I am so excited to present this post today. This is a series that I am particularly excited about and I will be reviewing this book in January, along with the others in the series. I hope you enjoy the post, and be sure to enter the giveaway, it's an awesome one.
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Tales of Goldstone Wood #4
by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Paperback, 400 pages
Published November 1st 2012 by Bethany House
Premise:
When a cursed dragon-witch kidnaps the lovely Lady Gleamdren, Eanrin sets boldly forth on a rescue mission...and a race against his rival for Gleamdren's favor. Intent upon his quest, the last thing the immortal Faerie needs is to become mixed up with the troubles of an insignificant mortal.
But when he stumbles upon a maiden trapped in an enchanted sleep, he cannot leave her alone in the dangerous Wood Between. One waking kiss later, Eanrin suddenly finds his story entangled with that of young Starflower. A strange link exists between this mortal girl and the dragon-witch. Will Starflower prove the key to Lady Gleamdren's rescue? Or will the dark power from which she flees destroy both her and her rescuer?
About the Author:
Anne Elisabeth Stengl makes her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Rohan, a passel of cats, and one long-suffering dog. When she's not writing, she enjoys Shakespeare, opera, and tea, and studies piano, painting, and pastry baking. She studied illustration at Grace College and English literature at Campbell University. She is the author of HEARTLESS, VEILED ROSE, MOONBLOOD, and STARFLOWER, with DRAGONWITCH due to release in 2013. HEARTLESS and VEILED ROSE have each been honored with a Christy Award.
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GUEST POST
Part Three
To be Bound is to be Free
"Strange, piteous, futile man. How
desperately you have fought all that would make you whole." (p. 328)
My
hero, Eanrin, spends the whole of this novel fleeing all bindings, fleeing all
the snares that love entails. But in the end, where is real life to be found
save in love? Yes, to give in and open his heart will mean a form of slavery.
Nevermore will the brave and bold Eanrin be his own master. Nevermore will he
dance his way carelessly through life, untouched and untroubled by the concerns
of others.
The
alternative, however, is more dreadful by far. The alternative is to become
like the dragon-witch herself. Consumed with fire, obsessed with strength,
unwilling and unable to acknowledge any power but her own, Hri Sora lives a
life of death. She lives a life devoid of love, safely hidden behind her own
scorched walls.
By
contrast, Starflower moves through this story with a softness and quiet
strength that is deceptive. Everywhere
she goes, the vulnerability of her love opens her to danger and imminent
destruction. And yet it is she who triumphs over life and death.
Starflower
has learned the secret of binding love. In that binding, she has found true
freedom, a freedom she may communicate to others.
Is
it worth the price? Is the peril of true love worth the danger? Is it worth
denying one's self for the sake of others who may or may not even love in
return?
To
this I say emphatically, "Yes!"
“It is by loving, and not by being
loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two
love, it is the loving of each other, that originates and perfects and assures
their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any
soul he loved, even if that soul know him not, bringing him inwardly close to
that spirit; a power that cannot be but for good; for in proportion as
selfishness intrudes, the love ceases, and the power which springs therefrom
dies. Yet all love will, one day, meet with its return.” -- George
MacDonald, Phantastes
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21 - Jaime @ Goodreads - Review
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Giveaway:
Grand Prize
GRAND PRIZE: The first four books The Tales of Goldstone Wood: Heartless, Veiled Rose, Moonblood and Starflower + SWAG! 2nd place is a copy of Starflower + SWAG!
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