You readers haven't had many book reviews on this blog. But today you get one.
Eliana longs to see the world beyond the mountains that tower above
Salzburg, Austria, but knows that dream will never see such adventure-
and neither will she.
Surrounded by a world of cruelty, she lives
for the weekly visits of Aron, a boy she met on one of her rambles
through the countryside.
But as the years pass and she begins to grow older, a new and unwelcome world is opened up to her.
On a fateful night at a party she vowed she’d never attend, she comes face to face with a shocking truth.
As the world around her teeters on the brink of war, Eliana struggles to figure out just where her loyalty lies; a decision that will drastically change the course of her life. Will she ever be free to see what lies beyond the horizon?
But as the years pass and she begins to grow older, a new and unwelcome world is opened up to her.
On a fateful night at a party she vowed she’d never attend, she comes face to face with a shocking truth.
As the world around her teeters on the brink of war, Eliana struggles to figure out just where her loyalty lies; a decision that will drastically change the course of her life. Will she ever be free to see what lies beyond the horizon?
My Review:
The cover is what pulled me to read this story in the first place because I'm not really much of a fan of fairy-tale re-tellings (or fairy tales at all). But, I had read a few other stories by this author and decided to go ahead and try it. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The setting, the characters, the action were all interesting and kept me wanting to read.
This is a story I'll probably read again.And yes, it is a Christmas story as well, or at least most of it takes place in December and it ends on Christmas Day. :)
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Nice review!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for being a part of the blog tour, Rebekah!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me read this, Jesseca. I enjoyed it. :)
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