Fortune's Fool
The seventh daughter of the Sea King, Ekaterina is more than a pampered princess-she's also the family spy. Which makes her the perfect emissary to check out interesting happenings in the neighboring kingdom…and nothing interests her more than Sasha, the seventh son of the king of Belrus....
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The seventh daughter of the Sea King, Ekaterina is more than a pampered princess-she's also the family spy. Which makes her the perfect emissary to check out interesting happenings in the neighboring kingdom…and nothing interests her more than Sasha, the seventh son of the king of Belrus. Ekaterina suspects he's far from the fool people think him. But before she can find out what lies beneath his facade, she is kidnapped!Trapped in a castle at the mercy of a possessive Jinn, Ekaterina knows her chances of being found are slim. Now fortune, a fool and a paper bird are the only things she can count on-along with her own clever mind and intrepid heart.…
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780373802739 (0373802730)
ASIN: 373802730
Publish date: March 18th 2008
Publisher: Luna
Pages no: 395
Edition language: English
Series: Five Hundred Kingdoms (#3)
This entry in the Five Hundred Kingdoms series is pleasant enough. I enjoyed it while I read it, and some of the references to Russian folklore were fun. However, it's the kind of book that drifts right out of my mind as soon as I put it down. Pretty much the epitome of a C+ to me - not bad but not ...
3.5 rounded up. Nice story. Appearances by a couple from the previous book. It did take about a 1/3 of the book before the story got underway. (The first 1/3 was Katya came into possession of the paper bird). Once it did, the pacing was pretty good. Good ending.
Fortune's Fool is a fantastical, fairy tale style novel that is more romance than anything else with a fair bit of adventure thrown in. Katya, the story's main character, is a mermaid who can go on land. She acts as the eyes and ears for her father, who is the kind of the underwater lands. Topside, ...
Once again, I'm not sure which stories this book is based on. Parts of it reminded me of The Little Mermaid, since Katya is at least part mermaid. I think her mom is also part siren, but I don't think that's ever stated outright. This one is also more like a cracked/twisted fairy tale than a romance...
Combine "The Little Mermaid" with "The Firebird" and you'll get "Fortune's Fool" -- but this book has a twist.As with Lackey's other 500 Kingdoms novels, the fairytale Tradition is always trying to interfere and direct things along a certain path. This time, though, seventh son Prince Sasha is also...
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