In a land where the magic of tradition bends people's lives into fairy tales, Rosa must take her fate into her own hands if she wants her happily ever after. This is the fifth book in Mercedes Lackey's
Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series and although it does not live up to the first book's standard, it has surpassed book four,
The Snow Queen, by leaps and bounds. The main flaw of this book probably lies in the statement made by Lackey in the introduction to the book where she claims to have written her first comedy. While the characters seemed to find everything funny and would frequently burst into random hysterical fits of laughter, I found nothing funny or even remotely comical until a ditsy talking unicorn with a lisp made an appearance near the end of the book. If nothing else, I have been reminded once more that if ever I see a creature in distress I ought to help it on the off chance that the animal is semi-intelligent and will come to my rescue when I am in great peril at some future time.
Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms
The Fairy Godmother
One Good Knight
Fortune's Fool
The Snow Queen
The Sleeping Beauty
Harvest Moon: A Tangled Web (Novella)
Beauty and the Werewolf
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