The Kingmaker The Fantasy World of Nancy Springer edition by Nancy Springer Literature Fiction eBooks
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The daughter of the High King has a regal name, but she is small and plain, so everyone just calls her Wren. As a mere girl, she is not her father’s heir; her cousin Korbye is. But Wren’s infallible sooth-sense tells her that Korbyn would make no good king. Nor is sooth-sense her only fate. Wren is the Kingmaker. When an ancient and dangerous ring of power finds its way to her, how should she use it?
The Kingmaker The Fantasy World of Nancy Springer edition by Nancy Springer Literature Fiction eBooks
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the-kingmaker-nancy-springerWren is the King’s daughter. She is wise and very responsible, and she has been advising her father and his subjects ever since she was a little girl. However, she cannot be her father’s heiress, because she is only a girl. Instead, the kingdom will go to her cousin, Korbye. Wren’s full name is Vranwren Alarra, but nobody, not even the servants, use it, because she is just a small, plain girl. She wonders sometimes what it would be like if she were an heiress, but she knows she cannot change the “fates”. Until one day, when she settles a dispute over a pig.
I found this short story very intriguing. I have read too many fantasy stories and watched too many movies, to immediately feel its ‘authenticity’. The style and the vocabulary are adequate to true-to-life tales of old kings and mighty deeds: “fey”, “chamber”, “to bespeak”, “stronghold”, “thanes”. The atmosphere is gloomy, scary, and you can feel that there is something bad waiting to happen any minute, even if the day is sunny and inviting.
The discovery of the special swine-stopper and the ensuing events brought to mind predictable and well-known situations and symbols: the story of the wren, the mother dying in childbirth, the child being gifted at birth. You almost start wondering when are the fairies going to show up. However, this is a historical fantasy, so it’s more likely that someone’s going to get slaughtered.
The main character, Wren, is fifteen and dreams of becoming someone that people would respect. She has the power of sooth, which means she knows when people lie. By the end of the story, she will also become the Kingmaker and suffer the fate of the bird that gave her her name. She feels temptation through the ring of power she finds:
“the ring felt somehow willful, inert, yet alive. It bent to my touch [...]”
and she wishes to attempt with its help
“what would otherwise have been impossible”
All this sounds very familiar. I liked that she rejects it and managed to impress me at the end both with the choice she makes and with the wise words she uses to explain it to her father.
While reading the story, I had the very strong impression that there should be more. Too many elements of fairy tale, history, fantasy mixed together, and too little time to enjoy them. Instead, we get sentences that summarize what in a novel would be whole chapters. The character development also happens very fast, I thought, but then I realized that Wren had lived in that world her whole life. She was prepared for these kind of situations. She was not a fairy tale princess who waited for her prince charming. On the contrary, she knew that if she did not obey her father, he would kill her on the spot.
The ending made up for some of the loose ends and took my mind off some questions I had formed, so on the whole this is a story I would definitely recommend to lovers of fantasy.
This review and more at openbooksociety dot com
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The Kingmaker The Fantasy World of Nancy Springer edition by Nancy Springer Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Court politics aren’t necessarily always as easy to navigate as one might first assume.
Not every princess lives in the lap of luxury. What I liked the most about Wren was how attuned she was to the thoughts and feelings of her subjects. Regardless of the circumstances of anyone’s birth or upbringing, we are all ultimately responsible for how we respond to what happens to us. I may not have agreed with every decision she makes, but Wren is a good example of someone who takes responsibility for her own actions.
I had some trouble understanding the character development of a certain individual in this story. Who this person was in the beginning is not necessarily who they appear to be later on in the plot. While it was interesting to be introduced to new facets of their personality, the transformation would have been easier to accept had certain behaviours and mannerisms shown up earlier on in their journey.
The simple yet cinematic descriptions of Wren’s society rapidly drew me back into the plot. Ms. Springer is extremely good at capturing a snapshot of a surprisingly complicated society with the inclusion of a few well-placed phrases. As much as I wanted to learn more about Wren’s world, everything I truly needed to know unfolded within the span of a few short paragraphs.
The Kingmaker sent a shiver down my spine. This is a great choice for anyone who enjoys fantasy that is heavily influenced by fairy tale tropes.
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*Beware of Spoilers*
the-kingmaker-nancy-springerWren is the King’s daughter. She is wise and very responsible, and she has been advising her father and his subjects ever since she was a little girl. However, she cannot be her father’s heiress, because she is only a girl. Instead, the kingdom will go to her cousin, Korbye. Wren’s full name is Vranwren Alarra, but nobody, not even the servants, use it, because she is just a small, plain girl. She wonders sometimes what it would be like if she were an heiress, but she knows she cannot change the “fates”. Until one day, when she settles a dispute over a pig.
I found this short story very intriguing. I have read too many fantasy stories and watched too many movies, to immediately feel its ‘authenticity’. The style and the vocabulary are adequate to true-to-life tales of old kings and mighty deeds “fey”, “chamber”, “to bespeak”, “stronghold”, “thanes”. The atmosphere is gloomy, scary, and you can feel that there is something bad waiting to happen any minute, even if the day is sunny and inviting.
The discovery of the special swine-stopper and the ensuing events brought to mind predictable and well-known situations and symbols the story of the wren, the mother dying in childbirth, the child being gifted at birth. You almost start wondering when are the fairies going to show up. However, this is a historical fantasy, so it’s more likely that someone’s going to get slaughtered.
The main character, Wren, is fifteen and dreams of becoming someone that people would respect. She has the power of sooth, which means she knows when people lie. By the end of the story, she will also become the Kingmaker and suffer the fate of the bird that gave her her name. She feels temptation through the ring of power she finds
“the ring felt somehow willful, inert, yet alive. It bent to my touch [...]”
and she wishes to attempt with its help
“what would otherwise have been impossible”
All this sounds very familiar. I liked that she rejects it and managed to impress me at the end both with the choice she makes and with the wise words she uses to explain it to her father.
While reading the story, I had the very strong impression that there should be more. Too many elements of fairy tale, history, fantasy mixed together, and too little time to enjoy them. Instead, we get sentences that summarize what in a novel would be whole chapters. The character development also happens very fast, I thought, but then I realized that Wren had lived in that world her whole life. She was prepared for these kind of situations. She was not a fairy tale princess who waited for her prince charming. On the contrary, she knew that if she did not obey her father, he would kill her on the spot.
The ending made up for some of the loose ends and took my mind off some questions I had formed, so on the whole this is a story I would definitely recommend to lovers of fantasy.
This review and more at openbooksociety dot com
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