A fun, eco-focused fairy story. The main character Bosco has to choose his life's calling by the age of ten or be summoned to the court of fairy land. Along the way to finding his calling he begins to learn about bees, despite his fellow faries' objections.

Good:
- The main character is male. Every single fairy book I've read had had a female main character and if makes are present they're fairly minor. I love that Bosco and the Bees breaks that stereotype and has good gender balance in the supporting characters too.
- The ecological theme to the story is well told and simple enough that children reading this book would understand and be able to go forward and do their own research. I especially liked the parts where different pollinator friendly plants were named.
- The friendship elements were appropriate for children and also covered areas such as grief and peril. 
- The bees and the factual information in this book were great. The author has clearly done their research and made sure all aspects of the bees are portrayed accurately.

Could have been better:
- The pacing felt off at several points. Sometimes the book was meandering then at other points the action felt rushed and over too quickly.
- Occasionally problems were resolved too easily. Even for a children's book, sometimes the resolutions seemed too convenient and the characters not challenged to resolve problems.

Overall I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to any young readers with an interest in fantasy, bees and their role in the natural world or fairy stories with a twist.