Title: The Orphan's Wish
Author: Melanie Dickerson
Chapters: 34 plus epilogue
Pages: 352
Series: Hagenheim Series book 8
Genre: Christian fairy tale retelling,
Christian Teen Historical
Rating: 3.5 stars
The
Orphan's wish by Melanie Dickerson is the 8th book in the Hagenheim series Lady
Kirsytn is the youngest daughter of the duke of Hageheim, and Aladdin an Orphan
from the Holy Land. Kirstyn is the daughter of character's from The
Healer's Apprentice the first book in this series as well as the
younger sister of characters from book 3 The Fairest Beauty, book 4 The Captive
Maiden, book 5 The Princess Spy and book 6 The Golden Braid. So it is best to
read this series in order.
I
enjoyed this book more than I thought I would mainly because Aladdin was one of
my least favorite Disney movies and I had read the original story that it was
based on. Melanie was able to put on own spin on the story and make it her
own. With all of her previous novels in this series and her other fairy
tale series her characters have a strong Christian faith. While it wasn't my
favorite book of the series it was still good. Readers will see aspects of the
Aladdin but it is still a new story because Mrs. Dickerson adds to the story
and makes it her own.
I
would recommend this to anyone who enjoys fairy tale retelling and Christian
teen historical fiction. I would say that this book is appropriate
for older teens about 15 or 16 and up. I look forward to next book
in this series which just happens to be a Mulan retelling.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.
