Library Journal
A girl named Tara disappears from her small English village, leaving behind a grieving but ultimately resigned family. Then 20 years later she returns—almost completely unchanged. Clearly, the work of a fantasist—Joyce has won both British Fantasy and World Fantasy awards—and comparisons are being made to Keith Donohue's The Stolen Child and S.J. Watson's When I Go To Sleep. Note, too, that Joyce's The Silent Land was a Stephen King Summer Pick in EW—and act accordingly.