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"A daring rescue. A difficult choice.
Sophie desperately wants to get away from her stepmother's jealousy, and believes escape is her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed to his older brother, and everything twists upside down. This could be Sophie's one chance at freedom--but can she trust another person to keep her safe?
Gabe defied his parents Rose and Wilhelm by going to find Sophie, and now he believes they had a right to worry: the girl's inner and outer beauty has enchanted him. Though romance is impossible--she is his brother's future wife, and Gabe himself is betrothed to someone else--he promises himself he will see the mission through, no matter what.
When the pair flee to the Cottage of the Seven, they find help--but also find their feelings for each other have grown. Now both must not only protect each other from the dangers around them--they must also protect their hearts."
Series: All of Melanie Dickerson's books are connected: "The Fairest Beauty" in considered #3 in this series. "The Healer's Apprentice"(#1, review Here!), "The Merchant's Daughter" (#2, review Here!), "The Fairest Beauty"(#3), "The Captive Maiden"(#4) and coming in November, "The Princess Spy"; should be read in this order for the least amount of spoilers.
Spiritual Content- Sophie has a very strong Faith & prays a lot; Sophie has most of the book of Saint Luke memorized & quotes it; Gabe quotes Scriptures as well; Monks are in these book; Very strong Faiths; Talks about God, His Will, & trusting Him.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a shut up', four stupid's, and an item is called cursed once; The Duchess had a guard drown a sack of puppies but Sophie saved them in time (barely above not-detailed); the Duchess slaps Sophie; hints & mentions of drinking; hare gets killed & eaten (not-detailed); Blood, hitting, slapping, almost killing, and poisoning (it is the story of Snow White, after all).
Sexual Content- a semi-detailed kiss & a very detailed kiss; two wretch's; hints of flirting; a jerk kisses Sophie & tries to touch her cheek (she slaps him away); Gabe gets hurt and his shirt has to come off (Sophie tries not to look); Love, falling in love, the emotions & touches (semi-detailed being the highest).
-Sophie
-Gabehart
P.O.V. switches between them, Pinnosa, Duchess Ermengard & Vallen
Set in {Medieval}
323 pages
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Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
{Because the story of Snow White is kinda harsh and all the lovey-dovey stuff, I had to lower the ratings}
This retelling of the story of Snow White with a lot of twists and turns--and characters with amazing Faiths. It was refreshing to read a "romance" book with both main characters having a strong Faith, as most Christian Romance novels have one of them struggling in that area.
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*{{'Books for Christian Girls' reviews all genres of Christian books, writing down all the Spiritual, Negative & Sexual content and does ratings for girls ages 9-19.
Keep in mind, when reading a BFCG review, ignore the things that don't bother you, but take notice of the things that do.}}
"A daring rescue. A difficult choice.
Sophie desperately wants to get away from her stepmother's jealousy, and believes escape is her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed to his older brother, and everything twists upside down. This could be Sophie's one chance at freedom--but can she trust another person to keep her safe?
Gabe defied his parents Rose and Wilhelm by going to find Sophie, and now he believes they had a right to worry: the girl's inner and outer beauty has enchanted him. Though romance is impossible--she is his brother's future wife, and Gabe himself is betrothed to someone else--he promises himself he will see the mission through, no matter what.
When the pair flee to the Cottage of the Seven, they find help--but also find their feelings for each other have grown. Now both must not only protect each other from the dangers around them--they must also protect their hearts."
Series: All of Melanie Dickerson's books are connected: "The Fairest Beauty" in considered #3 in this series. "The Healer's Apprentice"(#1, review Here!), "The Merchant's Daughter" (#2, review Here!), "The Fairest Beauty"(#3), "The Captive Maiden"(#4) and coming in November, "The Princess Spy"; should be read in this order for the least amount of spoilers.
Spiritual Content- Sophie has a very strong Faith & prays a lot; Sophie has most of the book of Saint Luke memorized & quotes it; Gabe quotes Scriptures as well; Monks are in these book; Very strong Faiths; Talks about God, His Will, & trusting Him.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a shut up', four stupid's, and an item is called cursed once; The Duchess had a guard drown a sack of puppies but Sophie saved them in time (barely above not-detailed); the Duchess slaps Sophie; hints & mentions of drinking; hare gets killed & eaten (not-detailed); Blood, hitting, slapping, almost killing, and poisoning (it is the story of Snow White, after all).
Sexual Content- a semi-detailed kiss & a very detailed kiss; two wretch's; hints of flirting; a jerk kisses Sophie & tries to touch her cheek (she slaps him away); Gabe gets hurt and his shirt has to come off (Sophie tries not to look); Love, falling in love, the emotions & touches (semi-detailed being the highest).
-Sophie
-Gabehart
P.O.V. switches between them, Pinnosa, Duchess Ermengard & Vallen
Set in {Medieval}
323 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars (and a half)
My personal Rating- Three Stars (and a half)
{Because the story of Snow White is kinda harsh and all the lovey-dovey stuff, I had to lower the ratings}
This retelling of the story of Snow White with a lot of twists and turns--and characters with amazing Faiths. It was refreshing to read a "romance" book with both main characters having a strong Faith, as most Christian Romance novels have one of them struggling in that area.
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*{{'Books for Christian Girls' reviews all genres of Christian books, writing down all the Spiritual, Negative & Sexual content and does ratings for girls ages 9-19.
Keep in mind, when reading a BFCG review, ignore the things that don't bother you, but take notice of the things that do.}}
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