UPDATE: read again cos i heard there were a few tweaks here and there and enjoyed it even more the second time around with the added bits and tweaks :UPDATE: read again cos i heard there were a few tweaks here and there and enjoyed it even more the second time around with the added bits and tweaks :D
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this was fun, the descriptions were truly gorgeous, and as always, i loved that Claire isn't afraid to have children (usually specifically, babies) in her books, and to have those babies loved and wanted and protected by both father and mother
i love that this time around, Claire has given us a fierce and determined female lead rather than a gentle and determined female lead, and i'm even more excited for the Erkling's Daughters now that i know she can also do a good, sharper heroine
so far my favourite of Claire's shorter stories has been Aeronwy's Stolen Child, then When a Dragon Comes Courting just a smidge in front of this one, though the descriptions alone nearly pushed it neck and neck
there's a fade-to-black scene (as you would expect in a Tam Lin retelling)...more