Title: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest (A Medieval Fairy
Tale #1)
Author: Melanie Dickerson
Pages: 312
Year: 2015
Genre: Fairy Tale Retelling
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Format: eBook (also available in paperback)
About the book:
Swan Lake meets
Robin Hood when the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant by day becomes the
region’s most notorious poacher by night, and falls in love with the forester.
Jorgen is the
forester for the wealthy margrave, and must find and capture the poacher who
has been killing and stealing the margrave’s game. When he meets the lovely and
refined Odette at the festival and shares a connection during a dance, he has
no idea she is the one who has been poaching the margrave’s game.
Odette justifies
her crime of poaching because she thinks the game is going to feed the poor,
who are all but starving, both in the city and just outside its walls. But will
the discovery of a local poaching ring reveal a terrible secret? Has the meat
she thought she was providing for the poor actually been sold on the black
market, profiting no one except the ring of black market sellers?
The one person
Odette knows can help her could also find out her own secret and turn her over
to the margrave, but she has no choice. Jorgen and Odette will band together to
stop the dangerous poaching ring . . . and fall in love. But what will the
margrave do when he discovers his forester is protecting a notorious poacher?
My review:
A delightful
fairy tale for the little girl inside.
I love the main
characters in this story. Both Odette and Jorgen had very difficult childhoods
after they were each orphaned. But they have both risen above those days. Their
hearts and characters were developed through those trials.
I thoroughly
enjoyed how Melanie combined aspects from both Swan Lake and Robin Hood in this
charming and original story. It is a very entertaining book. It was very
interesting for me to try and figure out which of the characters turned out to
be the evil person (or people) that were trying to destroy their lives.
I have to give
this wonderful story a rating of 5 stars. I’m highly recommending it. I am
looking forward to the next book by Melanie Dickerson.
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