Julie C Gilbert

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Princess Melia's Plight: A Fantasy Short Story Featuring Princesses and Dragons



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I could not finish this, I fell asleep at the same place each time I tried. But it is a clean story for very young adults. So I would advise it for young fantasy lovers.

River's Edge Ransom





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This prequel to the Huntsman and the Healer has some small spoilers but is as a matter of fact a good lead up to what happens in the Huntsman and the Healer. Marina and Daniel meet when he is hired to kill her. We also see a bit into the family dynamic and from there the Huntsman and the Healer make much more sense.

The Huntsman and the Healer – Julie C Gilbert


                        

Wow! So I listened to a book by the same author which I could not finish, and a such was sceptical when I started The Huntsman and the Healer. Maybe I was just not fashioned for short stories.  This book, however, had me from the get-go.  Shapeshifters and Warlocks, family intrigue and a dark menace, is threatening the land divided, with two people in the centre of the story who will follow their hearts and face a dangerous future in the hope of bringing peace to the country that is divided whilst facing a damning prophecy if they were to marry.

Ms. Gilbert writes true young adult fantasy, whereby I mean that although it has a dark antagonist, the story is light with a positive edge.  It is not in the same class as some of the YA books out there, and I think that is precisely what the author meant to do: write good fantasy but safe fantasy. Well done.

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