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Welcome to the tour for The Sherwood Proof by Kristee Ravan! Today I am reviewing the third installment of this fun series.
The Sherwood Proof
(The Lily Sparrow Chronicles #3)
By Kristee Ravan
Middle-Grade, Fairy Tale, Fantasy
Paperback & ebook, 569 Pages
November 23, 2021 by Kristee Ravan
Lily Sparrow has finally created an equation for being a good princess. Things are adding up and making sense, and she’s even growing a measurable amount more excited about her future. But unexpected variables keep being tossed into her equation:
1. Carole Claus is facing her first hurdle as Santa. She needs Lily’s help.
2. Lily’s Half-Birthday--an important Smythian tradition--is coming up, requiring her to find time to prepare for it.
3. Her algebra teacher has an unusual (and stressful plan) for Lily.
4. Lily remains convinced that her mom is hiding something from her.
5. The investigation into the traitor is an on-going source of stress and tension at work for Lily and Calo.
6. Oh, and Calo’s still betrothed to Su’Sauna, making life difficult and confusing all around.
Will Lily be able to place these variables securely in her equation? Will the Sparrow family find a way to convince their critics they are good for the Kingdom? Or will everything fall apart--subtracting all the good will Lily has already earned from her citizens?
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**My thoughts**
Lily has come a long way since the first book. And yet she still has a long way to go. After all, living in our world for the first 15 years of her life and then suddenly finding out she's a princess and being thrust into that fairy tale world isn't going to make her successful overnight. But she's getting there.
I think the hardest part is learning how to put the needs of others before your own, and performing the duties you are bound to uphold. I think it's a life lesson a lot of us have to go through. We're just fortunate enough to not have to do it in the fairy tale world where things do not feel as logical. And for her mathematical mind, that's quite a feat!
We still have a lot of strong feelings and whimsical characters that keep the pages turning through this long book. But don't feel overwhelmed by its length. It's entertaining with plenty of plot twists. And while I read all three books in order, I think you would be okay to read this one without having read the first two. But as I always say with standalone books. you'll better enjoy them if you read them all.
I felt a hint of more to come in this series, and will be looking forward to the next installment!
Thank you to Prism Book Tours and the author for my requested review copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Kristee Ravan lives in Oklahoma with her husband, daughter, and pet fish, Val (short for Valentine). She wanted to be many things as she grew up including a general, an artist, and an architect. But she never bothered to say, "I want to be a writer when I grow up." She was always writing stories and thought of herself as a writer anyway. She sent her first story to a publisher in the sixth grade. (It was rejected - in a nice way.) When she is not making up stories in her head, she enjoys reading, juggling, green smoothies, playing dollhouse with her daughter, and hearing from her fans. You can contact Kristee at the Facebook page for her Lily Sparrow books: The Lily Sparrow Chronicles.
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