Jessica Day George
Hardcover | Pages: 280 pages Rating: 3.93 | 31396 Users | 3534 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Princess of the Midnight Ball |
| ISBN: | 1599903229 (ISBN13: 9781599903224) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.jessicadaygeorge.com/books/PrincessOfTheMidnightBall/WhyIWroteIt.aspx |
| Series: | The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy #1 |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2011) |
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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.Itemize About Books Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy #1)
| Title | : | Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Jessica Day George |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 280 pages |
| Published | : | January 20th 2009 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fairy Tales. Romance. Retellings. Fiction. Magic |
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Princess of the Midnight Ball is an utterly inoffensive retelling of Brothers Grimm's fairy tale Twelve Dancing Princesses. No gore, no violence here, suitable for pretty much any age.The premise is straight forward - the King of Westfalin's 12 daughters nightly wear out their dancing slippers. Several princes attempt to uncover the princesses' secret for a reward of inheriting the Kingdom, but fail. Only 19-year old Galen - an ex-soldier/now gardener - succeeds in finding out the truth with theFelt just like the fairytales I grew up on. Maybe not my favorite book as far as YA or romance, but it was still spellbinding from first page to last, there's just something special about the storytelling that made me feel as if I were reliving the old illustrated collection I grew up on. I would get this book for anyone that loves fairytales in a heartbeat.
A truly delightful retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairytale that follows a soldier who is returning from war and is caught up in the intrigue of where the princesses go each night and how to help them. There is gardening. There is knitting. There is snappy dialogue and unforgettable characters. And, oh yeah, this book is dedicated to me, so there is that as well.
A retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, this charming novel for early teens is also good for a grownup reader. Unlike the original fairy tale, in this story, the princesses dont want to dance at the Midnight Ball every night but they have no choice: they are under a curse by an evil sorcerer. Moreover, the curse makes it impossible for them to tell anyone or to ask for help. The heroes of this story, the eldest princess, eighteen-year-old Rose, and a former soldier, nineteen-year-old
"Psst, Galen?" Pansy tugged on his arm. Galen leaned down. "If Rose doesn't want you," the little girl whispered loudly, "you can marry me." ^^^ meeeeeeThis series means so much to me, tbh. I don't hesitate to say it changed my life in a lot of ways. It introduced me to fairytale retellings, it revitalized my love of writing, it inspired me in all the best ways and stuck with me forever. To this day I'm still always a little surprised with 12DP retellings don't involve a gardener. xD There's
This is going to be a real quick overview since I don't have much time right now but I cannot hold in all my feels for this book. This is a dark re-telling but at the same time it's kind of fluffy. It has that fairy tale feel to it (since well it is a re-telling) so not everything will always line up but somehow this story still charmed me to no ends.The romance could be seen as insta, no doubt, but it didn't bother me. I enjoyed it if only I wished there was a little more development going on
A truly delightful retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairytale that follows a soldier who is returning from war and is caught up in the intrigue of where the princesses go each night and how to help them. There is gardening. There is knitting. There is snappy dialogue and unforgettable characters. And, oh yeah, this book is dedicated to me, so there is that as well.
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