Review: Loved this Fairy Tale!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
The Scarecrow King by Jill Myles is her retelling of the King Thrushbeard Fairy Tale. When I read this book today, I wasn't familiar with that fairy tale but I do love fairy tales so I was looking forward to this release. It definitely did not disappoint.  I am a huge fan of Jill Myles and this is definitely different then her other books but I absolutely loved it.***Possible Spoilers***The Scarecrow King features Princess Rinda who in effort to deal with a father who doesn't love her acts like a spoiled brat.  Her father decrees that she will marry the next person to visit court and that person happens to be a poor traveling minstrel...a handsome and happy minstrel who likes Rinda even though she behaves like a spoiled brat most of the time.  The twist is quite obvious...for me anyway but I'm not exactly for sure if the twist was suppose to be a big secret anyway because anyone who is familiar with the fairy tale would realize who the minstrel really is.  So even though most readers will realize who the minstrel is right away, the best part of the story is when Rinda finally realizes who the minstrel is.I thought Jill Myles did an excellent job of exploring the character of Rinda...why she acted spoiled, why her father sucks big time, and how she falls in love with a poor traveling minstrel.  I especially loved the ending when Rinda sees her sister for who she really is.  There was absolutely nothing in the story I didn't like and I have to say this is now one of my favorite books I have read this year.  Definitely a book I will read again. Highly recommend!!!