Resurrection is the second book in Hanna Park’s Beyond the Faerie Rath series, and it plunges straight into a lush, myth-soaked world of Irish folklore, family secrets, and otherworldly battles. The novel follows Calla, a young woman caught between two identities. She is both the adopted daughter of mortals and the blood-born child of Finvarra, King of the Faeries. This duality drives the story as Calla confronts her strange visions, her tangled sense of belonging, and the weight of her destiny. Alongside her, we meet Colm, Ciarán, and a host of mortals and immortals whose lives tangle in love, grief, betrayal, and the ever-thickening shadows of war between worlds.

Reading Resurrection reminded me of Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses, but with a sharper mythological backbone and a darker and more haunting atmosphere rooted in Irish folklore. What struck me first was the writing itself. Park has a way of spinning language that feels alive, almost like it breathes. Her descriptions of the Otherworld are thick with sensory detail. At times, the imagery is overwhelming, but I found myself drawn to it, letting it wash over me like waves. It added to the dreamlike quality of the book. The dialogue is what anchored me. Calla’s sharp tongue, her refusal to bow to anyone, even a faerie king, gave the story a grit that balanced the lyrical flow of the prose.

Beyond the style, it was the ideas that resonated with me. Family, choice, identity, these aren’t new themes, but Park gives them an edge by setting them against myth. Calla’s push and pull with Finvarra felt both ancient and painfully modern. Who hasn’t wrestled with the weight of family expectations, or the question of whether blood defines us? The battles, the shape-shifting, the omens of doom, they’re grand and dramatic, but they all circle back to something intimate: a young woman figuring out who she is and what she’s willing to fight for. That hit me harder than I expected.

The author doesn’t hand over tidy answers. She leaves you standing with Calla, teetering between two worlds, unsure which one feels more like home. I’d recommend this book to readers who love fantasy rooted in myth, who want their escapism tangled up with questions that bite. If you’re willing to wander through mist and shadow, to wrestle with beauty and terror in equal measure, then Resurrection is well worth the journey.

Pages: 268 | ASIN : B0FKDLGSFN