Review: improvable
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2013
Despite some relevant loopholes in logic, partly due to the Brothers Grimm's source, this short M/M fairy tale is a much better read than the rather pointless blurb can make one think.The same blurb also fails to quote the source and that is kind of major when reworking a traditional fairytale.That said, the story is nice with two likeable leads.Prince Diggory is pleasantly down-to-earth; the author avoids the usual device of describing his humiliations as a high-born man forced to do menial jobs concentrating instead on his plot to win his birthright back.There are no sex scene but the atmosphere becomes pleasantly sensual when the two princes interact.More pages and a harsher hand in dealing with the source's inconsistencies would be needed to make a great work out of this nice little story.