Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Fantasy; Magic, Fairy
Tale Retelling
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: A tale of twelve
princesses doomed to dance until dawn. Galen is a young soldier returning from war;
Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King
Under Stone. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse
that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls. All they need is one
invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with enchanted silver needles, and
that most critical ingredient of all - true love - to conquer their foes in the
dark halls below. But malevolent forces are working against them above ground
as well, and as cruel as the King Under Stone has seemed, his wrath is mere
irritation compared to the evil that awaits Galen and Rose in the brighter
world above.
This is the first book in her princess series. It is a
retelling of the twelve dancing princesses. Galen has been raised by soldiers
to be one. He has seen his share of death and does not want to have to see any
more of it. While Rose is just trying to take care of her family, as her
sisters dance every night. The two come together and have a growing friendship.
This is a very sweet tale. Rose is strong even in her weakest moments as she
fights sickness. Galen works to help all those around him, never looking above
his station. The twelve dancing princesses is one of my favorite stories and I
thought that this version is very well written and like it a lot. I look
forward to reading the next book in the series, Princess of Glass.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1599904551
Pages: 304
Series: Princess
Volume: 1
