Princess Lally was a happy child until her mother’s untimely death. It was then her devastated and distraught father locked himself away, leaving Lally to grow into adulthood without parents to care for her. When the King finally emerges after ten years, he is no longer the man Lally remembers from the halcyon days of youth. He has descended into lunacy, and is intent upon marrying his daughter.

Lally’s joy at her father’s return quickly becomes rage, and she takes refuge in the darker realms of her personality, surrounded by a forest of shape-shifting creatures. Disguised as a peasant girl under layers of furs, she seeks shelter and protection in the land of the good King Aelwyn. Will Lally remain in the dark world of the shapeshifters and succumb to the same madness that has overtaken her father, or will she find relief from her suffering in the one man who treats her with kindness?

Crystal’s Review
This book was a little dark and really different. I have never read a book like this one before and I had a hard time getting into the story at first. When I finally got into it and came close to the end I realized that I had enjoyed it.

Princess Lally has lost her parents. Her mother because of sickness and her father because he lost the love of his life. She has had to raise herself and in the process carries around a lot of anger that she takes out on anyone she sees. She is very head strong and takes her pleasures with whoever she pleases. Everything changes when her father finally comes out of his room after ten years and tells her that she will become his wife. She flees into the forest where the animals help her.

King Aelwyn is a young king and seems to be kind hearted. As soon as he sees Lally in her furs he knows who she is. He gives her time to come clean. They feel in love with each other at first glance. Lally has to get over her past to have a future with Aelwyn. (Pargraph) This is a book that I wasn’t sure about at first and I didn’t know what the author was thinking but then I started liking it. This author knows how to write books that are taboo at best and that is what makes her a great author.