Take Elena Klovis, or as she is better known in her town, Ella Cinders. But sometimes the circumstances don’t quite work out. The Tradition, a powerful, magical, but impersonal force, shapes the lives of some lucky or unlucky individuals to follow well-known tales. In the Five Hundred Kingdoms, life is like a fairy tale – in some cases, literally. ‘Treasures from the Hoard’ are books I treasure and re-read. All the while keeping in mind that breaking with tradition can land everyone into a kettle of fish - sometimes literally! Still, her practical nature couldn't let him roam the country, so she brought the donkey - er, the prince! - home to her cottage to teach him some lessons. In fact, one of them was so ornery that Elena could do nothing but change him into a donkey. True, she didn't have to sleep in the chimney, but she had to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who kept trying to rise above their place in the tale. In the land of Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can't carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale.Įlena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella - until an accident of fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! Determined not to remain with her stepfamily, Elena set out to get a new job - and ended up becoming the Fairy Godmother for the land.īut 'Breaking with Tradition', was no easy matter. ★★★★ The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes LackeyĪlso by this author: The Serpent's Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, House of Four Winds, The Lark and the Wren, Owlflight, From a High Tower, Owlsight, Owlknight, Closer to Home, Hunter, Closer to the Heart, Take a Thief, A Study in Sable, Closer to the Chest, Beyond Treasures from the Hoard: The Fairy GodmotherįebruLark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, Treasures from the Hoard 8

The fairy godmother by mercedes lackey