Review of The Beautiful Pretender

Title: The Beautiful Pretender

Author: Melanie Dickerson

Series: A Medieval Fairy Tale

 

Chapters: 30

Pages: 312

Genre: Fairy tale retelling

Rating: 5 stars

     The Beautiful Pretender by Melanie Dickerson the second in the A Medieval Fairy tale. To me it seemed like a fairy retelling of both The Princess and the Pea and Beauty and the beast, but it was more of a Beauty and the Beast retelling that anything else.  When the Margrave of Thornbeck has to find a bride he invites noble ladies from neighboring kingdoms. In order to figure out which one has the best character his friends come up with different contests to test the girls characters. (the princess and the pea aspect.) 

     Avelina isn't a noble woman instead she is a servant, to Lady Dorothea. Sent to Thornbeck by her mistress's father   in order to keep it a secret that Dorothea ran off. She is suppose to keep attention away from herself. But because of her character and her beauty within as well as out draws the scared Margrave to her.  (The beauty and the beast aspect).    They are other aspects and people trying to keep them apart other than Avelina being a servant and his scars and past. 

     Will this two find happiness? But more importantly will they both learn to trust God. I enjoyed this book. It was a fairly quick read but then again I am a sucker for Beauty and the beast retellings. This was my favorite of the trilogy. 


I received a complimentary copy of The Beautiful Pretender  from Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone. 

Review of While You're Awake

Title: While you're Awake

Author: Amber Stokes

Genre: fairy tale retold

Rating: 4 stars

     While You're Awake is a sleeping beauty retelling by Amber Stokes. It's a sweet little read that I really enjoyed. It was a twist on the whole Sleeping Beauty story. 

Review of The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

Title: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

Author: Melanie Dickerson

Series: Medieval Fairy Tale Romance book 1

Chapters: 32

Pages: 306

Genre: Christian fairy tale Christian teen historical fiction Christian teen historical romance

Rating: 5 stars

     The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest is another great fairy tale retelling by Melanie Dickerson. This one is a cross between Swan Lake(Swan Princess) and Robin Hood. And I loved it.   As a child The Swan Princess and Robin Hood were in my top ten movies.   So I love the fact that Melanie combined the two into one novel.  Also the heroine is not a damsel in distress she can hold her own.  Odette worries about the orphan children of her village.  She wants to do as much as she can to help them. She becomes the Robin Hood of her people.   Jorgen is the forester for the leader of their country. Who is charged with finding the person who his killing deer in the forest.  

     Melanie's books keep getting better.  While The Merchant's Daughter will always be my favorite of hers because it's a retelling of Beauty and Beast. The Huntress of Thornbeck  Forest is tied with The Princess Spy for second.   Odette is a strong heroine in her own right but not so strong that she doesn't need a hero.  I loved Melanie's  twist on the Robin Hood  story.  

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.