But then she meets headstrong Leo, who quickly becomes her friend, when no one else would. A secret that has her living in isolation in the mountains with nothing but an old man she calls father and her nanny goat. But once I got closer to the end…it was great! Maybe it was because I had forgotten stuff from the first book, so that I didn’t make the connection until I was reading something random about Heartless. I’m sorry to be the odd one out, but I didn’t get into this as much as Heartless. But that's my only real complaint!Īll in all, a solid 4.5 stars and I'm glad I bought it! In Veiled Rose, I was pretty sure it was still allegorical, but I couldn't tell exactly what the allegory meant. In Heartless the allegory was very obvious and made a lot of sense. I'm shaving off a half star, though, because of the whole allegory thing.
And the twist at the end, when we find out why she wears the veil. I jut hope she gets a bigger role in one of the later books :) I could write an entire review all about her. Getting the first half or so of that book from Leo's POV was so great. I will admit that I didn't like him at all in Heartless, despite knowing that he just made a mistake, because you only saw Una's story in that book and didn't get to know what happened to cause it with Leo. One of my favorite female protagonists :) Her strength was quiet and tranquil, but it was realistic and she was all around amazing. Rose Red was so wonderful and sweet and the epitome of a strong female character. It took me a little while to get into it, but once I was in, I was hooked and could not escape. On to what may well be my favorite fantasy book ever. Still loving it, even on the second time through. (July) Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.If the theme of Heartless was true love, this one is true beauty. A clever debut from an author worth watching. Since they never get enough to read in this small market niche, Christian fantasy fans will be particularly enthralled by this first in the Tales of Goldstone Wood.
But Stengl does let her imagination run in inventing some delightful things and scenes: the Twelve-Year Market that appears in its own good time and sells fairy goods a clever blind cat who is invariably underfoot and has, of course, a secret. Allegory is hard at work here-occasionally too hard, when the intended meaning drives the plot instead of the plot being driven by the momentum of events. When Una makes the wrong choice, catastrophe ensues for the princess and her family, and love, courage, and trust are needed when darkness engulfs the kingdom. She, however, finds him insufficiently romantic and much too boring in his concerns for her safety as a dragon approaches the kingdom. The kingdom's Princess Una is courted by Prince Aethelbald of Farthestshore. Debut author Stengl conjures the fantastic world of Parumvir.
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