Lady Tea's Reviews > Frantor

Rating: 5 / 5

Just as out of all the brothers I was most curious about Frantor's story, so it is that out of all the brothers, Frantor pulled on my heartstrings the most!

It's clearly stated over and over again in the series how each of the brothers are scarred by their past experiences in one way or another, but it's Frantor whose scars are visible on the outside as well. However, this makes his scars inside the worst as well in many ways since, unlike the other brothers, he has a reminder of his experiences practically every time he looks in the mirror.

Er...metaphorically speaking, of course. In reality, he ensures that there are no mirrors around in his home.

Instead, our gentle alien mechanic hides away in the old mill and is terrified of anyone seeing his body and face and reacting with either pity or disgust. So...this makes it extremely difficult for Florrie, the bride that Benjar stole for him, to get close to him at all, but that's okay because she's patient and up for the challenge.

Seeing these two get together was as cute a progress as it was an impatient one, in that any time progress is made, Frantor loses heart and backs off, leaving Florrie alone to figure out what went wrong and how she can get close to him once more. It's still a very genuine way of falling in love though, and I only wish that we could have had more of their sweet moments once Frantor finally, finally accepted his love and the fact that she accepts and loves him in return. It reminded me a bit of The Accidental Mail Order Bride, because that's a story in which the hero also goes out of his way to hide himself from the heroine, because of his perceived "ugliness". In fact, I may just read that book again, based on the remembrance that this story inspired in me.

Anyway, all in all, this was yet another sweet, 5-star read, in what is becoming a series that I just know I'll read through again and again in the future! Otherwise, now I only have Gilmat's story left, and will have to wait exactly 4 days for it to come out before I can explore the last of the brothers' stories--which is when I hope the pass will clear up and they'll confront the townspeople and whatnot.

Tick tick goes the clock, and soon I'll have my definitive ranking of the brothers' stories in terms of which one(s) I liked best and in what order.