I’ll start off by saying it took me a long time to get
through this book. Not all of the fault
lies with the book. I’ve had some
medical issues and then everyone was off for the holiday break. I’ve also been spending a lot of time working
on my own story, so I haven’t devoted as much time to reading in general.
This is part of Dickerson’s fairy tale series. To see the full explanation of connections,
you can read my post here. I keep
it updated every time a new book comes out.
Wolfgang and Steffan are on their way to fight against the
Teutonic Knights who are terrorizing parts of Poland. These two brothers have a falling out, and
Steffan decides he wants to fight for the other side. Wolfgang is upset but continues on to join
the army of Duke Konrad. It’s there he
meets a skilled warrior in Mulan.
Mulan left home to make sure her mother could stay in their
home. She’s also running away from an
arranged marriage to a horrible man.
She’s trying to hide the fact that she’s a man from the rest of the
army, but eventually it’s going to become impossible. At that point, Wolfgang starts to become more
than a colleague and friend, but she knows he’s a duke’s son and thinks nothing
can happen between them.
I was disappointed in Mulan’s character. One minute she’s a strong warrior, and the
next she’s acting like a teenager. The
thing that pushed me over the edge was when she got upset at Wolfgang because
of the way he asked her to marry him (it’s a fairy tale, I don’t think it’s a
spoiler to mention that). He didn’t say
it the way she wanted him to, so she gets angry and huffy. I understand she’s supposed to be wary of men
because of her father, but up to that point, she’d been building a trust in
Wolfgang and appreciating that he wasn’t
anything like her father. Overall, I
felt like both main characters thought about their emotions more than necessary.
I was intrigued by Steffan’s character, and he’s on the
lookout for a princess to rescue. I’ll
be watching for that story and hope I like it better than this one. It wasn’t terrible, but I didn’t like it near
as much as some of the others. I just
wish there had been more action, and l didn’t have to read about so many emotions.
*I received a copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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