I recently read Touch of Kindness by R. Loomis. It’s a young adult fantasy novel that follows the exploits of a young woman who is essentially kidnapped into a magical world.

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Like most fantasy novels, it has fantastic realms and regal aristocracy filled with the palaver of politics and rules, incumbent to the entourage of tropes that come with that.

Even in the thick of the storytelling, Touch of Kindness found itself an emotional exploration of self and romance; filled with both the mundane and the eloquent at turn.

All the characters felt bright & I found myself turning pages, long even after evening dark. Especially the main character, given the surprise name Dorcas (I mean, Dori).

Like almost every fantasy protagonist Dori has a magical gift and I guessed exactly what it was right away. The guess spoiled nothing, it just set me up for further revelations.

The prince in the book has dyslexia, an unexpected disability to appear in a fantasy book.

As a person with that condition myself, I found an odd kinship to his character. Although I don’t have the benefit of magical glasses that fix it.