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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the premise immensely, but was disappointed by how it was handled. I mean, dragons. Magic. Locked in a tower. Arranged marriage to the prince of your country's enemy, same enemy that probably killed your parents. Lots to love, but somehow these elements did not come together as I had hoped t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33584120">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish I could give half stars because this book deserves four and a half. As the inside jacket says, this isn't your ordinary fairy tale. Princess Ben (short for Benevolence), is a whiny, overweight, spirited girl who recently mourns the loss of her parents. Her country is threatened by a neighbori...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20120680">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book.  Until the end, but I'll get to that later.  I love novelizations of fairy tales, and this was a good one with a bit of a twist.  It was part Sleeping Beauty, part Cinderella, with some Jack and the Bean Stalk thrown in for fun.  I liked the old fashioned verbage and was gl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47690092">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found the heroine extremely childish and intolerable in the first 3 parts, but I suspect Murdock deliberately made her that way. However, I do not think Murdock meant her to be so unlikeable that readers would not be able to stomach her. I did not truly like Ben until the last part when she finall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51336421">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have got to say this keep me up at night. Literally. The urge to read the last word was so great I forced my eyes to pry open. At first it was slow going, but that was understandable. We needed the whole background. I had mixed feelings going in because I had already gobbled and enjoyed reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen" title="Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock">Dairy Queen</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64147346">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was rather charming and unique. I enjoyed Ben’s character, and reading about her many adventures. I thought she was easy to relate to because she wasn’t perfect, and things didn’t always turn out the way she wanted. It was fun to follow her progress throughout the book, as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27270022">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First off, I must share my favorite line(s) from this book that sent me into fits of giggles: <br/><br/><em> With that, I hurled the slipper at him, not caring if I caused his decapitation. (I did not.) Marshaling what little dignity I yet possessed, I stomped down the corridor -- challenging indeed w...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23859796">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book both feels that it's for older readers -- some of the language is purposefully archaic or less familiar -- and very young -- the emotional twists and turns and the adversaries that Ben has to face are not earth-shattering, to say the least.  It's a weird combination of very simple Tamora P...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20566469">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyable read although not on my top favorites list. Good princess/fairy tale type story although a bit slow in the beginning. Great style of writing though, funny and sarcastic viewpoint of the main character.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh.  Pretty standard medieval world fairy-tale-ish fantasy.  Really had difficulty liking &quot;Ben&quot; or believing in the predictable relationship.  Also found prissy, pseudo-formal voice really irritating.  ]]></body>
    
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