My Rating: 
Recommends it for: everyone; middle grade children
The gripping final in the Starkin trilogy, with a prince on a quest, his devoted friend and a snooty princess-turned ally. As always, the humbler characters are wonderfully drawn and very appealing.
The snooty princess gradually becoming a friend device, echoes and reflects each layer in the trilogy.
In this third installment, the lovers didn't ring quite true for me - perhaps they were not tested as much, or they became aware of their mutual attraction too soon; the mutual attraction gradually unfolding by the characters in the Starthorn Tree was beautifully done, by contrast.
Overall, the writing is as beguiling, the scenes and landscapes as fresh and wonderful and the storytelling as magical as all Kate Forsyth's Children's fantasy.
Also posted on http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12078852-the-starkin-crown
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