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The Rogue and the Peasant (2022)

por Amberley Martin

Series: The Fairy Godmother Tales (1)

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Everyone knows a girl locked in a tower is supposed to wait for a prince-but that isn't the destiny this girl has in mind.Esme's life has been filled with secrets. Her mother says she's destined to be a queen, but she won't say when. Or how. Or who Esme's father is.When Esme is imprisoned by the evil fairy godmother, she only has more questions. Who is the young man guarding her? Why is he so interested in her father's identity? And can she convince him to help her escape before she's forced to marry whichever self-absorbed prince with a hero complex turns up to rescue her?Since his father's murder, Rory's life has depended on keeping his identity secret. Working for the fairy godmother seems like a fair trade for his safety, until he's sent to kidnap a girl who wears his family ring, a girl his father's ghost is suspiciously quiet about.Unraveling their connection might do more than save them both from the fairy godmother. It might save the fate of an entire queendom.But can Esme achieve her destiny when Rory's trying to avoid his own?The Rogue and the Peasant is a fun, fairytale adventure that blends Hamlet with Rapunzel to make something completely new.… (más)

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A Hamlet and Rapunzel crossover, this is an endearing twist to fairy tales as readers view modern mentalities. Chapters switch between Esme's and Rory's perspectives into their side of the story.

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Louisesk | Mar 20, 2023 |

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This is a nice and short fairy-tale adventure with moments to love, villains to hate, and lots of set up for the broader series. I was a little confused at points - is it normal in this world for peasant girls to suddenly become princesses? - but the story all came together in unexpected ways, with a whole lot of twists for just thirteen chapters. Definitely interested in what the sequels have in store, now that this world is established.

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Pascale1812 | Nov 9, 2022 |

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This was billed as "Hamlet meets Rapunzel," and it does a pretty decent job of combining the two. I think this is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek allusive fantasy, but the tone and humor felt a bit uneven. However, I mostly enjoyed this as a silly romp, though the characters seemed much younger than their putative ages. Allegedly, the protagonists are in their twenties, but they could have easily been aged down by 5 or 10 years for an early YA or middle-grade audience. The violence on- and off-stage is minimal, and the "content warnings" at the end of the eBook place this almost squarely in PG territory. (Personally, I found it a nice change for the male and female protagonists to be (unknown) siblings without any unnecessary romantic complications. It's not really asexual representation, but I do appreciate the depiction of a developing relationship that isn't at all about physical attraction.

InfoQuest | Oct 3, 2022 |

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Esme is a peasant, but her mother always told her she’d be a queen someday. So when a noble lady arrives at her cottage to whisk her off to Finishing School, Esme assumes it’s time to fulfill her destiny — but being kidnapped doesn’t seem like part of the plan. Meanwhile, the kidnapper, Rory, has his own problems: He’s paying off a debt to a sinister Fairy Godmother, and he’s literally haunted by his father’s ghost. When Esme and Rory begin to work together, they learn that their fates are intertwined in surprising ways. Based on the book’s cover copy, I thought this was going to be a romance, and it definitely 100% is not. I also thought the author’s influences were a little too obvious — there’s a whole chapter that basically rips off the movie Labyrinth. But I did like Esme and Rory as characters, and the book subverts traditional fairy tale narratives in interesting ways. Overall, it’s a decent fantasy read, just not what I was expecting. (

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Everyone knows a girl locked in a tower is supposed to wait for a prince-but that isn't the destiny this girl has in mind.Esme's life has been filled with secrets. Her mother says she's destined to be a queen, but she won't say when. Or how. Or who Esme's father is.When Esme is imprisoned by the evil fairy godmother, she only has more questions. Who is the young man guarding her? Why is he so interested in her father's identity? And can she convince him to help her escape before she's forced to marry whichever self-absorbed prince with a hero complex turns up to rescue her?Since his father's murder, Rory's life has depended on keeping his identity secret. Working for the fairy godmother seems like a fair trade for his safety, until he's sent to kidnap a girl who wears his family ring, a girl his father's ghost is suspiciously quiet about.Unraveling their connection might do more than save them both from the fairy godmother. It might save the fate of an entire queendom.But can Esme achieve her destiny when Rory's trying to avoid his own?The Rogue and the Peasant is a fun, fairytale adventure that blends Hamlet with Rapunzel to make something completely new.

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