Review: Two Sweet Tales!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2014
What a fun, and rather simple, pair of short stories! They were delightful additives to the Hope Springs series, and I enjoyed both Bellflower and Fairy Slippers very much.Bellflower is a prequel to Forget Me Not, the first book the Hope Springs series. It is about a young woman named Annabelle who knows nothing but prostitution and hard men, due to her parents’ poor choices. But in a world where woman are only of worth because of the outward beauty, and men are beasts, can Annabelle find true love… and maybe in the most unlikely person of all? It was a poignant and touching story… though I do wonder, what happens next?  An interesting retelling of Beauty and the Beast.Fairy Slippers is a little added story about one of the secondary characters in Bleeding Heart. Following the lives of innocent, lonely, young Margaret and the logging camp cook, Zachary, who’s plagued with fears from the past, this story tells a lovely Cinderella story. I found it incredibly sweet!! Short and simple, but very touching. Too cute! I like how Amber Stokes names each of her books after a flower. It’s just so charming, and I look forward to reading the scene about the flower in each book. Two lovely little stories… can’t wait to read Forget Me Not and Morning Glory now!