Reviewed by Chris & Sarina
TITLE: The Faerie Godmother’s Apprentice Wore Green
AUTHOR: Nicky Kyle
PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press
LENGTH: 45 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 23, 2016
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The village of Styesville has a dragon problem, and is in sore need of a knight in shining armor to solve it for them. Instead, they get a strange traveler in a ragged cloak they barely even notice at first. Worse still, it soon becomes clear the problem setting fire to their village isn’t as simple as a dragon…
Chris’s Review
Unable to defend itself from the flames and ill intentions of a rampaging dragon, the villagers of Styesville send out a request for a knight in shining armor to come rid them of their reptile problem. Sadly no knights of any luminosity can be found. What they do get is a stranger in a green cloak who brings with them the truth of old tales and choice for one of the villagers.
The blurb to this book didn’t have a whole lot of information in it so I didn’t really have too big a clue as to what exactly this book was going to be about. But I love dragons and this cover was delicious, so I decided to read it anyways.
Without giving anything away, I really liked this story. It had several really nice twists and adored the take on dragons. Unique dragon stories are one of my sweet spots.
I don’t read many f/f stories, and to be honest I wasn’t aware that this was one when I picked it up. I am glad I did read it though. The two MCs were nicely written and I loved the way they interacted. I would really enjoy knowing more about both of them as their stories go on past the end of the story. There is a lot of potential here.
Overall this was a great short story. It does a good job of using its short page count to tell a full and compelling story that I recommend you check out.
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Sarina’s Review
I found this to be a really interesting twist on what could be considered a faerie godmother origin story. The village of Styesville has been plagued by a dragon for a while now and with no knight in sight to come save the day, things are looking fairly hopeless. Help does arrive, however, in the form of someone overlooked and completely unexpected but when the truth of the dragon comes out, will they be enough to save the day?
This was a short, yet still satisfying little story that turned out much different than I was originally expecting. Both main characters were surprising though one was for her appearance and the other for the ability she didn’t even know she possessed. While the pace was quick, the story itself didn’t feel rushed to me, and the ending left me feeling good about it, instead of dissatisfied. I feel like there isn’t a great deal I can say about the story itself without giving away any of the things that surprised me as that was the best part about reading this one. This is a f/f book though only in the loosest sense of the classification; one of the main characters prefers her own gender but there is no romance or romantic feelings between her or anyone else. I think that anyone would enjoy this story; it was a nice little magical/fairytale type story that isn’t overwhelmed by any kind of romance and I liked it that way.
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