Book Review: The Fool's Girl

Title: The Fool's Girl
Author: Celia Rees
Synopsis: The year is 1601, Violetta and Feste are in London and William Shakespeare is enjoying success at the Globe Theatre. But Violetta is not there to admire his plays; she is in England to retrieve her country's greatest treasure, stolen by the evil Malvolio, and she needs help. Her mission will take her from the shores of Illyria to the forest of Arden. In a quest that could mean life or death, can Violetta recover the precious relic and save her country and herself?

Review:
Finally, after days and days of reading all kinds of books, I've found something that actually appeals to me on all levels: character-wise, story-wise and feeling-wise. Because The Fool's Girl is yet another fantastic book from Celia Rees.

One thing that you need to know about this book is that the word "fool" in that time referred to someone who was a clown or jester; someone who was comic relief for a play. I didn't known that until I looked it up on the Internet. There were many moments of me wondering what the heck Will was talking about; I was trying to figure out why he needed an idiot for his next performance.

However, apart from that little confusion, the book is engaging and well-written. It's got strong male and female characters(which I especially liked. We don't normally get to see such well-developed characters in fiction nowadays).

This book also has something for everyone. There's action, adventure, some laughs and some romance. All in all, it makes for a good read on a rainy afternoon.