Friday, January 5, 2018

REVEL by Demelza Carlton



Title:  REVEL: 12 DANCING PRINCESSES RETOLD
Series:  Romance a Medieval Fairytale #4
Author:  Demelza Carlton
Publish Date:   03.30.2017
Publisher:  Demelza Carlton
Category /Genre:  Fantasy Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from:  Demelza Carlton (as an ARC gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Revel
Date completed: 12.12.2017

Description from the publisher:
Twelve princesses. One wounded soldier. A mystery that must be solved.

Once upon a time...

Princess Bianca is sent with her sisters to the summer palace, a place no maiden has ever returned from. While her sisters seem perfectly happy, she has only one desire: escape.

Vasco, a wounded soldier on his way home from war, stumbles across the summer palace and sets out to solve the mystery no man has managed to yet. If only they let him live long enough...

Can the fair maiden and the wounded soldier uncover the sinister secret before it's too late?

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REVEL is the fourth book in the Romance a Medieval Fairytale series.  Each stands on its own, but there are some characters that appear in subsequent stories that make it ideal, in my opinion, to read them in the order of release.  I have not done so and while it does not diminish my enjoyment of the stories, I think it would have increased the mystery of discovery had I read them in the correct order.

Unlike Beauty and the Beast or Cinderella or…, I do not know the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses.  I had no preconceived notions and instead had the child-like delight of revelation as the story unfolded for me.  How wonderful to have this gift so late in my life! 

I also don’t know the story of the Goose Girl, so I’m searching my files to see if I have this book as well so that I can read it.  I’m crossing my fingers, because I love the unique spin Ms. Carlton has brought to these stories so much.

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Romance a Medieval Fairytale series:
1.      Enchant  (Beauty and the Beast Retold)
2.      Dance  (Cinderella Retold)
3.      Fly  (Goose Girl Retold)
4.      Revel (Twelve Dancing Princesses Retold)
5.      Silence (Little Mermaid Retold)
6.      Awaken  (Sleeping Beauty Retold)
7.      Embellish  (Brave Little Tailor Retold)
8.      Appease  (Princess and the Pea Retold)
9.      Blow  (Three Little Pigs Retold)
10.  Wish  (Aladdin Retold)
Also from Demelza Carlton:
Complex Series:
1.      Halcyon
2.      Fishtail
Mel Goes to Hell Series:
1.      Welcome to Hell
2.      See You in Hell
3.      Mel Goes to Hell
4.      To Hell and Back
5.      The Holiday From Hell
Nightmares Trilogy:
1.      Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer
2.      Necessary Evil of Nathan Miller
3.      Afterlife of Alanna Miller
Ocean’s Gift Series:
1.      Ocean’s Gift
2.      Ocean’s Infiltrator
3.      Water and Fire
Romance Island Resort Series:
1.      Maid for the Rock Star
2.      The Rock Star’s Email Order Bride
3.      The Rock Star’s Virginity
4.      The Rock Star and the Billionaire
5.      The Rock Star Wants A Wife
6.      The Rock Star's Wedding
7.      Maid for the South Pole
Turbulence and Triumph Series:
1.      Ocean's Justice
2.      Ocean's Trial
How To Catch Crabs
3.      Ocean's Triumph
4.      Ocean's Ride
5.      Ocean's Cage
6.      Ocean's Birth












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