I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Wildwood Dancingby Juliet MarillierFirst in the Wildwood fantasy series for Young Adult readers. My Take This is a lovely fairytale of a merchant family in Transylvania that had my hackles raised. How dare Cezar bully the girls, their servants, the villagers? How could no one see what was happening? How could they tolerate this? And Queen Ileana? I was appalled at her reaction to the girls’ warnings and yet her response made sense. This tale’s events began when Costi, Cezar, and Jena were playing a game in the woods some years ago and each wanted a major role to play. It’s Costi’s dream that comes fatally true after a rescue attempt. Life must progress and to take action against someone’s threats can create even larger problems. The kinds of problems Cezar was creating. I loved the results of the traditional kiss of transformation; it was rather difficult not to see it coming if one pays attention to Jena’s dialogs with Gogu. And how very useful that turned out to be for Jena, having […]