Review: An unusual blend of tween and adult that just didn't feel right.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2012
"Butterfly Knight" is a short fantasy adventure by author Lotus Rose. This work was intended as a prequel to "The Doll Queen". This Kindle e-book was a 100 Kb download (approx. 13 printed pages) and was free (normally $0.99) at the time of writing this review.<spoilers>Our heroine, Faelwen is a beautiful knight in service of her realm and its leader, the Teddy Bear Queen. Knowledge of her stunning looks have reached far and wide.  A crude barbarian sees a picture of her and falls in love with her.  He invades her country to, in her words, 'find me and force his kisses upon me'.This then is the tale of the fair Faelwen, the grotesque barbarian and a tiny imprisoned butterfly knight.<end spoilers.Some thoughts on "Butterfly Knight"...1.) the author describes his works (on the amazon product page) as... 'writes in a style that is a more edgy, "grown-up" version of children's literature'. I would agree with this assessment.2.) a rather intriguing and complex plot despite its shorter length.3.) some wording that seems very adolescent in its context and syntax structure.4.) cover art... other than the butterfly, not sure what the cover was trying to portray.Impression:The author's goal was to tell a children's tale with a 'grown-up' edge to it. Not really sure it works. To me, trying to keep the level of writing at such a immature level took  away from an otherwise decent adult tale. e.g. when I saw on the very first page that the leader of this realm was the 'Teddy Bear Queen' I nearly quit right there. But with the knowledge that this was only 13 pages in length I carried on and was glad I did. This is a good story with a terrific basic plot.I think this writer has some good ideas and talent, but might want to stick to one type of fantasy literature... either early adolescence or adult, but don't mix the two. Getting a following for this type of work might be difficult.Although I enjoyed this tale to a point, there was nothing here to make me want to read more of this type of writing.As it is... 3 StarsRay Nicholsonraynicholsonsreviews@hotmail.com