I don't think the sample is as good a choice as it could have been to show off the narrator. The narrator does an commendable job, each character seems to come alive as a separate entity. All the while keeping in mind that breaking with tradition can land everyone into a kettle of fish - sometimes literally!Īn excellent start to a new series and a captivating & emotionally gripping story by Mercedes Lackey. Still, her practical nature couldn't let him roam the country, so she brought the donkey - er, the prince! - home to her cottage to teach him some lessons. In fact, one of them was so ornery that Elena could do nothing but change him into a donkey. True, she didn't have to sleep in the chimney, but she had to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who kept trying to rise above their place in the tale. In the land of Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can't carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale.Įlena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella - until an accident of fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! Determined not to remain with her stepfamily, Elena set out to get a new job - and ended up becoming the Fairy Godmother for the land.īut "Breaking with Tradition" was no easy matter. From the best-selling author of the Heralds of Valdemar series comes an enchanting new novel.
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