Author ~ Nancy Springer
Publisher ~ Untreed Reads
Published ~ 14 April 2012
Genre ~ Fantasy
My Rating ~ 4 bites out of 5
A
strange boy shows up at Lord Robley’s estate on the day of the Midsummer Hunt.
He walks into the stables, goes straight to the stall of the lady’s white
palfrey, opens the door, walks in and starts plaiting the long white mane. The
head groom, in a rush to get the lord’s hunter ready, stops and stares at the
strange boy doing magical things to the palfrey’s mane. He has no idea who this
boy is or where he came from, but he’s got a lot to do in very little time, so
decides to let him continue the plaiting. The Lord and Lady are delighted with
the result and the boy stays to do the plaiting of all the horses. Who is this
strange, silent boy? Where did he come from and who are his people?
This
is an excellent short story. Well-written, smooth-flowing with an interesting
main character. Personally, by the end of the tale, I thought the boy was fey
or had fey blood in him, but we’ll never know. What we do know is that he had a
magic way with his hands. I wish he was around to braid my hair. I’ve never
mastered the knack of it. *sighs*
*Many
thanks to Untreed Reads for providing me with a review copy. Please see
disclaimer page on my blog.
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