Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale

This book is Young Adult, not Children's, but I figured I can do what I want with this and at the moment I want to write about how much I love Shannon Hale's books. I have read all of the Books of Bayern, Princess Academy as well as both Austenland novels (what can I say? They're a guilty pleasure).

So I picked up Book of a Thousand Days knowing with almost certainty that I would love it, which I did. The book itself follows Dashti as she pledges service as a lady's maid to Saren. Both girls get locked in a tower when Saren refuses to marry the man her father has chosen for her.

Saren might be an annoying character, but through the eyes of Dashti you feel the same compassion that Dashti does. Throughout the book, Saren orders Dashti several times to pretend to be her. In the last instance, I was afraid that this book would turn into something we see too often in cases of deception, but I should have known better. Hale creates a face paced novel that weaves together an interesting ideas on faith and social classes that leaves the reading thinking throughout the book, with of course, the satisfying happy ending I have come to expect from her.

I highly recommend picking up this title or any of her others.