Author: Jessica Day George
Series: Princess or 12 Dancing Princesses
Genre: Romance/YA/Fairy Tale
Goodreads rating: 3.9
My rating: 4.5
A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn…
Galen is a young soldier returning from war; Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls. All they need is one invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with enchanted silver needles, and that most critical ingredient of all—true love—to conquer their foes in the dark halls below. But malevolent forces are working against them above ground as well, and as cruel as the King Under Stone has seemed, his wrath is mere irritation compared to the evil that awaits Galen and Rose in the brighter world above.
Captivating from start to finish, Jessica Day George’s take on the Grimms’ tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses demonstrates yet again her mastery at spinning something entirely fresh out of a story you thought you knew.
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Of all the versions of the 12 dancing princesses that I've read this is my favorite. I love the characters, I love the romance and I love the magic. I also love how well you get to know the sisters. Some versions I have read all but the main character gets quite forgotten or has very little face time. You get to know the sisters even better through the following two books in the series.
The pacing of the book is great too. I'm generally a person that likes books that move along. I don't like to get waylaid by slow scenes and overly long descriptions. I have a tendency to skip sentences, paragraphs and even pages if a book isn't moving how I like. In this book I wanted to read every word and miss nothing.
Rose is the main character and also the oldest sister in this book. All of the sisters are named after a flower. For fun here are all the sisters names in order of age, oldest to youngest:
Rose
Lily
Jonquil
Hyacinth
Violet
Poppy(twins with Daisy)
Daisy(twins with Poppy)
Lilac
Iris
Orchid
Pansy
Petunia
The two other books in the series feature Poppy and Petunia as main characters. The second book Princess of Glass is my favorite in the series, I just love Poppy, she is hilarious and totally awesome.
Here are the books in this series:
Princess of the Midnight Ball(Rose)
Princess of Glass(Poppy)
Princess of the Silver Woods(Petunia)
While the second and third books are a continuation of the 12 dancing princesses they are really their own fairy tales as well. Princess of Glass, as you may have guessed, has a Cinderella theme to it and Princess of the Silver Woods, as you may have guessed as well, is sort of a mix of Little Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood. Speaking of the covers, GORGEOUS! I love them!
If you have never read Jessica Day George before PLEASE DO! She is so great at retelling fairy tales and spinning some of her own.
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