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Kingdom of Fairytales: Rumpelstiltskin #1
Queen of Unicorns
What happened after the happily ever after?
You all know the story of Rumpelstiltskin, but did you ever wonder what happened after the fairytale ending? Well we know. Not all afters end up happily, sometimes the real adventure starts much later...
Vale hasn’t been the same for Princess Eliana since her husband passed away. Now, left grieving and pregnant, she finds solace in the peaceful meadows surrounding her castle, taking comfort in the presence of the wild unicorns who make the meadow their home.
But Eliana’s fragile peace is splintering…
Something is out to get the unicorns. Something that has Eliana’s mother, the Queen, going into overprotective overdrive as Eliana prepares to bring new life into the world. But Eliana refuses to hunker down in the palace like a coward.
With her childhood friend Jay at her side, can Eliana protect the unicorns and find who--or what--is hunting them?
Or will the safety of the meadows be jeopardized forever?
You all know the story of Rumpelstiltskin, but did you ever wonder what happened after the fairytale ending? Well we know. Not all afters end up happily, sometimes the real adventure starts much later...
Vale hasn’t been the same for Princess Eliana since her husband passed away. Now, left grieving and pregnant, she finds solace in the peaceful meadows surrounding her castle, taking comfort in the presence of the wild unicorns who make the meadow their home.
But Eliana’s fragile peace is splintering…
Something is out to get the unicorns. Something that has Eliana’s mother, the Queen, going into overprotective overdrive as Eliana prepares to bring new life into the world. But Eliana refuses to hunker down in the palace like a coward.
With her childhood friend Jay at her side, can Eliana protect the unicorns and find who--or what--is hunting them?
Or will the safety of the meadows be jeopardized forever?
- GenresFairy Tales
100 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 22, 2020
32 people are currently reading
212 people want to read
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J.A. Armitage
148 books492 followersBorn in Leeds, I lived a very normal life until I got bored one day and decided to travel the world. Since then I've worked on a Banana Plantation, cleaned ACDC's dressing room and been a professional clown.
I climbed to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and the top of Kilimanjaro. Nowadays you'll find me being a climbing frame for my two young children, working in a school, and renovating my home.
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I climbed to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and the top of Kilimanjaro. Nowadays you'll find me being a climbing frame for my two young children, working in a school, and renovating my home.
Did I also mention I wrote some books?
I hope you enjoy them!
For my free books, just sign up to my newsletter here http://www.subscribepage.com/v7o8k4
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April 26, 2020
Queen of Unicorns is the first book in the Rumpelstiltskin arc by J.A. Armitage and Jennifer Ellision.
Princess Eliana is the daughter of the miller's daugther. The people of Vale called her the unicorns princess as she have a great affinity with them.
She have lost her husband and is pregnant with their child. When a baby unicorn is trapped she do not hesitate do go to help him even is she's almost due. After saving the baby her labour begins. After her child is being born, more trapped are being sets for the unicorns. The Queen is being more overprotective of her daughter and granddaughter, but Eliana doesn't want her and her child to be cage in the palace.
I have received an arc of this book from the author. Can't wait to read the next one.
Princess Eliana is the daughter of the miller's daugther. The people of Vale called her the unicorns princess as she have a great affinity with them.
She have lost her husband and is pregnant with their child. When a baby unicorn is trapped she do not hesitate do go to help him even is she's almost due. After saving the baby her labour begins. After her child is being born, more trapped are being sets for the unicorns. The Queen is being more overprotective of her daughter and granddaughter, but Eliana doesn't want her and her child to be cage in the palace.
I have received an arc of this book from the author. Can't wait to read the next one.
May 26, 2020
J.A. Armitage’s Kingdom of Fairytales multi-series concept is really an ideal template - what happens after the “happily ever after” in classic fairytales - for multiple series, and she’s certainly taken advantage of it in multiple series either written by herself or co-authored with others. That’s certainly the case with the Kingdom of Fairytales: Rumpelstiltskin she’s coauthored with Jennifer Ellison. I’ve not read anything by the latter author previously but that’s one of the beauties of this over-arching multi-series collection: it introduces me to new authors with a sort of quality seal as I can trust that Armitage will choose her co-authors well. She absolutely did this time as each of the books in this series, Queen of Unicorns (Book 1), Heiress of Gold (Book 2), Throne of Sacrifice (Book 3) and Goddess of Loss (Book 4) was superbly written and the overarching story arc is perfect. Taking place 18 years after the end of the classic tale, Rumpelstiltskin is back in the Vale, unicorns are being hunted down and the heroine here, Eliana, is seemingly facing insurmountable odds. Ehss as t follows over the course of these four books is a really wonderful and exciting tale that’s easy to highly recommend and definitely makes me want to find more books by the co-author here (I’m already addicted to Armitage so reading her books is a given). One caveat: I’ve reviewed these all at once as this series really is best read from Book 1 on, though that’s actually easy to do as each is fast to read.
June 8, 2020
A sweet opening to yet another series of Happily Ever After story retellings, this time the Rumpelstiltskin.
Eliana was kept in the castle by her overprotective mother for long. So much so it's a miracle she was able to find herself a husband and get pregnant. But now her beloved is dead and her baby is about to come to this world. And exactly in these moments, someone is creating disturbances in her peaceful world, laying deadly traps in the meadow to capture and injure the unicorns, beautiful and magnificent creatures specific to the country of Vale. Eliana, despite her labor, is determined to save the unicorns and find out the identity of the culprit... and the backstory of her mother's life.
Very sweet and peaceful tale, without much action, more concentrated on the love and hope brought to this world by childbirth, the protective instincts of a mother, and the beauty of such creatures as the unicorns. Only the conflict between the queen and the princess and the traps being laid bring certain turmoil into the story. Nevertheless, the characters' personalities are well painted, at least in the case of Eliana and her mother - there is still some way to go with Jay, whose personality is only shown through his love and loyalty for Eliana but not much more. However there are still three more books in the miniseries to come, and I believe all my questions will be answered.
Eliana was kept in the castle by her overprotective mother for long. So much so it's a miracle she was able to find herself a husband and get pregnant. But now her beloved is dead and her baby is about to come to this world. And exactly in these moments, someone is creating disturbances in her peaceful world, laying deadly traps in the meadow to capture and injure the unicorns, beautiful and magnificent creatures specific to the country of Vale. Eliana, despite her labor, is determined to save the unicorns and find out the identity of the culprit... and the backstory of her mother's life.
Very sweet and peaceful tale, without much action, more concentrated on the love and hope brought to this world by childbirth, the protective instincts of a mother, and the beauty of such creatures as the unicorns. Only the conflict between the queen and the princess and the traps being laid bring certain turmoil into the story. Nevertheless, the characters' personalities are well painted, at least in the case of Eliana and her mother - there is still some way to go with Jay, whose personality is only shown through his love and loyalty for Eliana but not much more. However there are still three more books in the miniseries to come, and I believe all my questions will be answered.
April 18, 2020
What a sweet start for a new story of the Kingdom of Fairytales, and I believe I will really enjoy Lia's story. Rumplestilskin was a story that always fascinated me and I'm so glad we have that retelling in here, especially with such a sweet character as Lia. It's a new turn for KoF to have a pregnant widowed princess, and I can't wait to dive into her story even more. Also, bringing unicorns to the tale is such a perfect idea! Can't wait to see where the story goes from here!
April 22, 2020
A beauiful tale that takes place 18 years after the ending of Rumpelstiltskin.
Eliana is the daughter of the Prince and the Millers Daughter, she is known as the Unicorn Princess to her people as she is the only one that wild unicorns will come close to on first contact with a human.
Tho heavily pregnant, Eliana does not hesitate when she is called on to help rescue a baby unicorn caught in a bear trap. The rescue effort brings on labour and Eliana gives birth to a daughter.
Eliana is the daughter of the Prince and the Millers Daughter, she is known as the Unicorn Princess to her people as she is the only one that wild unicorns will come close to on first contact with a human.
Tho heavily pregnant, Eliana does not hesitate when she is called on to help rescue a baby unicorn caught in a bear trap. The rescue effort brings on labour and Eliana gives birth to a daughter.
April 24, 2020
Another amazingly fresh and unique take on the series premise. Family has been important through this series and this one features a strong and often tumultuous relationship between a mother and daughter. It explores themes familiar to the tale of Rumpelstiltskin - names and identity, love and loss. At the center is a mother's need to protect her daughter warring with the daughter's need for freedom and independence as she herself becomes a mother.
April 22, 2020
Ever wondered what happens after the HEA? Well
Pick up the Queen of Unicorns and your questions will begin to be answered. I can't wait for the second book to come out so more of my questions will be answered. Great book to pick up
Pick up the Queen of Unicorns and your questions will begin to be answered. I can't wait for the second book to come out so more of my questions will be answered. Great book to pick up
April 22, 2020
A good start
This is a good start to the next series. Knowing the story of Rumplestiltskin let's you try to guess what's coming next, and of course there's a golden eyes character which connects back to stories read in this series.
This is a good start to the next series. Knowing the story of Rumplestiltskin let's you try to guess what's coming next, and of course there's a golden eyes character which connects back to stories read in this series.
April 22, 2020
I actually liked this one a lot. It was different in the fact that the princess was pregnant. Something about it made it a very smooth read! I can’t wait for book 2!
May 31, 2020
Queen of Unicorns (Kingdom of Fairytales)
Love this series! This one is simply captivating! Love the unicorns and the characters! Can't wait to start next book!
Love this series! This one is simply captivating! Love the unicorns and the characters! Can't wait to start next book!
October 21, 2020
These are brilliant love them all!!!!
I couldn't wait to read the whole thing and now can't wait to read more just like it! Thanks for an amazing read
I couldn't wait to read the whole thing and now can't wait to read more just like it! Thanks for an amazing read
September 14, 2024
Amazing. I love that the head person in this story is a pregnant girl. I just hope that it will go differently then I am expecting with this being rumpeltiltskins fairytail
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