I would have figured out "urban fantasy," myself. Evidently, that's the term for a number of contemporary fantasies, such as War for the Oaks (which is urban, of course). "Contemporary fantasy" is a less familiar term, but more inclusive if you don't consider Archer's Beach to be at all "urban". You seem to have modeled some of Archer's Beach on Old Orchard Beach, which I consider to be a small city--it's larger than my home town, Burlington, WI, which I did consider to be a (quite) small city, but definitely urban in character.
Nor did the use of "faerie" throw me off. Kate is involved in stuff that just ain't real, after all. I can stretch the term to include what happens to Kate Archer quite easily, and the blurb wouldn't have misled my expectations of the novel at all.
But "contemporary fantasy?" I don't know. I agree that's pretty well inclusive, but I would rather that term than "mundane fantasy", which seems to be one of those oxymorons people keep bringing up, kind of like "military intelligence." Either it's mundane, or it's fantasy, right?
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Date: 2014-02-07 05:27 pm (UTC)Nor did the use of "faerie" throw me off. Kate is involved in stuff that just ain't real, after all. I can stretch the term to include what happens to Kate Archer quite easily, and the blurb wouldn't have misled my expectations of the novel at all.
But "contemporary fantasy?" I don't know. I agree that's pretty well inclusive, but I would rather that term than "mundane fantasy", which seems to be one of those oxymorons people keep bringing up, kind of like "military intelligence." Either it's mundane, or it's fantasy, right?