012)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0082MOVOO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,012,362 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful new take on Celtic lore July 5, 2012

By Shelly329

Format:Paperback

I originally posted this review, complete with the the book trailer, on my blog {Dive} Under the Cover.

I really loved this book! I am not going to try to summarize it, because the synopsis is perfect. It's exactly what a synopsis should be, in fact. I am also going to keep this spoiler free so this may be a short review, but in this case it's not a bad thing at all.

I was pulled into the story immediately and I couldn't put it down. It didn't take me long to finish this book and I will be anxiously waiting for the next book in the trilogy to come out. I am a sucker for any kind of story with Celtic lore in it. I always have been drawn to it ever since I started reading Nora Roberts Celtic Trilogies over 10 years ago. The world that Jodi has started to build in the series is a fresh new take, at least for me. She does such a wonderful job with her descriptions that you are pulled right into the story along with Cedar.

I would be hard-pressed to tell you which character is my favorite. I think that I would have to say Eden, she really steals the story. She is such a sweet girl and I can't wait to see how she grows as the trilogy continues. I don't really think of this as a love story, there are elements of a love story in it, but it's more centered on the "fae" aspect. They aren't called fae in the series, that's just how I tend to classify them since it's easier to say that Tuatha De Dannan!

This book has a nice pace to it, there is a lot of action, but it's not all action from the get go. It has a good balance and well thought out plot and pacing. Reading this, I would never have guessed that this is Jodi's first book. The characters are also very well developed and were very real to me as I was reading. I was sad when they were sad, happy when they were happy, etc...

Overall, I really loved it, just in case that wasn't clear! It's always a treat to come across the start of a new series like this. Especially one from a new author. This isn't one of those underdeveloped, poorly edited releases that have become so common since Amazon publishing has become so accessible. Don't let the lower eBook price fool you!

I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good paranormal read, especially if you like Celtic Lore. I am sure that when the 2nd book is released I will be re-reading this one to prepare for it.

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a mash-up between Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro May 21, 2012

By Heather Ann Kaldeway

Format:Kindle Edition

I intended to read this over the next 2 weeks or so. It went a bit faster than that! More like 4 hours, with periodic breaks to refill my wine glass. :)

Through the Door is the first book in a trilogy, which is fortunate because I'm not nearly satisfied with my quick journey into its world yet.

The basic plot is that of a single mother (Cedar) raising a daughter (Eden) in Halifax. Eden, it turns out, has some odd abilities that start to show up when she's 6. Odd abilities like being able to open a door to anywhere she wants to go. Her bedroom door becomes a gateway to Egypt, the family cottage, or a Disneyland castle. Cedar is skeptical of such things, but this is in-your-face real magic. Suddenly a lot of family secrets start coming out of the woodwork, turning her worldview upside-down.

I'm still trying to put my finger on the thing that's different about the way Cedar is written, but I think it's this: Cedar is a mother of a young girl written by a mother of young girls. The book touches on family pressures, work/life balance, and the desire to be a great mom with a satisfying career. The conflict between being home with your child and working to pay for that home. The stress of raising a young kid and trying to figure out how to tell your kid that you adore them AND this might not actually be the most awesome chapter of your life. And no matter what, ancient gods be damned, no one's making decisions about your kid without your say-so.

It may be that I'm not used to reading fantasy novels written by women. It almost feels like a mash-up between Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro, which CLEARLY needed to happen.

The other thing I like is that the characters are complicated. We do have a clear hero and villain, but most of the characters are neither (or both?). Nuala is the main example of this. For the first half of the book, she seems like a fairly classic villain, but then things start shifting and getting more complicated. She has her reasons for what she's doing, and they don't mesh very well with Cedar's reasons. I can't decide how I feel about her and that's a very good thing.

Five stars! And I can't wait for the rest of the trilogy.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice easy read that I couldn't put down. July 30, 2012

By Jennifer

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I picked up this book and decided to go walk on the treadmill for a bit, and to be honest I've had a few BLEH experiences with free ebooks so I was tad skeptical about this one. But I figured, eh, thirty minutes on the treadmill at max. Yea no. So hours and a million lost calories later, I finished it. I really could not stop reading. The use of folklore was amazing; and I've always been intrigued with Celtic myths. The characters were a little iffy, I will admit. Some felt to one sided, and sometimes the conversations just seemed to blah or obviously scripted. Other times though it was great, not enough bad for me to stop reading. What kept me reading though wasn't really the characters, I wanted to learn more about the Tuatha. The ending left me a little blank, it just dead ended. I wished she had put a little sneak peak into the future, but it's still early so maybe she'll continue on with the story. It was a good story, a page turner, and free, so why not read!?

More About the Author

Jodi McIsaac grew up in New Brunswick, Canada. After stints as a short-track speed skater, a speechwriter, and fundraising and marketing executive in the nonprofit sector, she started a boutique copywriting agency and began writing novels in the wee hours of the morning. She currently lives with her husband and children in Calgary. This is her first novel.

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#91 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Fantasy

#85 in Books > Romance > Fantasy & Futuristic

#91 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Fantasy