Fire and Hemlock is Diana Wynne Jones' mash-up of Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer. It's well-written and makes for compelling reading --- I bought it intending to read it on a trip and ended up finishing it (neglecting some library books) before the trip even started!
The plot revolves around Polly Whittacker, who gate-crashes a funeral at the age of 10, meeting Thomas Lynn (the big clue about the mash-up) and ending up in a world-creating pen-pal type relationship. They make up stories RPG-style, and Polly labels herself as an assistant hero.
The POV character, Polly is a great character --- sympathetic and determined. She decides to take her hero ambitions seriously and ends up playing soccer with the boys. She beats up the school bully, taking the inevitable punishments that come with all good deeds. But at the age of 19 she discovers she had two memories --- a memory of a life without Thomas Lynn and one with one. As she unravels the mystery the plot gets going and she takes an active part in trying to rescue her Thomas.
The kindle edition of the book comes with an essay that Diana Wynne Jones gave as a lecture --- it's about the multi-layered construction of the story, and also discusses the nature of heroism in ancient literature. The book's good reading, though I feel the ending was a bit rushed. But the explanation provided by Jones' essay/lecture gives you a good idea of what's going on.
The book's definitely worth reading. It makes me want to go back and re-read Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin.
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