The Orphan's Wish

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Orphaned and alone, Aladdin travels from the streets of his Arab homeland to a strange, faraway place Growing up in an orphanage, he meets young Lady Kirstyn, whose father who is the powerful Duke of Hagenheim Despite the difference in their stations, Aladdin quickly becomes Kirstyn s favorite companion, and their childhood friendship grows into a bond that time and opposition cannot break.Even as a child, Aladdin works hard, learning all he can from his teachers Through his integrity, intelligence, and sheer tenacity, he earns a position serving as the duke s steward But that isn t enough to erase the shame of being forced to steal as a small child or the fact that he s an orphan with no status If he ever wants to feel equal to his beautiful and generous friend Kirstyn, he must leave Hagenheim and seek his fortune.Yet once Aladdin departs, Lady Kirstyn becomes a pawn in a terrible plot Now, Aladdin and Kirstyn must rely on their bond to save her from unexpected danger But will saving Kirstyn cost Aladdin his newfound status and everything he s worked so hard to obtain An enchanting new version of the well known tale, The Orphan s Wish tells a story of courage and loyalty, friendship and love, and reminds us what family really means. Free Download The Orphan's Wish [ by ] Melanie Dickerson [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr So I made myself finish this I did receive it in exchange for a review, but review was not required I ll be quite honest I hated this book I m going to try to find some good things, but we ll see XD POSITIVES The 1400s was kind of a cool setting I didn t feel like it was utilized as much as it could have been, but that s an era I haven t read a ton of fiction from Childhood friends to lovers is a trope I enjoy, so the fact that it was present despite the fact that I wasn t thrilled So I made myself finish this I did receive it in exchange for a review, but review was not required I ll be quite honest I hated this book I m going to try to find some good things, but we ll see XD POSITIVES The 1400s was kind of a cool setting I didn t feel like it was utilized as much as it could have been, but that s an era I haven t read a ton of fiction from Childhood friends to lovers is a trope I enjoy, so the fact that it was present despite the fact that I wasn t thrilled with the way it was executed was fun Abu, while not a terribly interesting character, was cute NEGATIVES Oh boy, where to start For one thing there s the awkward fact that while this is ADVERTISED as an Aladdin retelling, other than the obvious fact that the male lead was named Aladdin and he had a little sidekick named Abu, I couldn t have told that for the life of me I can kind of find some parallels But for the most part they were not present at all The chara...About this bookFrom the streets to an orphanage in a faraway kingdom, Aladdin has grown up alone Until he meets Kirstyn With a father who is the duke of Hagenheim and a mother who is the patroness of the orphanage where Aladdin lives, Kirstyn is a member of the most powerful family in the landand way out of his league Despite the difference in their stations, Aladdin quickly becomes Kirstyn s favorite companion for taking walks in the forest, and their childhood friendship grows About this bookFrom the streets to an orphanage in a faraway kingdom, Aladdin has grown up alone Until he meets Kirstyn With a father who is the duke of Hagenheim and a mother who is the patroness of the orphanage where Aladdin lives, Kirstyn is a member of the most powerful family in the landand way out of his league Despite the difference in their stations, Aladdin quickly becomes Kirstyn s favorite companion for taking walks in the fo... The Holy Land, 1401 A little boy, grieving the recent death of his mother, is taken under the wing of a street lord and forced to steal in the marketplace for food Until the day he is seen and adopted by a kindly priest, who takes him back to the faraway Holy Roman Empire.Years pass, and the boy grows to young adulthood in the duchy of Hagenheim They call him Aladdin now, which the book treats as a Westernization of Ala ad din He s the big brother of every orphan in town, and he s nursing a The Holy Land, 1401 A little boy, grieving the recent death of his mother, is taken under the wing of a street lord and forced to steal in the marketplace for food Until the day he is seen and adopted by a kindly priest, who takes him back to the faraway Holy Roman Empire.Years pass, and the boy grows to young adulthood in the duchy of Hagenheim They call him Aladdin now, which the book treats as a Westernization of Ala ad din He s the big brother of every orphan in town, and he s nursing a wicked childhood crush on the duke s daughter, Kirstyn, whom he once saved...Book title The Orphans Wish.Author Melanie Dickerson.Series Hagenheim book 8.Genre Fairy Tale retelling without magic, Medieval.Received book from NetGallery.Form of Book Ebook.Reviewer Victoria Goodbrand.Date started March 15, 2018 at precisely 2 o clock Date finished MY REVIEW Y all I m so excited to share this review I m going to be doing this revie was I read this beauty of a book Super special thanks to Net Gallery for gifting me with the opportunity to read an advanced Book title The Orphans Wish.Author Melanie Dickerson.Series Hagenheim book 8.Genre Fairy Tale retelling without magic, Medieval.Received book from NetGallery.Form of Book Ebook.Reviewer Victoria Goodbrand.Date started March 15, 2018 at precisely 2 o clock Date finished MY REVIEW Y all I m so excited to sh...Storyline This book has a good plot Guessable at times, but still good It felt like a different storyline than Aladdin but there were some similar parts Aladdin s name, wealth and trickery like the original story, etc I didn t connect with the characters, but I still enjoyed them Romance There was a few kissing scenes that I didn t enjoy, but everything was clean I just don t enjoy a lot of romance Violence Murders, kidnapping, bad wounds, etc Not graphic I enjoyed the Storyline This book has a good plot Guessable at times, but still good It felt like a different storyline than Aladdin but there were some similar parts Aladdin s name, wealth and trickery like the original story, etc I didn t connect with the characters, but I still enjoyed them Romance There was a few kissing scenes that I d...I love Melanie Dickerson s writing and stories My absolute favorite of hers is The Merchant s Daughter I ve read and reread it multiple times and could continue to do so for a very long time I was so excited to see a spin off of Aladdin as her newest book Unfortunately for me, it wasn t quite what I was hoping for It was a great story, predictable at times and clean This is one that I would definitely highly recommend for YA and Christian fiction fans, and Melanie Dickerson fans who fall I love Melanie Dickerson s writing and stories My absolute favorite of hers is The Merchant s Daughter I ve read and reread it multiple times and could continue to do so for a very long time I was so excited to see a spin off of Aladdin ...My blog A Magical World Of WordsThe premise is great and I had high hopes for the book This review will also contain a lot of quotes from the book, because I think that s the best way to show why I didn t like the story.The writing is not great It s amateurish, and littered with cliches examples includeHer touch light like a butterfly s wings ,Blood surging through her veins ,His dark eyes captured her ,Aladdin s stomach tied itself into a knot , andHer soft skin was like silk. My blog A Magical World Of WordsThe premise is great and I had high hopes for the book This review will also contain a lot of quotes from the book, because I think that s the best way to show why I didn t like the story.The writing is not great It s amateurish, and littered with cliches examples includeHer touch light like a butterfly s wings ,Blood surging through her veins ,His dark eyes captured her ,Aladdin s stomach tied itself into a knot , andHer soft skin was like silk.The dialogue is also terrible, and way too on the nose There s no subtext whatsoever, and it s just boring.The author has white washed the Aladdin story In the first chapter we get a glimpse of Aladdin in the Middle East Iraq I m guessing It s...3.5 personal rating would give four stars if I was the intended YA audience.This is a great, clean book that I would hand to any teen girl without batting an eye There are some scenes with a bit of violence, but not a bunch of gore There is a kidnapping, so heads up to those who might dislike that element, but otherwise there s really nothing to warn against.It was a really...4.5 stars I didn t plan on reading this whole book in one day but I just couldn t put it down Oh my goodness, I loved it so much I ve had it on my shelf for months and was a little nervous to read it because of the mixed reviews I ve seen, but I don t know why I doubted it Melanie Dickerson is one of my favorite authors and her writing style is just beautiful Aladdin is such a fun Disney movie and I m so glad that she wrote a retelling of it 4.5 stars I didn t plan on reading this whole book in one day but I just couldn t put it down Oh my goodness, I loved it so much I ve h...That was Pretty cringey The dialogue was horrible and there was basically no showing and all telling, but I think by the second half of the book I was able to ignore it and focus on the storyline I can kinda see the Aladdin resemblance here, but not much of it.Aladdin had a tiny bit of a character arc and changed a teeny bit by the end of the book but Kirstyn was flat She says she changed after what she went through but I didn t see any actual change I also feel like I was supposed to That was Pretty cringey The dialogue was horrible and there was basically no showing and all telling, but I think by the second half of the book I was able to ignore it and focus on the storyline I can kinda see the Aladdin resemblance here, but not much of it.Alad...

The Orphan's Wish
  • English
  • 20 April 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 343 pages
  • 0718074831
  • Melanie Dickerson
  • The Orphan's Wish