heartless tales of goldstone wood book 1 anne elisabeth stengl

Felix, Una's brother, is kind of pointless (okay, very pointless), but I still liked him - and more importantly, his and Una's close 'siblinghood.' Felix might not have done much in the story, except get injured and spend the majority of the time healing, but he had something about his character that I liked a sense of honor and justice. That said, I did really like the other characters. I like damsels in distress who trying to do something about their circumstance, and if a nice guy happens to come along before she can rescue herself - great! At least she lives her days out in defiance, rather than rolling over to her oppressor. Yes, Una goes through a very trying time, but she ought to have dried her eyes and at least tried to bear up, rather than waiting for someone to come rescue her. The few times that Una tries to put up a fight, she loses miserably, and then she spends the rest of her time lamenting how (she thinks) everyone has forgotten about her that she's alone in the world, she's a monster, et cetera, et cetera. The passivity is what really saddened me, though. I felt sorry for her at times, but mostly I too busy being disappointed over the fact that she was passive and foolish with giving her heart away.

While I didn't find Una irritating at any point, I can't exactly say that I ever sympathized with her not exactly. Sassy? Brave? A romantic? Whimsical? Tough? Likable, annoying good, bad? I am going to assume that the Author wanted Una to be a sympathetic character a victim of circumstance, a romantic at heart, girlish and whimsical with her views on true love - but in the end sympathetic. I feel like the Author couldn't quite decide herself what sort of character she wanted Una to be. Characters: I never was able to determine my opinion of Una.

Heartless tales of goldstone wood book 1 anne elisabeth stengl