There will be a few changes to the rules and process this year (just like every year), but the basic format of the contest will remain the same. Yes! Rooglewood Press will be doing one last fairy tale retelling contest! I just had a long, sit-down meeting with my core team about it this month, and we are gearing up for a June 1st launch. And a sweet little note (in story form) in my inbox this morning reminded me that I should probably give all of you an update on events coming in 2017. All pictures are either mine, or they were found on Pinterest or Canvas.All righty, I know I've been gone for too long. I highly recommend this book! I am so happy that I bought this book from the library a few months ago!!Īll rights and content belong to Abigail Harder unless otherwise noted. I love allegories when they are done right! It is so beautiful to read them!! It was beautiful to see the gospel story being told in another perspective through allegory. Even if you don’t like fantasy, I think there will be something that you can take away from this book and that is Christ’s love for us. Stengl took us on a high flying adventure that Lewis never did.Įverything from the plot line to the characters had me loving it more and more. This book was a lot like the Chronicles of Narnia in a sense of telling the gospel story through fantasy, however Ms. Aethelbald in this book was a Christ like character, he wasn’t Christ but just an allegory of Him. We all seek after the “lovers” we think we love when really Aethelbald a.k.a Jesus Christ is there offering us uncontrollable love. I loved the allegory in it too.Īlso can I just say that I got very frustrated with Una at multiple points in this, but then realized how similar we all are to her.

This entire book was so beautiful and very well written. If you were to ask me why I love this book so much, I honestly couldn’t tell you why. Oh my word…….THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING!!!!!! Why have I not read it before now?!?! Timeless Fantasy That Will Keep You Spellbound

Only those courageous enough to risk everything have a hope of fighting off this advancing evil. Soon the Dragon King himself is in Parumvir and Una, in giving her heart away unwisely, finds herself in his sights. Una, smitten instead with a more dashing prince, refuses Aethelbald’s offer–and ignores his cautions with dire consequences. A dragon is rumored to be on the hunt and blazing a path of terror. Prince Aethelbald of mysterious Farthestshore has travelled a great distance to prove his love–and also to bring hushed warnings of danger. She dreams of a charming prince, but when her first suitor arrives, he’s not what she’d hoped. Princess Una of Parumvir has come of age and will soon marry. Where You Can Buy It: Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Life Way, and Christian Book Genres: Christian, Fantasy, Romace, Allegory

Veiled rose by anne elisabeth stengl