FAVORITE QUOTE:
“Feelings long suppressed resurrect from where I’ve buried them deep within me. With one look, she’s excavated them, set them on fire, and reminded me why I was half in love with her as a young teenager. I want to draw her into my arms and kiss her until she’s smiling with me instead of at me.“
Whimsical and delightful are just two of the words I would use to describe Fairest Hunter by MK Felix. This is one of those books I stumbled upon and ended up pleasantly surprised when I fell into its immersive pages. The narrative hooked me with an inventive fairy tale retelling, casting Rowena in the role of Robin Hood and Alvor as a Snow White-inspired character.
The present tense and well-paced prose made this a swift and engrossing experience. I savored how the romantic history—youthful crushes—between the main characters amplified the tension inherent in the love story. The plot thickened with the palpable danger posed by a wicked king and the unsettling enigma of a mysterious curse.
And beyond the main players, the side characters provided engaging antics with their clever banter and deep brotherly bond. The entire reading experience was a delightful puzzle, not falling into a predictable pattern as retellings are prone to do. With an ending that satisfied in a fairy-tale kind of way, I was sad and happy to finish the book. Sad it was over, happy there is another one coming. This was a first for me by this author, but it won’t be the last. Highly recommend if you enjoy fairy tales, fantasy, and a dash of mystery.
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About the Author
M.K. Felix writes clean, magical stories where fairytales get fresh twists, romance stays swoony but sweet, and light always wins in the end. A lifelong book lover, she finally gave in to the call of storytelling three years ago and hasn’t stopped writing since—especially tales where magic is rooted in light, inspired by her faith and her desire to share the light of Christ with the world.
When she’s not twisting fairytales together, like when she combined Robin Hood and Snow White together (like in her debut novel Fairest Hunter), you’ll find her chasing her two kids, laughing with her husband, or at church, recharging her soul. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she writes with the hope of bringing wonder, faith, and hope to her readers.
With a bachelor’s in Business Management and an associate degree in Project Management, she knows how to wrangle both spreadsheets and plot twists—but she’d always rather be in a world of enchanted forests, cursed princes, and rebels with a cause.
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