The third book in Mercedes Lackey’s Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series, Fortune’s Fool is an enjoyable if eclectic remix of a number of fairy tales. Lackey takes a wide assortment of elements drawn from Russian, eastern and northern European, Japanese, and Middle Eastern folk and fairy tales, and mixes them up, higgledy-piggledy… and it works surprisingly well.
A Castle for John-Peter on 1956 (orig. published in 1947) Add to Goodreads When John-Peter inherits a tumbledown mansion in the country, he and his parents decide to live there. But he soon finds himself in a war with pirates – a pair of lively girls who live next door…. November 8, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, Treasures from the Hoard 2 ★★★½
The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart Published by William Morrow on 1967 Genres: Romantic suspense Pages: 244 Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Airs Above the Ground, This Rough Magic, Nine Coaches Waiting It’s all a grand adventure when English Christy Mansel unexpectedly… Read more »
Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey Series: Valdemar Published by DAW Books on Oct. 1, 2002 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 351 Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, House of… Read more »
Pilgrim’s Inn by Elizabeth Goudge Series: Eliots of Damerosehay #2 Published by Hendrickson on May 1, 2013 (re-issued) Genres: Fiction Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Little White Horse, A City of Bells, The Blue Hills Few understood David Eliot’s anguish at losing Nadine…. Read more »
A City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge Published by Coward McCann on 1936 Genres: Fiction Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Little White Horse, Pilgrim’s Inn, The Blue Hills Review When injured veteran Jocelyn Irvin arrives in the sleepy cathedral town of… Read more »
The Lark and the Wren by Mercedes Lackey Series: Bardic Voices #1 Published by Baen Books on 1993 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 488 Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red,… Read more »
The Little White Horse Add to Goodreads When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she’s entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal she meets is… Read more »
