David Hopkins

Silbrey returns to the port city where she was first taught to kill.

While there, she discovers there is more to her troubling past, something magical and foreboding, far beyond the familiar cobbled streets. Silbrey must decide if she'll take her revenge against the cruel guildmaster who trained her—or is mercy even an option?

What begins as a fairy tale transforms into a sweeping multi-generational epic about love and loss—and a woman with a strange connection to the natural world.

The Dryad's Crown collects books 1-9 of the original Kindle ebook series. The text has been revised.

The Dryad's Crown

David Hopkins is a modern day bard, with as poetic as his prose is within The Dryad’s Crown. I really felt like I was sitting in front of a campfire while an elder was sharing fables of yore while reading. 

I do believe The Dryad’s Crown is a collection of several works by Hopkins that follow Silbrey, a reluctant heroine. The chapters are cut into different periods of her life, so each could exist on its own, but does serve the storytelling more so by being read together. The subtle symbolism and story motifs pay off better. 

The Dryad's Crown is a tale you have to commit to, as much that happens. Covering Silbrey's life so far, as well as many of those that even just temporarily touch her light. It is vast, and encompassing of the world of Amon and its history. Hopkins leaves no stone unturned when telling you of his creations. If anything, he teaches that there is power in a name and the meaning we give them. From Silbrey, beautiful flower, to her surrogate mother, Dahlia Tulan with her black soul, to the gods and fae even. It all means something. His world is deep, and complicated. Yet simple and beautiful. It is just a matter of what you choose to take from it. 

Excellent fantasy. Definitely one I'd recommend is you love strong women. My only qualm is it suffers some from trying to stay modern at times, so some characters are held on to that would have served a better purpose or sense of fulfillment elsewhere. 

Ariel Johnson

David Hopkins is a modern day bard, with as poetic as his prose is within The Dryad’s Crown. I really felt like I was sitting in front of a campfire while an elder was sharing fables of yore while reading. 

I do believe The Dryad’s Crown is a collection of several works by Hopkins that follow Silbrey, a reluctant heroine. The chapters are cut into different periods of her life, so each could exist on its own, but does serve the storytelling more so by being read together. The subtle symbolism and story motifs pay off better. 

The Dryad's Crown is a tale you have to commit to, as much that happens. Covering Silbrey's life so far, as well as many of those that even just temporarily touch her light. It is vast, and encompassing of the world of Amon and its history. Hopkins leaves no stone unturned when telling you of his creations. If anything, he teaches that there is power in a name and the meaning we give them. From Silbrey, beautiful flower, to her surrogate mother, Dahlia Tulan with her black soul, to the gods and fae even. It all means something. His world is deep, and complicated. Yet simple and beautiful. It is just a matter of what you choose to take from it. 

Excellent fantasy. Definitely one I'd recommend is you love strong women. My only qualm is it suffers some from trying to stay modern at times, so some characters are held on to that would have served a better purpose or sense of fulfillment elsewhere. 

The Dryad's Crown

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