The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson

His father is an abusive man, who takes all his anger out on his son. She isn’t really fleshed out.įrederick is the son of a farmer who dreams of being something more. She wants more, and she fears this makes her “spoiled” as she has overheard the guards say about her.

He is handsome and a bit reserved, but she feels none of the things her elder sisters and sisters-in-law described upon meeting their spouses. He isn’t at all what Adela pictured in a suitor. The story opens with her being courted by a nobleman’s son, Lord Barthold. She is exactly what you’d expect from a duke’s daughter: accomplished in needlework and painting, well educated, and beautiful. Jude Mason did breathe a little life into the story, and without her narration, I probably would have DNFed instead of finishing.Īs the youngest daughter of the duke, Adela is pampered and sheltered from the world outside their castle. With the heartbroken Adela resigned to an arranged marriage with her noble suitor, Frederick must decide what he’s willing to risk for love.Īgreed! While I received an arc from Netgalley, I purchased the audiobook hoping that switching to listening would help, but it didn’t, and that is of no fault to the narrator. When he gets swept up into a plan to kidnap the duke’s daughter, both are shaken by what they learn about the other. Frederick is inspired by the sweet and beautiful Adela, but he has no knowledge of her true identity. He also uses his talent and creativity to carve figures, animals, and scenes into wood, and he's asked to carve these scenes into cathedral doors when his talent is noticed. There she meets a handsome young man and wonders what it might be like to fall in love with a poor farmer with a kind heart instead of marrying the man her family is suggesting for her.įrederick earns the income for his family and defends his mother from his father’s drunken rages.

She loves her family, but she sneaks away one day to the market in the town center. In this reverse Cinderella story, a poor farmer’s son, who dreams of using his talent as a woodcarver to make a better life for himself, falls in love with a duke’s daughter and must fight for a chance to win her heart.Īdela is the youngest daughter of Duke Wilhelm of Hagenheim and is never allowed outside of the castle walls. Reviewing eARC, Audiobook from Netgalley, Audible

The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson