Adventure Between the Pages: Dauntless
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Born a baron's
daughter, Lady Merry Ellison is now an enemy of the throne after her father's
failed assassination attempt upon the king. Bold and uniquely skilled, she is
willing to go to any lengths to protect the orphaned children of her former
village--a group that becomes known as "The Ghosts of Farthingale
Forest." Merry finds her charge more difficult as their growing notoriety
brings increasing trouble their way.
Timothy
Grey, ninth child of the Baron of Greyham, longs to perform some feat so
legendary that he will rise from obscurity and earn a title of his own. When
the Ghosts of Farthingale Forest are spotted in Wyndeshire, where he serves as
assistant to the local earl, he might have found his chance. But when he comes
face-to-face with the leader of the thieves, he's forced to reexamine
everything he's known.
Sometimes books like this are hard to
review. I enjoyed the setting, and parts of it were interesting, but I never
felt connected to the characters, which greatly decreased my enjoyment of the
book.
Merry Ellison is like a female version
of Robin Hood, only she does what she does to protect a group of children that
were orphaned during a raid on her home village by King John. She is a strong
girl, and while she doesn’t act very girly, neither does she spend time wishing
she was a guy. While the setting and plot make her sound like a really cool
character, she ended up falling short for me.
All the other characters, even Timothy,
were rather one-dimensional. Now that I
think about it, the whole book would have been better marketed for youth
fiction rather than YA. The whole style of writing felt more suited for a 10 or 12
year old, except for the romance.
The romance in this book was heavy and
very shallow, lots of talking about how they are feeling toward each other but
not a lot about each other’s character. Also the love triangle was a bit
awkward, because Merry refers to Allen along with the rest of the band as the
children, which made it hard to keep in mind that he was really sixteen.
Timothy was very likable and was one of the better parts of the book, as he was
more mature than most of the other characters.
The story was interesting, and it did
keep me turning pages. I think it took me only three or four days to get
through the book. The plot was interesting and different enough from some of
the things that I have read that I wasn’t bored.
I think those who like romance, Robin
Hood type stories, and are looking for clean YA will enjoy this book.
I received this book from Bethany House in
exchange for my honest review. I was under no obligation to write a positive
review. The opinions in this review are entirely my own.
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