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Now Playing: Book One, “Lovers and Beloveds”: Eighteen-year-old Prince Temmin has led a childhood as close to normal as possible, far from the capital. When he comes of age and joins his father King Harsin, he’s completely unprepared for the politics, assassins and sexual intrigues at court. Temmin is even more unprepared when he discovers there is magic . . .
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Peter is your typical high school student, but when his mother’s marriage falls apart he copes by dreaming up the story of Dorothea, an elf who lives in the magical Bois d’or forest. Releasing his frustrations in his French teacher’s nightly writing assignment, Peter shares Dorothea’s story with his teacher, imagining a world in which witches, a renegade elf lord . . .
I give the new version of AIHotGK my stamp of approval! While I can’t remember the original well enough to evaluate how much the new narrative diverges, I’m definitely finding it a tighter, more focused read this time around. The multidimensional characters and lush setting come alive, make me smile, hold my sympathy and catch at my imagination. And did [more . . .]
. . . that all but one of these reviews (all before September 2010) reflect a version of the serial that is no longer available. Please come check out the new version. It’s better. Promise.