Review: A great little fairy tale that delights
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2011
When I downloaded this and looked at it, I didn't expect to like it.  Now that I've read CLEVER JOHN, I can say that I loved it.  This is the first of Elizabeth Hoyt's writing that I've read, and her introductory "Enchanted by Fairy Tales" was so interesting to me that I thought about how long it has been since I read a fairy tale.  The idea of a fairy tale within each book that she writes is very appealing, and I'd love to read them all.  I don't read romance, but I'd love to read the fairy tales.In Clever John, the uncle of three nephews decides to leave his kingdom to the one nephew who can figure out who or what is stripping his cherry trees every night of their fruit.  The author did a wonderful job of working this fairy tale out, and so much so that I could have finished this and gone on to read another.The writing is very clean and clear.  It's quite a nice story to read over again, and I just might have to try that romance novel.