Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1) in Into the Forest

Jan 09, 2009 Cara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: awesome-covers, fairy-tales, siblings, fantasy

I couldn't fall asleep one night and without even realizing it I was so caught up and enchanted by the story it was six in the morning when I finished the book.

This is a retelling but I'm not familiar with the original tale, so I can't say how close it is to the original. It stands on it's own though and you don't need any prior knowledge of the story to enjoy it.

The story starts out with our hero Galen (great name by the way) coming back from a war that he and his fellow soldiers have been figh ...more

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Nov 25, 2009 The Winter Rose rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

I am wary of retellings and reimaginings of fairy tales. They are not often done right and usually the authot is purposefully trying to be "edgy" or "cool" or else is just retelling something in a way that's already been done to death (like in the case of Fables).
However, Ms. George does a brillant job at taking a lesser known fairy tale, fleshing it out, and creating a true reimagning without losing the genre or the feel of the original tale. If only all retellings could be this good. She flesh ...more

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Mar 31, 2012 Christine rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: diverse-and-women-authors, kindle, grimm, fantasy-myth-and-fairy

I'm too old for this version. I'm finding the princesses quite annoying for some reason. ...more

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Jul 18, 2009 JS rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, fairy-tales

This was more like a 3.5. I enjoyed the way the story explained some of the elements of the story that seemed weird and random before. The characters were also more happily well-rounded than in the fairy tale (of course, that tends to be the case with all novel retellings of fairy tales). I enjoy Jessica Day George so far--her writing is lighthearted and clean, not deep and thoughtful, but fun nonetheless.

Oh, also I liked that the 12 sisters were actually spaced apart in age, ranging from someth ...more

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Nov 21, 2009 Katy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A sweet retelling of the 12 princesses fairy tale.

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Apr 25, 2013 Melanti rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fairy-tales-folklore-and-mythology, e-book, library, 2013, young-adult

Cute, but I've been reading a lot of renditions of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" this year and while I appreciate it's not as "twee" as many of them, it's not as mature as some of the others.

While I liked Galen a lot, his having perfect manners just didn't seem logical for someone who had been a soldier for half his life. ...more

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