The Healer's Apprentice

De: Melanie Dickerson

Narrado por: Jude Mason

A realistic, fast-paced reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale full of royalty, romance, and danger. This masterful combination of love and heartbreak - combined with the novel’s surprise ending - is everything fans of fantasy, historical, and medieval fiction yearn for.

Rose has been appointed as a healer’s apprentice at Hagenheim Castle, a rare opportunity for a woodcutter’s daughter like her. While she often feels uneasy at the sight of blood, Rose is determined to prove herself capable. Failure will mean returning home to marry the aging bachelor her mother has chosen for her - a bloated, disgusting merchant who makes Rose feel ill.

When Lord Hamlin, the future duke, is injured, it is Rose who must tend to him. As she works to heal his wound, she begins to understand emotions she’s never felt before and wonders if he feels the same.

But falling in love is forbidden, as Lord Hamlin is betrothed to a mysterious young woman in hiding. As Rose’s life spins toward confusion, she must take the first steps on a journey to discover her own destiny.

The Healer's Apprentice:

• An award-winning historical romance - a creative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale - by author Melanie Dickerson
• Perfect for listeners ages 13-18 and adults who enjoy historical romances similar to Eva Ibbotson’s
• A romantic, fast-paced story - sure to entrance fans of fairytale retellings

©2015 Melanie Dickerson (P)2015 Zondervan

Loved it

I love how wholesome the story is. This is by far the best retelling of Sleeping Beauty and I love love love that it's a Christian retelling of Sleeping Beauty.
The narrator did her job well... A+

This book was okay

I liked the story until the last few chapters. I liked the interaction of the hero and heroine in the beginning, but towards the end of the book the story started to drag and almost became ridiculous. I found myself just wanting to skip to the end just to get it over with. It was disappointing, because the story started out so well.

that they were so realistic and faithbased

I loved how they were faith based and I don't have anything that I didn't like loved the book

Creative!

What a beautiful retelling of Sleeping Beauty! I enjoyed this very much and I look forward to sharing this book with my daughters when they're older!

God wants a Pure &Holy relationships for All💥💌👍

A MUST READ Story filled with Sacrificial LOVE and Honors God's Word. Awesome Story!!!

A faith filled story

Although some may consider that the Lords name seems to be used in vain on a few occasions, the two main characters are strong and faithful people. It is obvious that the writer did her research and the mix of history with a fairytale feel is quite nice.

Best story in the series.

I like this story the best out of this series. I think it is well reserched.

It was ok.

I really wanted to like this book. It’s obvious that the author put time into research for the period and location. The setting was definitely the best part. Some of the characters were pretty compelling, but overall I felt like there were a lot of times the book dragged.
Some of the story was cute and fun, but then there were elements that were more like a morality tale crossed with a Catholic/Christian romance novel (not super in your face, but definitely there).
I felt like things got a bit repetitive, there was a lot of waffling over emotions versus responsibility, and the main villain ended up falling kinda flat for me... anyway, I’m not saying I could do better, but I don’t think I’ll listen to it again.

Great YA!

I listened to this in one day and loved it all! It was a great start to a new series. I immediately went and purchased book 2 of the series. It was a good, sweet period romance and I really felt for the characters. It was engaging from the beginning

I loved this!

Thank you for not cutting the ending short! the story was riveting, enjoyable, and worth the time and money. I'm looking forward to more books by this author. I recommend it for a young teenager.