Away with the fairies

I want to say I enjoyed this but it was too slow for my tastes. The start was confusing introducing too many characters all at once, especially as it jumped perspectives as well. This is the first book by this author that I have listened to and although the characters did grow on my I am not sure if I will be joining them again, wasn't sure I was going to finish this book but I kept at it and it did get better. The twist was pretty obvious but it still had me waiting to see if there was a surprise. The characters were interesting bunch if a little whacky and did a lot of things that had me questioning what type of story I was listening to.
The town recluse Emily has been sneaking out of her house at night, to leave poetry notes in Jenny and Dora's library box. She is desperately in need of friends and this is her way of making contact. Her cousin who did all her shopping and was the only contact with the outside world has stopped coming. Zola offers to do the shopping but quickly regrets it when it proves difficult to work for the demanding woman. Once the town learns Emily is coming out they want to celebrate the once famous poet by having her read some of her poetry in front of an audience, the three friends get roped into making sure Emily turns up.. Jenny is more worried about why everybody seems to desert the poor woman and looks into the missing cousins disappearance and when a stranger turns up trying to track down a missing uncle who's last contact was with Emily, Jenny wonders what is really going on with the poet.
I liked the narrator. She has a distinctive voice that she used well to voice the characters.

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