Veil of Winter by Melanie Dickerson, 306 pages. Thomas Nelson, 2022. $19.
Language: PG (2 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
The duty of the princess is to take care of her people, and Princess Elyce (19yo) wants to be more than a political pawn for her father to marry off. Elyce plans to ask King Wencaslaus for help, starting with an elaborate scheme to escape the castle. Sir Gerard (21yo), a knight, receives a vision from God to help Princess Elyce and rushes to her side, but, by the time he arrives, he appears to be too late.
Dickerson starts the story with the impression of a Sleeping Beauty retelling, but those commonalities end after the first few chapters. Elyce and Gerard are both honorable characters who just want to do what’s morally right, but they both exhibit self-doubt, creating internal conflict. Those internal conflicts were reiterated enough to irritate me as the reader because I wasn’t getting any new information despite turning pages. Overall, this book is a predictable, happily-ever-after kind of read.
Princess Elyce is from a kingdom near France, and Sir Gerard is from England – most, if not all, of the characters are implied white. The mature content rating is for innuendo, and the violence rating is for sword fighting, death, and attempted murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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