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Bearskin Book Review

10/15/2015

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​Fall is one of my favorite time of year. Its not because of the beautiful colors the leaves change to, or the fun times my family has at the pumpkin patch, or the fact that its apple season and that means I can get yummy apple cider donuts and turnovers at our local orchard. All of those things are awesome, don’t get me wrong, but they aren’t my favorite thing about fall. My favorite thing is that when the weather starts to cool off it is totally acceptable for me to curl up in my favorite oversized sweatshirt, you know the one that should have been retired a few years ago because it may have a hole or two but it fits just the right way, in my favorite chair that gets just the right amount of sunlight with a book.
I love to read. I always have and since becoming a Mom, it is definitely something that I have sacrificed for soccer practice and playdates and doing things around the house. When I get an excuse to curl up and read I take it, even if it means I’m going to be staying up way too late to finish “just one more chapter.” I recently came across a great new book written by a hard working Mom who also happens to live in the Iowa City area. The book is called Bearskin and it was written by Jamie Robyn Wood.
Bearskin is based off of a lesser known fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers called Bearskin. I had never heard the original story so I didn’t have anything to base the story off of going into it but I loved the story. The characters were all so different and very well developed so as the reader you feel you can understand them. The journey that each character goes on is intertwined with one another and that makes the book more interesting.
To start there was an Evil Queen, who wasn’t always so evil. She was power hungry and had magicked her way into a position where people feared her and served her without question. The Evil Queen was married to the once powerful King, whom she had turned into a weak coward, and they had three children, a daughter, Moiria from the Queen’s first marriage, a son Conrad, from the King’s first marriage, and a son Heppson who was the youngest and the only product of the King and Queen’s marriage. The Evil Queen wants to remain in power so she sets Heppson on a quest to secure her position but what she doesn’t account for is the love her children have for each other.
This is the start of a journey for each of the Princess and Princes. On this journey they meet Lark and Heart, two sisters who live in the woods far away from the castle. The sisters go on their own journey in the book while their love for each other is tested and new love forms for each of them. You will meet the Guardians of the Forest who can shift between human and animal form. Each has a special gift to help guide our friends on their journeys.
With all of these characters and journeys it is hard to imagine that all of their lives are intertwined but Jamie does an amazing job creating a story that shows all of these relationships. I was very impressed with the book. It is a young adult novel and it was so nice to read a young adult novel that I wouldn’t mind my daughter reading. There was no strong language or sexual scenes, a rarity in most literature these days. Even though this is a young adult novel, it is not juvenile and I feel like most adults would enjoy it.
I especially loved that the book was written by another Iowa City mom. I think it is so neat to have other women in our community who have such neat careers. 
Come and join us at book club next week while we discuss Bearskin with Jamie Robyn Wood! October 22nd at 8:00 PM. Check your inboxes for the evite with more information. 

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