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The Warrior Maiden
by Melanie Dickerson
Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book Series: Hagenheim Book 9
Rating: 1.5/5
Diversity: Mulan is half-Asian in this one.
Publication Date: February 5, 2019
Genre: Adult Christian Romance
Recommended Age: 15+ (war and romance)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
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Synopsis: Mulan isn’t afraid to pretend to be a son and assume her father’s soldier duties in war. But what happens when the handsome son of a duke discovers her secret?
Mulan is trying to resign herself to marrying the village butcher for the good of her family, but her adventurous spirit just can’t stand the thought. At the last minute, she pretends to be the son her father never had, assumes his duties as a soldier, and rides off to join the fight to protect the castle of her liege lord’s ally from the besieging Teutonic Knights.
Wolfgang and his brother Steffan leave Hagenheim with several other soldiers to help their father’s ally in Poland. When they arrive, Wolfgang is exasperated by the young soldier Mikolai who seems to either always be one step away from disaster... or showing Wolfgang up in embarrassing ways.
When Wolfgang discovers his former rival and reluctant friend Mikolai is actually a girl, he is determined to protect her. But battle is a dangerous place where anything can happen — and usually does.
When Mulan receives word that her mother has been accused of practicing witchcraft through her healing herbs and skills, Mulan’s only thought is of defending her. Will she be able to trust Wolfgang to help? Or will sacrificing her own life be the only way to save her mother?
Review: I did enjoy that this book had a lot of world building and the character development for some characters was pretty good. The writing was also well done.
However, the character development for Mulan was really bad in my opinion. This Mulan only focused on romance instead of her family and honor and it really made me sad to see this. This Mulan was definitely not the Mulan I know and love. Her character development was almost entirely dependent on her romance too. I know this is a romance novel, but there’s a way to develop characters outside of romance. The book is set in medieval Lithuania, the characters are Christian, and the Mulan character is Half-Asain. I just got a really weird vibe from this and I can’t really explain it. It’s just so off to me that this deviates so much from the original storyline and I do not love how this was written.
Verdict: Not my style.
Book Series: Hagenheim Book 9
Rating: 1.5/5
Diversity: Mulan is half-Asian in this one.
Publication Date: February 5, 2019
Genre: Adult Christian Romance
Recommended Age: 15+ (war and romance)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Amazon Link
Synopsis: Mulan isn’t afraid to pretend to be a son and assume her father’s soldier duties in war. But what happens when the handsome son of a duke discovers her secret?
Mulan is trying to resign herself to marrying the village butcher for the good of her family, but her adventurous spirit just can’t stand the thought. At the last minute, she pretends to be the son her father never had, assumes his duties as a soldier, and rides off to join the fight to protect the castle of her liege lord’s ally from the besieging Teutonic Knights.
Wolfgang and his brother Steffan leave Hagenheim with several other soldiers to help their father’s ally in Poland. When they arrive, Wolfgang is exasperated by the young soldier Mikolai who seems to either always be one step away from disaster... or showing Wolfgang up in embarrassing ways.
When Wolfgang discovers his former rival and reluctant friend Mikolai is actually a girl, he is determined to protect her. But battle is a dangerous place where anything can happen — and usually does.
When Mulan receives word that her mother has been accused of practicing witchcraft through her healing herbs and skills, Mulan’s only thought is of defending her. Will she be able to trust Wolfgang to help? Or will sacrificing her own life be the only way to save her mother?
Review: I did enjoy that this book had a lot of world building and the character development for some characters was pretty good. The writing was also well done.
However, the character development for Mulan was really bad in my opinion. This Mulan only focused on romance instead of her family and honor and it really made me sad to see this. This Mulan was definitely not the Mulan I know and love. Her character development was almost entirely dependent on her romance too. I know this is a romance novel, but there’s a way to develop characters outside of romance. The book is set in medieval Lithuania, the characters are Christian, and the Mulan character is Half-Asain. I just got a really weird vibe from this and I can’t really explain it. It’s just so off to me that this deviates so much from the original storyline and I do not love how this was written.
Verdict: Not my style.