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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
The Son of Poetry by P. M. Gill starts in Louis Song’s final year at an Edinburgh high school, where he is largely defined by relentless dedication to his grades and the hope of a top university. His friendship with Anne, whose family hides a secret connection to Annwfn, a Celtic Otherworld, changes everything in unexpected ways. When a sinister force known as Icelos begins to threaten those linked to this hidden realm, Louis is drawn into a conflict beyond his usual world of exams and expectations. His sharp intellect and steady determination become vital as the boundaries between ordinary life and ancient magic start to blur rapidly. With danger mounting, Louis must make difficult choices that will ultimately alter the entire course of his life and those he cares deeply about.
P. M. Gill’s The Son of Poetry is a coming-of-age tale rooted in the reality of a teen on the cusp of adulthood, disrupted by a completely alternative reality harnessed to wonderfully creative ancient Celtic myth. I am an Irish-Asian reader, and I cannot express enough how much seeing a character like Louis, someone who has a closer resemblance to what I know than perhaps any other fantasy novel I've read, means to me. There is a lot of authenticity to what Louis juggles, and it is portrayed not as a token trope or as virtue signaling for diversity, but as a living, breathing representation of the Asian diaspora in Celtic culture. I love that Louis’s character avoids conventional heroism; his uncertainty and hesitations feel tangible. With measured pacing and an invitation to linger in uncertainty, the novel resists easy answers, offering instead a great blend of everyday and otherworldly that stays with the reader. Very highly recommended.
