When the queen died, the king went mad with grief for she was his life, and while she was living, they only had eyes for each other. But Deerskin, while still a fantasy, is indeed a fairy tale for adults (as one of the book jacket quotes gushes) – it is, in part, nightmarish, unthinkable, the grimmest fairy tale imaginable.Īll as she was growing up, the Princess Lissar was ignored, overshadowed by her beautiful, generous, overwhelming parents – the queen the most beautiful woman in seven kingdoms and the king clever and brave and handsome enough to win her hand. Yes, the sure-footed story-telling is there, and the characters that leap off the page, and the magic and mystery. I’ve read one or two of Robin McKinley’s Young Adult books before Deerskin is not like those books.
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