One must trust the baker and assume they did not have enough nuts on hand.

One must not immediately fault a fruitcake because someone put too few nuts in it. Did you hear the one about the candied grapefruit peel?' You start to make fruitcake jokes, and your unfruitcaked friends are like, 'What the hell' but your other friends in the know are like, 'Yes! That's awesome. You give that fruitcake five stars because it's an amazing experience that you can't get from anything else, and you think of it constantly. Do you give that fruitcake five stars because it's the best dessert? No. Then you meet some fruitcake that's made with amazing quality ingredients by a deft hand, and it doesn't matter how dense, rich, and weird that cake is, you just want it all and forever. You think you don't like fruitcake when you're a kid. Then you meet some fruitcake that's made with amazing quality ingredients by a deft hand, and it doesn't matter how dense, rich, and weird that cake is, you just wa These books are like fruitcake.

Just the best way to convey the story is what's left! (less)ġ of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars So, the political situation is pretty well in hand for book planning. And by Castle, there is a hint that there is a unified Underworld again. Both Curse and Castle take place in the confines of the former Roman Empire in Europe, which, under the rule of Hades and Persephone, had a unified Underworld that fractured in the 13th century, a fracture that lasted through Reveka's time. (She also shows up in The Castle Behind Thorns.) Castle is set in 1517 (and 25-ish years earlier). The character of Hekate is a player in all three of my books in Handbook for Dragon Slayers, she is a servant of the Underworld (though she is explicitly the leader of the Wild Hunt) (that book takes place in 1133) by the time of the Princess Curse, she is an Underworld ruler in greater Europe and a contemporary of Dragos. There is a whole history that can be unraveled by figuring this out. Very awesome, intuitive readers have figured out that Reveka has a cameo in The Castle Behind Thorns. So, unfortunately, the answer to this is still a qualified maybe. It's hard to figure out how to present a sequel and still be a middle grade book, but I think about it almost every morning in the shower. I feel that any sequel to the story would end up being a great deal more grown-up of a story than the previous one. Merrie Haskell Hi there! There certainly is more to Dragos's story, and Reveka and Dragos's future together, though I certainly wrote myself into a corner for sequel …more Hi there! There certainly is more to Dragos's story, and Reveka and Dragos's future together, though I certainly wrote myself into a corner for sequels.

The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell