The Princess And The White Bear King

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing and confusing, not inspiring at all
Review: Since this was the same author, illustrator team that gave us The Faerie's Gift I thought this will be another "must have" book for my library. With great anticipation I read the story and studied the art on the pages. I thought a couple of times that I had missed something as I was reading, yet I decided that if I kept reading, that surely the questions that I had, would clear up. Unfortunately they did not. The story rambles along. It clearly needs some good editing. It's way too long. You don't feel close to the characters. The time lines are too long for a child to comprehend. In the end, it's basically a nothing story, it's not something that I would ever want to read again nor even give as a gift. As a last ditch effort to "fix" the story the author tells the reader that she has woven three tales together and even the explanation gets very long winded. Still at that point re-reading what I already labored through isn't something that interested me again. I was so disappointed. Save your money, seek out The Faerie's Gift instead .... leave this book behind.