If you have read the rest of the Transplanted Tales series you are familiar with Gideon, right hand man to the fairy king. When I read about how he was forced to give up his romantic relationship with the king’s daughter in The Better To See You, I felt his grief like it was my own. Little did I know that that forced break up was just the beginning of the sorrows of his heart.
Before Gideon was employed by the king he was the Little John of Robin Hood. After tragedy struck him in the woods one day, he was unwillingly bound into the king’s service. For many years, before the curse brought tales into the real world, Gideon served the king as his knight and protector of his entire family. In the real world he continues to do so, and the king has a new command for him: discover who is stealing large shipments of fairy dust. This potent substance is a vital medication used to treat tale ailments all over the world, and it also happens to be the source of the family’s very vast riches. His investigation leads him to cross paths with a very old friend.
I don’t want to tell you any more of the plot, but Gideon finally gets his happy ending. I was rooting for him the entire time, he is such a great guy I felt like he deserved all the happiness he found. There is a time jump when you get to the epilogue, and it reveals what I believe will be covered in the next book, which is actually a novella. There are two loose ends that I think might be tied up. If they aren’t, I am hopeful that the author might consider continuing this series in the future. There was a seven year gap between this book and the novella that I will be reading next, so maybe there is going to be a resurgence.
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