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Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
Tiptoe is a contemporary fiction novel written by Kit O'Conor. When Roan was small, he knew he was a knight. He dreamed of it at night and, during the day, found countless dragons to slay. When he went to school, the other children were not interested in his chivalric activities, but he was fine with being a knight on his own. He had a strange, unholy relationship with dragons as one had found Roan's flesh and blood a tasty and worthwhile sustenance, and it would feed upon him at night, leaving the boy feeling lost and far away when he awoke. When Roan was older, he would dress in a suit of armor and pose as a knight for hours. If he was lucky, he'd disappear into a comatose state and awaken hours later. Sometimes his friend Pepper would try to startle Roan with a display of enthusiasm and a presentation of his latest magical product. At home, Roan built cities made of paper and kept a journal of his dreams; sometimes he'd remember the wife who had gone away.
Kit O'Conor's contemporary fiction offering, Tiptoe, is an odd and dreamlike odyssey featuring a knight in shining armor and the boy-child Milo, the one with the wife. Their paths are separate; however, barely visible strands hold their lives together. I quickly became enchanted by the young Roan, even if I suspected that some of those early dragons he had slain were really unfortunate frogs and hapless small reptiles. Tiptoe, the drug that Milo loves so much, seemed oddly repulsive and left me marveling at its appeal. Its effects seemed too much like a narcotic, especially when laced with the sour whiskey Milo throws down his throat, and not exactly suited to being a party drug. O'Conor's debut novel offers no resolutions, and the ending seems to raise more questions than conclusions. Tiptoe is magical and strange, and it will probably morph into an entirely different story when I venture among its pages a second time -- no small feat that. It's an original, moving and magical story, and it's recommended reading.
