Review: The title promises a rollicking good time and the story delivers!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2012
The title promises a rollicking good time and the story delivers one!Princess Aletheia is a Renascence woman stuck in the middle of the dark ages. Her slightly stupid father has little use for her simply because she's female and has no liking for her because she refuses to dumb herself down to be more acceptable for the other slightly stupid noblemen of the age. Now he thinks she's suddenly going to be a good little girl and marry someone she finds unacceptable... Yeah, maybe not. Luckily for her, Aletheia has her loyal friends Will the groom and Gus the duke, along with Tom the bright but hapless guardsman, to help her get into loads of mischief all in the name of getting out of an arranged marriage with Otto of Germany. Hilarity ensues.This story grabs you with both hands and doesn't let go. It's a quazi historical novel set in 13th century Europe with characters that would have been just as at-home in a contemporary story. It is sardonic, sarcastic and unapologetically NOT historically accurate. Picture the movie "A Knight's Tale" in the form of a book but set in a different part of Europe. There were some definite editing errors, typos, and odd word choices, but frankly, I didn't care. The story just sort of drags you right past them. I found this in the Kindle Lending Library, read the free sample, then borrowed it. And then bought it because I wanted to read it again. That makes it a five star book in my opinion, despite any technical issues.