This book is the third in the Medieval Fairy Tale
collection. The first book is The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest, and then The Beautiful Pretender. Magdalen is a close friend
of Avelina (The Beautiful Pretender), and the initial meeting between Magdalen
and Steffan occurs at a gathering in Thornbeck. If you want to see how everyone connects, I recommend checking out my post on the way the Dickerson tales intersect with each other - HERE
Magdalen has gotten a letter asking her to travel to
Wolfberg and marry the Duke. She met him
two years ago and thought he was interesting.
On the way, she is forced to change places with her maidservant. When they arrive at Wolfberg, Magdalen is
forced to work as a lowly goose girl.
Steffan is returning home after studying in Prague when he
is attacked. Fearing his uncle is behind
the attempt on his life, he sneaks back home and ends up working as a
shepherd. He comes across Magdalen and
figures out who she is, and while she has her suspicions about Steffan, she’s
not certain who he really is.
These two have to find a way to prove who they are while
keeping safe from those who would wish them harm. It isn’t going to be easy. They also have their growing feelings to deal
with. Magdalen feels hurt when Steffan
flat out tells her he had no intention of marrying her, and he ignores his feelings
because he’s afraid of loving someone so much, he’d be destroyed when something
happened to them.
I liked this book, it was well written. You can read these out of order without much
trouble. While Avelina and Reinhart show
up, it isn’t in such a way as you feel like you’ve missed something.
Apparently, this is based on the Grimm tale, The Goose Girl,
but I’ve never heard of it. Maybe I’ll
read it in the future though and see how it connects, besides the geese, that
is. As usual, a great tale! Good Book!
*I received a copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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