She is humble, honest, sincere, courageous, unselfish, romantic, independent and I could go on. Keturah is the soul of this book and she is truly an inspiring character. In addition, it is a well written and crafted story. Set in a small town in Europe during the Middle Ages, the characters speak with an Old English tone yet the writing is still very modern. Keturah and Lord Death is a stunningly rich tale with the feel of a classic fairy tale. In this day, she must find her true love in order to be free. She promises to tell him the ending if he gives her another day to live. To escape death temporarily, Keturah tells Lord Death a story but does not tell him the ending. He asked her to be his bride and Keturah refuses. After being lost in the forest for three days, Lord Death comes to her in the form of a man. The hart eludes her as she follows him deeper and deeper into the forest, until she eventually realizes she is lost. One day, she follows the prized hart into the woods hoping to collect more details for her stories.
The beautiful cover was different and the description was unlike any other book I’ve ever read. Despite the title, I felt myself being drawn to read this unique book by some unseen force. “That’s a strange title,” were my first thoughts when I came across Keturah and Lord Death. If she is to save her soul and the souls of the people she adores, Keturah must confront Lord Death one last time. But Lord Death’s presence is never far, hovering over all as mysterious happenings start to alarm her friends and neighbors.
Keturah searches desperately while her village prepares for an unexpected visit from the king. Now, she must find her true love in the next twenty-four hours, or else all will be lost. With her fate hanging in the balance, she charms Death himself-a handsome, melancholy, and stern lord-with a story of a love so true that he agrees to give her a one-day reprieve. But when she becomes hopelessly lost in the king’s forest, her strength all but diminished, she must spin the most important of tale of life. A young woman makes a bargain with Death himself-and only true love can set her free-in this spellbinding young adult fantasy romance for fans of Robin McKinley.įor most of her sixteen years, beautiful Keturah Reeves has mesmerized the villagers with her gift for storytelling.
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