After having this book and it's gorgeous cover haunt my shelf and memory for years, I finally picked it up and read it all the way through. I won't lie: it was hard going for a while. Its beautiful and haunting but its also very difficult to understand without giving it your undivided attention. It ...
by Patricia McKillipOpening line--"She saw the knight in the mirror at sunset."The first time I read this, a few years ago, I remember expecting a re-telling of "The Lady of Shalott" and not getting it and being somewhat put off by this. On this re-read, I didn't have that expectation and therefore...
This is a fairy tale like story with the princess similar to Rapunzel. Even the book cover convenes the same imagery. This is another quest type book for the hero to rescue the princess. Or, in this case, his queen. Once again, nothing is ever as it seems.
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