Review: Not your typical sword and sorcery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2012
The Blacksmith's Daughter is story that could have easily followed the normal sword and sorcery / fleeing an arranged marriage path. but didn't. Enith isn't your typical fanasty maiden, and she's hardly helpless. Orphaned and consigned to labor for her uncle, Enith has become the village's best blacksmith, even if her uncle pretends she's not. Then the royal wedding party arrives in town. Juliana is the intented bride-to-be, but she's in love with a member of her father's guard. Soft-hearted Enith contrives a plan to free Juliana from the marriage, and ends up married to the prince, Acwellen, instead. Beset by foes, Acwellen finds an unlikely ally in Enith as they both discover who they are.The characters are realistic and engaging. I found myself caring for each one of them. Well, maybe not the "bad guys" or the monsters, but still . . . I can't wait to see what happens in the next book.