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Wonderful fairy and princess story.
I’ve had this old classic on my ‘to be read’ list for a long time and finally ordered it over the net. It’s a lovely, charming tale about a princess who is cursed to be ordinary, but how she manages to have adventures and find love anyway. Gorgeous.
This story is about a princess who takes her future into her own hands. She's not as beautiful as third princesses are supposed to be (despite the obligatory fairy wishes), but she's got common sense and that's worth more than her parents give her credit for.
I love the way M.M.Kaye turned the classical fairy tale onto its head. The characters are absolutely lovely, but the story is still a fairy tale.
This book shows everyone that ordinariness or it’s opposite lie in the eye of the beholder. Prin ...more
I love the way M.M.Kaye turned the classical fairy tale onto its head. The characters are absolutely lovely, but the story is still a fairy tale.
This book shows everyone that ordinariness or it’s opposite lie in the eye of the beholder. Prin ...more
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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Beth
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Andrea
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