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Wonderful fairy and princess story.
My aunt read this book to me when I was very little (maybe 4 or 5?) and it's been one of my favorites ever since. Unlike the princesses in a lot of traditional fairy tales, when Princess Amy found herself in a disagreeable situation (her father wants to lock her in a dragon-guarded tower in order to trick a prince into marrying her), she up and leaves instead of sitting around letting fate toss her about (it always annoyed me that Cinderella didn't have the gall to do the same thing). She thinks
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I reserve 5 stars only for those books that really spark something in my heart. 4 stars are generally books that I love, but aren’t quite impacting enough to really make that spark go off. As such, I very rarely doll out 5 stars since they are extra special to me. I’m happy to say that “The Ordinary Princess” earned a full 5-stars from me.
The premise is very simple and sweet – Amy is the 7th daughter of a king and queen. Like her six older sisters, Amethyst (Amy for short) was expected to be su ...more
The premise is very simple and sweet – Amy is the 7th daughter of a king and queen. Like her six older sisters, Amethyst (Amy for short) was expected to be su ...more
This book is DELIGHTFUL! I wish I'd read it sooner, because I'm not sure how I lived so long without being exposed to the wonderfully ordinary Princess Amy.
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