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Saxton Reads! & ReviewsWe invite the public to post reviews to our catalog by logging into our online catalog. Reviews will then be posted to this blog. Comments can be added to existing posts or may be added as separate reviews on our catalog SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Princess of the Midnight Ball ~ Jessica Day George
****comments by Merand
Princess of the Midnight Ball A highly admirable fairy-tale retelling. Perhaps not as uniquely original as Ella Enchanted or ethereal and thickly woven as a Robin McKinley book but still very enjoyable. The characters were well done, the story interesting and not overly gruesome (as some fairy tales can be) and the co-main character, Galen the soldier, a different point of view than always looking at things from the tragic princesses point of view. I was feeling indifferent towards the book when I began to read (partly due to the cover - I couldn't help wondering how cheesy of a teenage drama this would be) but I was sucked in instantly and read it in a day, thanks to Hurrican Irene. Very well done and gives me another author to look into some more. |
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