If you liked
Princess Bride, I think you will like The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar. This book is touted as Louis Sachar's first book for adults. Think Princess Bride for adults. It has a princess, a magician, tigers in the castle's moat, and other fantasy kingdom tales. It's an easy read. When my book club picks books for next year, this book is definitely one to read around the holidays, because we want easy, short books.
The story takes place around the 1500's, in a land that doesn't exist now. It was somewhere between Italy, France, and Spain. The princess is betrothed to a prince. However, the princess falls in love with a scribe. The magician is called in to make a spell to change their minds. The magician narrates the tale.
I like the short chapters. It's like flash fiction. It is labeled adult because there are sexual innuendos, and a house of prostitution. Sachar does it so tastefully that I don't think a young teen would get them.
If you are not an old grouch, I think you will like this story.
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