The Captive Maiden

De: Melanie Dickerson

Narrado por: Jude Mason

Happily Ever After...Or Happily Nevermore?

Gisela's childhood was filled with laughter and visits from nobles such as the duke and his young son. But since her father's death, each day has been filled with nothing but servitude to her stepmother. So when Gisela learns the duke's son, Valten - the boy she has daydreamed about for years - is throwing a ball in hopes of finding a wife, she vows to find a way to attend, even if it's only for a taste of a life she'll never have.

To her surprise, she catches Valten's eye. Though he is rough around the edges, Gisela finds Valten has completely captured her heart. But other forces are bent on keeping the two from falling further in love, putting Gisela in more danger than she ever imagined.

©2015 Melanie Dickerson (P)2015 Zondervan

Captive Maiden

It was good but predictable as with every romance. Loved that she included scripture! Overall I liked it.

I loved how she read it !!the performance was amazing.

the story was written very beautifully. I will most definitely listen to it again

Captivating

The Captive Maiden held my heart and my breath captive through all of the "Adventures" and subsequent triumphs of the Young Lord and his Fair Maiden.....even caught myself whence at the fervent description of Valten's broken hand.....thank you

Love this series

My tween and I love listening to this series together. We always discuss the book when we finish it. We decided the thing we like best is that you get to hear an update about previous chapters in the other books in each new book. It interweaves the stories nicely.

love it all!

I have become enamored with this author and her books.
the narrator is great too

Intriguing

It was a captivating story. Loved the Bible verses . Loved the reference to the classic story of Cinderella

Love

Story was great as usual from Melanie Dickerson, but this was the best work by narrator Jude Mason I have heard so far.

Love all of her books!

Can’t wait till a new series comes out! The reading is always exciting with never slow boring moments and not overly dramatic that it isn’t realistic. Jude Mason’s voice is one of my favorites.

Amazing!!

I absolutely loved this book! While I accidentally started the series in the middle it has only made me want to go back to the first book to listen to the series in its entirety. The author wrote a splendid retelling of Cinderella with a perfect balance action, adventure, and innocent romance! While parts of the story seemed rushed and cheesy the overall feeling of the story was nothing short of classic fairytale for me. I definitely encourage anyone who enjoys fairytales and romance to give it a shot!

Enjoyable story

I loved it overall but there were parts of the story that I felt were dragged on and repetitive. I mean how many times are you going to go back and get caught by the "bad guy". Also How many times is she going to blame herself for something that OBVIOUSLY was not about her or her fault. Those were my 2 biggest faults. The story was good but it was just dragged on near the end.