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Two Moon Princess (Two Moon Princess #1)

by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban (Goodreads Author)

3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 · rating details · 269 ratings · 117 reviews

To Andrea, the life of a princess is not a dream; it's tedious and stifling. But the certainties of her life, both good and bad, are thrown into chaos when she accidentally travels to an alternative world, from a cave on a forbidden beach in her family's kingdom to the warm and carefree life of Southern California. Then a careless visit to the cave results in terrible cons...more

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Published April 1st 2007 by Tanglewood Press

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Jan 31, 2012 Monica! rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012, now-youve-read-the-book, i-wish-i-could-hate-you-to-death, goodreads-made-me-do-it, great-now-my-eyes-are-bleeding, the-sparkles-mean-its-magic, what-is-this-feeling, hark-a-questing-beast, but-wait-theres-more

I’m not entirely sure why I didn’t stop reading this book fifty pages in, and just mark it as "abandoned." God knows it’s not like my free-reading time is unlimited, and I have stacks of way better books sitting around begging to be picked up. (Charity Girl! I have not forgotten you! Wait for me!) But I don’t rate abandoned books, and I *really* wanted to rate this one with the stars I felt it deserved, because all the reviews I looked at were So. Freaking. Positive. And I just… don’t understand...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Andrea is a Princess, but she feels like she doesn't fit in. She wants to join the knights, but her father refuses her request and instructs Andrea to visit her mother for lessons on becoming a lady. Ladyship is boring and uneventful and Andrea tires of her lessons quickly.

On the night of her kingdom's ball, Andrea has had enough of being a princess and decides to run away. She stumbles upon a doorway that leads to modern day...more

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Apr 16, 2011 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: netgalley, young-adult, fantasy

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What girl doesn't want to become a princess? Andrea is the youngest princess; a princess who would rather become a squire than a lady. She resists all expectations as the youngest daughter of the King and Queen, and escapes to explore with her horse, Flecha. Upon one of her adventures, she stumbles upon a door to a different world, California. You see, she comes from a land where there are two moons and much different than California, today. Could a princess from another wo...more

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Apr 17, 2011 Britta rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is difficult for me to review because I was kind of all over the place with it. Some parts were slow, others were super fast. Some parts made my mad, others made me smile. Some characters I liked, some I didn't, some I just didn't get. Overall though, it was entertaining, and if you like these types of books, you'll like this one.

Two Moon Princess follows the life of Andrea, the fourth born princess, right on the verge of her fourteenth birthday, the day when she will become a lady. Ju...more This book is difficult for me to review because I was kind of all over the place with it. Some parts were slow, others were super fast. Some parts made my mad, others made me smile. Some characters I liked, some I didn't, some I just didn't get. Overall though, it was entertaining, and if you like these types of books, you'll like this one.

Two Moon Princess follows the life of Andrea, the fourth born princess, right on the verge of her fourteenth birthday, the day when she will become a lady. Just one problem - Andrea wants anything but to become a lady. What she really wants is her family's permission to be a knight. But her father, the king, is dead set against that idea, and once the king makes up his mind, it is practically written in stone.

After Andrea finds a magic portal that transports her from her Medieval world, to modern-day California, Andrea's eyes are opened. She never wants to leave. However, her trip is ended prematurely once she accidentally transports herself back to her kingdom....

To her shock and dismay, her return has unexpected consequences of huge proportions.

Two Moon Princess is about finding your place in a world you don't quite belong in, and learning to never give up your wants and needs to please someone else.

I really liked the plot - it was different and intriguing. I thought the most interesting part about it is the culture shock Andrea faces upon returning to her homeland. It just goes to show how much she doesn't belong there.

I think my problem with this book was strictly with some of the characters. I liked Andrea, she was headstrong, persevering, brave and funny. However, I did not like her parents or her uncle. Her uncle was just overly hypocritical (if you read the book you'll see why). The problem with her mother and father were that they didn't seem to really love Andrea. I know that realistic to the time, a fourth daughter would be used for political tactics, such as marriages, but you would still love your child. Maybe I understand her dad, but her mother? (I don't want to spoil a key plot point, but her mother should act differently considering...)

The ending and unexpected romances did makeup partly for the characters I didn't understand. The ending was sweet, it made my mouth hurt from smiling (and got me weird stares in study hall). I mostly enjoyed this book, but I feel like it was more geared towards middle graders. If you love backwards princess tales (when the character wishes she wasn't a princess, rather than wishing she was), give this one a shot.
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Oct 30, 2010 Colleen rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: group-read, young-adult, fantasy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 2.5

I'm sort of torn on how I feel about this book. On one hand, it was very readable. It was a pretty quick and easy read, and there was nothing annoyingly tedious or boring about it, or any of that.

But on the other hand, and it's a big other hand, I sort of hated everyone, except for Andrea, but I didn't always understand why she did some of the things she did. Sometimes she acted very childish, which didn't really work with how I felt the character started out. I mean, we're all prone to occas...more

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Feb 20, 2012 Rose rated it 2 of 5 stars

Recommended to Rose by: NetGalley

Shelves: arc-or-galley, coming-of-age, historical, netgalley, romance, time-travel, fantasy, sci-fi, young-adult, ya-winter-challenge-4-2011

"Two Moon Princess" had me at the very beginning in terms of interest. An aspiring warrior princess toggling between the present day and a medieval otherworld? How could I not read this book, considering my love for the historic and fantastical/dimensional travel stories and strongly asserted young heroines coming of age?

Andrea's a 14-year old princess who wants to be a warrior, but sticks out like a sore thumb in her kingdom. It isn't until she accidentally stumbles into modern day California t...more "Two Moon Princess" had me at the very beginning in terms of interest. An aspiring warrior princess toggling between the present day and a medieval otherworld? How could I not read this book, considering my love for the historic and fantastical/dimensional travel stories and strongly asserted young heroines coming of age?

Andrea's a 14-year old princess who wants to be a warrior, but sticks out like a sore thumb in her kingdom. It isn't until she accidentally stumbles into modern day California that she recognizes the bridge connecting a very different world to her own. Andrea starts to learn a bit more about te present-day world around her, but when an accidental crossing between the worlds come to pass, it sets off a firestorm building towards the onset of war.

Unfortunately, I don't think Carmen Ferriro-Esteban makes the most of this premise as much as she probably could've. The amount of time that Andrea spent in the contemporary world didn't seem like a lot compared to her native realm. Same could be said of the cast of characters featured in the work, including the heroine - who turned out to be a major disappointment. It was primarily because Andrea seemed mature in some considerations for her age at the beginning of the book, but then is completely caught in the crosshairs and makes silly decisions as the rest of the book moves on. I could understand this a bit more if it built towards a lesson learned, but I didn't see it here, nor did I see her standing up for herself enough in the mix of conflicts she's involved within. There was a disconnect between the multiple characters in the work with the writing, and Andrea herself seemed inconsistent as a character, incredibly self-absorbed and lacking growth from the experiences she had.

As the conflicts and relationships came to light, it lost me quickly. Many of the conflicts had their basis on the matter of love, but it felt like "insta-love" more than anything else, and there were characters who were just mean-spirited for no reason at all, though I understood that Andrea was on the lower tier as far as a princess went. The ones that had a mean-streak for vengance purposes had too much of their conflicts told moreso than shown, so it was hard to gain a connection to the individual plights some of the characters took. I thought the writing was strong, but there was a surprising lack of intimacy for the character conflicts, so it was difficult to really get inside the heads of the characters and understand their motivations, affections, etc.

I wish I could say that I enjoyed it more because it seemed like a story right up my alley, and I liked some of the attention paid to the historical aspects in spurts. Unfortunately, it just never seemed to live up to the intrigue its premise lent.

Overall score: 1.5/5

Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, from the publisher Tanglewood Press.(less)

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Oct 30, 2011 Breanna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

When I first started this book I felt a bit hesitant. I thought to myself "Another girl who wants to be a warrior, hmmm..." By the end of the book I was definitely proved wrong. I loved it.
With a lot of the books I read I am able to predict a majority of the book- especially where romances will develop. I was pleasantly surpised when I was not able to figure out who the heroine was going to fall in love with until I was over half-way through the book.
I put this book down with a smile on may fac...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Romancing the Book rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, ya

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Reviewed by Sabrina
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This was an easy book to get into. The story was told from first person POV and her voice was young and fresh and really natural. The ideas were interesting. Alternate worlds connected to this one, loving the wrong man, learning how to run a kingdom and be a lady when its the last thing you want to do. These ideas are classic for a reason- its hard to go wrong with them. The author did not go wrong. There wa...more

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May 09, 2012 Sara Thompson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: netgalley

It took a little work but not much to get into this story. I wasn’t sure what to think about it at first and then suddenly I was swept away and could not put it down. This is the story of Princess Andrea. A mix of coming of age with science fiction with fantasy and rounded out by a touch of romance. Andrea wants to become a knight. As the fourth daughter she has no claim to the throne and wants nothing to do with being a lady. Her parents refuse her request and so she sets off on her own adventu...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Kris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-reviewed, fantasy, ya-books

Like many girls, Andrea doesn't want to act like a girly girl. She yearns to be a knight whereas her parents expect her to act like the fourth princess that she is. It is when she crosses over to our world that she finally feels as though she is somewhere she belongs; only, she returns too early and to a home more unfamiliar to her than before, for her actions have become the catalyst for war.

The characters aren't all nice. There are many misunderstandings that could have been resolved if only c...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Valerie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mg

Two Moon Princess, by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban – a review

I finally read Two Moon Princess last night, though it's been in my ereader for way too long; I couldn’t turn off the light until every character was safe back in the world in which they belonged. Still moving between those two worlds, I am reliving the characters and trying to make complete sense of the quickly-shifting plot, the only thing which falters in this first novel by Ferreiro-Esteban. Set between another world (with two moons in...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Charlotte Black rated it 4 of 5 stars

Our story takes us on an adventure of Princess Andrea. Stubborn and hearty she wants to be a Page only to have her father turn down her request. He wants her to join her mother and learn to be a Lady as is fitting of her status.

Andrea is gutsy, intelligent and quick witted. She meets her Uncle at some rocks near a beach and is soon to discover that the cave/archway is actually a portal to another world.

Andrea resumes her life and learns her Lady skills to a degree but she is not completely happ...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Cyna rated it 2 of 5 stars

Two Moon Princess is one of those books that I wasn't initially sure what to make of, mostly because I wasn't - and honestly am still not - quite sure of what it was trying to be. Or do. And though by the end I did finally suss out what it was trying to say, three hundred or so pages of dumb and unlikable characters doing dumb and unlikable things had worn my patience with the story too much to care.

My first and biggest problem with Two Moon Princess is this: I have no idea what age group it's i...more

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Jul 05, 2011 Candi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya

I weirdly liked this a lot, but not for being any of the things it said it was.

First, the title says "princess" and there is some weird girl on the cover I never could place. The book is hardly about the main character being a princess and not at all like most novels that are packaged with the word princess in the title. It's not a fairy tale kind of story.

Second, the blurb mentions time travel, but I wouldn't put this in the science fiction or fantasy camps. It was more culture travel than anyt...more

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May 28, 2011 cecilia rated it 3 of 5 stars

As the youngest out of four princesses, Andrea does not have to worry about ruling the kingdom any time soon. She'd much prefer to be a knight anyway. Yet her parents want her to start focusing on being a lady as polished and desirable as her sisters. Instead Andrea decides to run away and somehow gets transported to modern-day California. When she returns back home, Andrea finds out that her father has engaged in a war with a neighboring kingdom over a broken engagement. Will Andrea be able to...more

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May 05, 2011 Sarah Maddaford rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, fantasy, mythology-misc, political, romance, portal-fantasy, young-adult, war

I would hesitate to buy this book for my collection because it doesn't fit in either Juvenile or Young Adult. It starts out too immature and many of Andrea's thought processes aren't mature enough for teenagers to relate to. On the other hand, I think quite a few mothers would be upset if their Juvenile reader came home with a book whose main character falls for a man who is so much older than her (based on her world's time table if nothing else, but also based on emotional maturity). While I wa...more

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May 03, 2009 Vannessagrace Vannessagrace rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

All Princess Andrea ever wanted was to be a knight in her father’s kingdom. To prove she could handle the position she trained hard and achieved first place in the archer competition. After awarding his daughter the medal, he called her to his chamber and told her it would soon be her fourteenth birthday and it was time for her to stop her foolishness and start training to become a Lady. Crestfallen, Andrea runs away to Don Pelayo on Boreal Island. On her way she falls down a cliff saved only by...more

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Jun 25, 2011 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, female-pov, kickbutt-heroines, netgalley, happily-ever-after, romance, original-concepts

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This was a pretty amazing book. I had no idea what it was about because I wanted to try reading a book without reading its summary. Gladly, I could understand the book without the summary. But that is not really the point of this review, so let me start with the plot, like I always do.

The Plot- Princess Andrea is the daughter of King Andres (Needs an accent on the 'e') and Queen Jimena. Her parents want her to become a proper lady, while her heart yearns for the life of action...more

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May 08, 2011 Jessica rated it 2 of 5 stars

What breaks my heart about this book is that I went into it really wanting to fall in love with. When I read the synopsis and saw that it contained time travel, fantasy elements, and even some coming of age difficulty, I really thought that this would be something I loved. Unfortunately, Two Moon Princess just didn't hold my attention the way I'd hoped.

First of all I find it necessary to open with a commendation. Despite everything else, I applaud Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban's world building abilit...more What breaks my heart about this book is that I went into it really wanting to fall in love with. When I read the synopsis and saw that it contained time travel, fantasy elements, and even some coming of age difficulty, I really thought that this would be something I loved. Unfortunately, Two Moon Princess just didn't hold my attention the way I'd hoped.

First of all I find it necessary to open with a commendation. Despite everything else, I applaud Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban's world building abilities. The medieval world that Andrea is growing up in is truly beautiful. The descriptive language that is used to share the beauty of her lands, and the wild openness around her is like a painting. It's almost as though I found myself transported there. Even when she ends up in modern-day California, you can almost see her surroundings. It's pretty amazing.

Sadly, I wasn't able to fall in love with any of the characters, and anyone who has been reading my blog for any amount of time knows I'm a character girl. Andrea and her sisters were really tough to like. What really bothered me though was Andrea's constant changing of attitude. At first she is the princess who'd rather be a squire, and then she morphs into something entirely different and not quite herself. On top of that her immature attitude was slightly off-putting, especially when things she would say just didn't fit with what I thought her character was. In terms of supporting characters, I didn't feel that I was able to get to know them as much as I would have liked. Even John, who ends up as the apple of Andrea's eye, isn't that fleshed out as a character. It was wholly frustrating to me.

Plot wise, the story is solid! It does jump a bit, especially when Andrea travels from one world to another, but overall it is interesting. The second half of the story really held my attention much more than the rest, but of course there was a war brewing and scandal. I'm drawn to that sort of thing, I shan't lie! This is another aspect that kept me reading on.

Two Moon Princess is classified as a Middle Grade novel, but I'm not sure that's the best place for it to fit. The beginning of the story, in an effort to build up the world setting, is very slow. Perhaps readers who are drawn in by historical fiction might find something to love! However I know that many of the younger aged children I work with wouldn't be able to make it through the first few pages. As I said, it truly saddens me. I loved the setting and the plot, I only wish I could have fallen in love with the characters more. I'd definitely recommend that lovers of historical fiction, and of fantasy, give this a try. You might love it.(less)

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Apr 30, 2011 Molly rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book surprised me. I felt it had a slow start, and it took me a while to get into it, but once the real story started, I really enjoyed it. This book didn't turn out anything like what I expected, and I really enjoyed that. I figured that it would be all about her time in California and less about her own world, but I was pleasantly surprised. I was a little bit confused about the time differences between the two worlds though. Andrea started the book at around 14 years old, but when she wa...more

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Jun 08, 2011 Lis Carey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: f-sf

I'm sorry to say that I was very disappointed in this book. The biggest problem is Princess Andrea herself. She's immature, self-absorbed, impulsive, and generally out of control. Initially this seems plausible for her age, since we're told that she's fourteen. However, it turns out that the year in her world is longer than ours, and in our years, she's seventeen. This does make the discussion of her admirers or lack thereof considerably less creepy, but even though seventeen-year-olds still hav...more I'm sorry to say that I was very disappointed in this book. The biggest problem is Princess Andrea herself. She's immature, self-absorbed, impulsive, and generally out of control. Initially this seems plausible for her age, since we're told that she's fourteen. However, it turns out that the year in her world is longer than ours, and in our years, she's seventeen. This does make the discussion of her admirers or lack thereof considerably less creepy, but even though seventeen-year-olds still have a fair bit of maturing to do, most of them are a great deal more mature than Andrea.

Andrea is the youngest of the four daughters of a king, Don Andres, and his queen Jimena. She's also the misfit, the tomboy, who wants to be a knight instead of a court lady. She's been indulged so far, training with the pages hoping to become squires to her father's knights, but with her fourteenth birthday, she is required to put away childish things and learn to be a lady. Unfortunately, she has so far failed to learn even some of the basics of court protocol, and already without any friends amongst the court ladies except the next-youngest princess, Margarida, she manages to actively offend people without intending to. She hopes for some support from her uncle, Tio Ramiro, her mother's brother, but even he thinks it's time for her to grow up. We do learn the interesting detail that no one really knows where Ramiro's castle is--and this of course is the key to much of the story.

Ramiro and his sister Queen Jimena are not native to Andrea's world, and when she tries to run away, Andrea winds up accidentally finding the portal to Ramiro's (and our) world on the night of a full moon, when it is active. She becomes an accidental visitor in her uncle's world, an unexpected burden and challenge to Ramiro (or, as we learn, Raymond Miller), and his daughter Kelsey.

The background on this world-hopping is that there are a small number of active gates between the two worlds. We are given no clue as to how they work, not even whether the principle behind them is magical or technological. Centuries ago, when the Muslims were conquering what we now know as Spain, a Spaniard King, Roderic, and his followers were defeated, and fleeing, and were directed to a gate that took them to the world of the Xaren-Ras. This new world has (as already mentioned), a longer year than ours, and also two moons each of which is larger than our one moon, and different stars in the sky, patterns that are visibly different to anyone who ever looks up at the sky. So this doesn't seem to be an alternate time line version of Earth, but a completely different, if equally habitable, world.

Except that it had a native population that the Spanish refugees were able to intermarry with.

Now, I concede that many people don't care about that kind of inconsistency. What's less excusable, are the number of stupid decisions Andrea makes. She's a very intelligent (if immature) young lady who quickly learns English and the basics of living in our world and becoming, with the help of her uncle who is a professor at UC Davis, a college student. In her own world, though, she consistently makes stupid decisions, misinterprets other people's words in unlikely ways, and thinks everything is all about her. When Don Julian, in the midst of a fever delirium, blurts out a promise to his father to avenge his death, Andrea actually believes that he's lied to her, her mother, and Raymond/Ramiro about the agreement they've reached to stop the war that's about to get lots of men killed. It doesn't occur to her that it's far more likely that he's simply reliving in his fever the long-ago moment when he did plan to avenge his father's death and reclaim the lands lost in that conflict--something he has since done. She sees Don Julian talking to her sister Margarida, and despite her sister having told her quite recently how much in love she is with his brother Don Alphonse, she assumes Margarida and Julian are falling for each other, and not talking about Alphonse. This is, of course, after she's had a very difficult time grasping the fact that Julian is not in love with her sister Rosa, but had proposed to her because it was a suitable alliance, and declared war when the betrothal was broken off because it was a huge insult and also eliminated the basis for a peace agreement with her father's kingdom.

In the end, this all comes to a reasonably satisfactory conclusion, and Andrea even becomes more mature and less annoying in the last few pages, but it's a rough slog getting there.

Not recommended.

I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.

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Oct 06, 2010 Margot rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, fantasy, young-adult

This young adult fantasy was readable, though often not very convincing.

In a medieval world of kings and castles, Princess Andrea feels like she will never fit in. And when she discovers a magical passage into our world, she never wants to go back. Through utter negligence, Andrea accidentally returns to her world with her Earth-born crush in tow, triggering a war, an angsty broken heart, and an adventure to make things right.

The love story was, in parts, over-dramatic and sometimes awkwardly p...more

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Apr 21, 2011 Margaret rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, level-ya

4/19/2011 ** Andrea is a princess, the fourth daughter of the king, who reportedly stormed out of the room when he saw that he still didn't have a son. After spending her youth as a page, the book opens when Andrea is fourteen (though 17 in our reckoning) and facing her father's decision of whether she should continue her knightly training as a squire, or go to her mother's supervision to become a 'lady.'

Andrea is a feisty, though perhaps naive, heroine who is struggling to reconcile her own dr...more

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Jun 20, 2009 Sarah BT rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Two Moon Princess is a wonderful book that kept me up turning its pages and reading well into the night. I was transported into Andrea’s world and didn’t want to leave. There was never a dull moment or a bland character. The author’s parallel worlds were richly described and all the characters grew throughout the story.
Andrea is a great strong character-she recognizes her duty to her kingdom, but also has a bit of a rebellious streak in her. She’s not a damsel in distress at all, but at the same...more

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Apr 23, 2011 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Two Moon Princess isn't what I expected. Instead of being treated to some sort of sappy teen romance, I explored the world of a young woman who finds herself caught between two worlds and struggling to find her place. Though romance is an element of Two Moon Princess, it's certainly not the key element. More than anything else, Two Moon Princess explores the very real issues that teens deal with (caught between duty and desire) and presents a fascinating character that readers can relate to.

In...more

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Mar 04, 2010 NovelReaction rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban is about Princess Andrea, while the life a princess seems pretty posh to most people, all Andrea wants to be is a knight. After winning an archery contest, Andrea is sure she is finally going to be able to become a squire when she is informed by her father, the King, that it is time for her to put away her foolish dreams and learn to be a lady of the court. Andrea decides to run away and accidentally finds herself in a different world, literally trave...more Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban is about Princess Andrea, while the life a princess seems pretty posh to most people, all Andrea wants to be is a knight. After winning an archery contest, Andrea is sure she is finally going to be able to become a squire when she is informed by her father, the King, that it is time for her to put away her foolish dreams and learn to be a lady of the court. Andrea decides to run away and accidentally finds herself in a different world, literally traveling through a portal from the world she knows to our world. Andrea finds herself fitting into our society without too much trouble and comes to love the freedom to be who she wants to when she once again accidentally travels through the portal, returning home. Only the home she has returned to is on the brink of war with its neighbor and the only one who seems to be able to stop the war is Andrea. Will she find the courage to do what needs to be done in her world? Will she be able to see past her own pain and fears to realize the future of both kingdoms hinge upon her actions? What happens when you live in another world for a time and return to your home and realize that you don’t fit in any more? Read and find out!

I really liked the combination of medieval society and our current society, the obvious differences between the two and the subtle similarities. Andrea’s decisions annoyed me at times, the obvious correct choices were there but she kept making the wrong choices and having to go back and fix them. However, I think the reason they annoyed me is because I am like that, in hind sight the perfect choice was in front of me but I refused to see it. I did like how Andrea’s perceptions of the people around her changed as she started to realize it wasn’t all about her but a much greater picture, especially her relationship with her mother. I also really liked how Andrea refused to accept there was nothing she could do about the situations she found herself in and once she made a decision she went for it. I recommend picking up a copy and reading about her journey yourself.(less)

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May 08, 2011 Andrea rated it 3 of 5 stars

Two Moon Princess is the story of Andrea, a princess in an alternate world, who longs to break free from the confines of the royal life. If I understand correctly, the people of Andrea's world are the ancestors of the Spanish people. I found the fact that Andrea is, for all intents and purposes, a Latina heroine, to be a nice change. As there are far too few Latina main characters in most of the books I read.

Two Moon Princess got off to a fairly slow start for me. I found the description of th...more

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May 01, 2011 Julia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Two Moon Princess by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban has an incredibly intriguing and imaginative storyline.

The main character, Andrea, is relatively likeable, but at times she drove me a little nuts with her decisions or actions. The story had many characters that I couldn't connect with. The most frustrating of these characters was Tio, Andrea's uncle. From the beginning I thought he was going to be one of my favorite characters, but that thought dwindled as the story carried on. That being said, the...more

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May 13, 2011 Tahlia Newland rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, fantasy

Two Moon Princess is an excellent, interesting and well-executed young adult novel with all the hallmarks of a good read, as well as a rare depth in its underlying themes. The twists and turns in the story kept me so enthralled that I read late into the night in order to finish it.

The story weaves a web of events that develop as the surprising consequences of Andrea’s innocent actions. The author skillfully lays out the telling details of Ariel’s family history like a trail of addictive crumbs t...more Two Moon Princess is an excellent, interesting and well-executed young adult novel with all the hallmarks of a good read, as well as a rare depth in its underlying themes. The twists and turns in the story kept me so enthralled that I read late into the night in order to finish it.

The story weaves a web of events that develop as the surprising consequences of Andrea’s innocent actions. The author skillfully lays out the telling details of Ariel’s family history like a trail of addictive crumbs that lead us deeper into the story and whet our appetite for more.

I particularly liked the idea of two worlds, separate but accessible each full moon via a door hidden in a cave. The door is kept secret for good reasons. Reasons that relate to every clash of cultures throughout time, and that Andrea discovers when she visits the modern world through the doorway. Her perception of our world, and John, a young Californian’s, reaction to being in her medieval world is believable and thought provoking.

The characters are all richly rendered, enjoyable - or interesting - company and easy to relate to. Andrea’s development throughout the story is one of the novels strong points. We watch the process of a teenager growing up as she discovers that the world does not revolve around her. She goes from thinking only about herself and what she wants to a much greater understanding of how her actions affect others. She also learns that there is a lot to the world that she doesn’t know about, and there are some powerful moments in the story when her perception of a person or situation changes as she discovers new knowledge.

As the story progresses the concept of friends and enemies become delightfully blurred. Andrea discovers that there is good and bad in both her family and their supposed enemies and that people who act as a friend in one instance may suddenly act as an enemy in another situation, especially if they aren’t aware of the full truth of a situation.

The romantic element was beautifully teased out and the ending made a satisfying conclusion to all the story threads.

The first few chapters didn’t grab me, but I became hooked the moment the story took it’s first turn. From that point on, the writing also became more immediate.

I give this book 5 stars and recommend it for all lovers of YA fantasy, especially those who like a mix of modern and ancient worlds.

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May 10, 2011 Jill rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-galleys, a-reviewed, b-time-travel, b-parallel-worlds

So, when I started the book I was a little underwhelmed to be quite honest. I wasn't sure I would like it when I requested the Galley, but it did sound interesting.
Then, I started to read and after a while it really grew on me.
The plot of one or more parallel worlds isn't new, but it was executed well enough and backed with "fact" (I didn't check whether it checks out, but it does sounds geniune).
Actually, I thought most of the novel would take place in California. Although, now when I re-read...more So, when I started the book I was a little underwhelmed to be quite honest. I wasn't sure I would like it when I requested the Galley, but it did sound interesting.
Then, I started to read and after a while it really grew on me.
The plot of one or more parallel worlds isn't new, but it was executed well enough and backed with "fact" (I didn't check whether it checks out, but it does sounds geniune).
Actually, I thought most of the novel would take place in California. Although, now when I re-read the synopsis it's kind of obvious that most of the novel takes place in the "country" Xaren-Ra.

I'm having a hard time finding things to criticize, although the novel wasn't "readreadreadread" like some others were this year. It was a good read, it kept me entertained, even though it seemed to be kind of slow sometimes. Don't get me wrong, a lot of stuff happens in it, sometimes several months are covered in one chapter but it dragged sometimes.

But the last few hundred of pages I read with ease, I desperately wanted to know with whom Andrea would "end up" because my suspects continually changed ranks, which is a good thing. I hate it when the boyfriend is predictable.

Oh and Andrea's (royal) family! So much coldness ... Andrea being afraid of her parents, having such a cold mother and such a *insert unflattering word* for a sister. Definitely not an easy family to deal with. I think she managed all right. She's 17, she was bound to be jealous and most probably fall in love with the first guy she's not related to ... or something like that.

In any case, if you like romance novels with a touch of fantasy (although the only fantasy is really the fact that two worlds exist obliviously next to each other) and like princesses, this novel is definitely for you!

But for me, there ought to be more sci fi and more fantasy -- I can't blame the novel for this fact, though. I knew it isn't the usual story I read and I liked it. But I don't usually go out of my comfort zone like that. So I probably won't be repeating this experience. I'm trying to be objective. I liked it enough to consider buying it, but not enough to pick up other books with the same genre description.(less)

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