Eilis O'Neal
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NIMROD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL : Awards 35 : Hunger & Thirst : Fall/Winter 2013 (2013) — Redacteur — 2 exemplaren
Swan 1 exemplaar
Waiting [short fiction] 1 exemplaar
The Wizard's Calico Daughter [short fiction] 1 exemplaar
Ice Moon Tale [short fiction] 1 exemplaar
A Royal Birthday 1 exemplaar
The Fairy Wife 1 exemplaar
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Fans of Gail Carson Levine, Jessica Day George, Shannon Hale, Tamora Pierce or E.D. Baker will find a lot to enjoy in this book. Sinda is a clever, resourceful and entertaining protagonist. Rather than freak out or whine about what happened to her, she tries to make the best of her situation. In truth what happened to her is downright disgraceful. 16 years they raised her, and true they wanted to make things a clean as possible, but her 'parents' the King and Queen could have made better provisions for her. She was never trained or taught anything but how to be a princess--any skills she picked up otherwise were through her own initiative and need for fun.
Sending her off to live with a relative she had no knowledge of, who was resentful and scornful and not the least understanding as to why she can't so simple chores village girls are taught from a young age...it was painful.
When Sinda returned, in a dramatically different fashion then she left, I felt nothing but joy for her. She was different. She wasn't the young girl that was tossed aside because politics called for it. She was a young woman ready to take her place and be something better.
There are several twists throughout the novel, including a subtle jab at what happens when you take a prophecy way too literally, and the romance is kept low key. Though Sinda worries over his opinion of her, it never gets to the point where it interferes with her life. She's sad and feels lonely at times, but is reasonable about it.
In the end this is exactly the sort of novel I would have loved as a child and appreciate more now as an adult. Positive engaging heroine, underlying theme of finding yourself and being true to it and fantasy elements all make this a book to not miss!… (meer)