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leafblade's review
3.0
Oh to sustain a non-lethal injury that forces me to stray for the path that's been written for me
joyceeeee_k's review
3.0
*3.5 stars
this was really sweet and lovely, my thick brain just couldn’t quite understand the shakespearean verse although there were pictures alongside it. but i absolutely adored the art style and honestly i need to see more gay rep in fairy tales, it makes my heart happy.
this was really sweet and lovely, my thick brain just couldn’t quite understand the shakespearean verse although there were pictures alongside it. but i absolutely adored the art style and honestly i need to see more gay rep in fairy tales, it makes my heart happy.
thelibraryskeeper's review
5.0
Right off the bat, let me say that this book is fantastic. The illustrations and poetry (and the bonus story!) are absolutely amazing.
"We, all of us, are set upon our roads
Some smooth and kind, some mountainous and steep
But hearts that harbor love will not be slowed
and hope will teach the weary soul to leap
For even those that walked so far alone
can weave their threads together and make home"
The story itself is about two knights who find each other and even through struggles and hard times fall in love. It really is remarkable how well Emily shows the feelings between Albert and Dancy without being incredibly explicit. I also thoroughly enjoyed the bonus story at the end of the book with Dancy's nieces talking about gender roles and gender identities. The little story at the end really ties in the over-all theme that there isn't a set "supposed to" role. "If you want to do something its yours to do".
"We, all of us, are set upon our roads
Some smooth and kind, some mountainous and steep
But hearts that harbor love will not be slowed
and hope will teach the weary soul to leap
For even those that walked so far alone
can weave their threads together and make home"
The story itself is about two knights who find each other and even through struggles and hard times fall in love. It really is remarkable how well Emily shows the feelings between Albert and Dancy without being incredibly explicit. I also thoroughly enjoyed the bonus story at the end of the book with Dancy's nieces talking about gender roles and gender identities. The little story at the end really ties in the over-all theme that there isn't a set "supposed to" role. "If you want to do something its yours to do".
jasongrace's review
4.0
It's a fairytale about two knights falling in love, told in a series of seven Shakespearean sonnets and stunning illustration.
10/10 would read this to my future children.
10/10 would read this to my future children.