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A review by unpetitcreux
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
5.0
I thought I would hate this book when I first picked it up (don't ask me why I read it).... and then I fell in love with it.
It's a very sweet and simple story that reads almost like a fairytale. At times my feminist taste buds tingled: some bitter, some sweet. I officially fell in love with the book somewhere after the Princess Ball and when these wonderful little Mountain Girls fight off bandits to protect their mountain.
What a cute and adorable tale of strength, curiosity, and a village teaming together to protect itself! Teenage me would have loved this novel as well :).
(P.S. Some undiscussed and problematic classicism, which added a particular interesting note to the novel).
It's a very sweet and simple story that reads almost like a fairytale. At times my feminist taste buds tingled: some bitter, some sweet. I officially fell in love with the book somewhere after the Princess Ball and when these wonderful little Mountain Girls fight off bandits to protect their mountain.
What a cute and adorable tale of strength, curiosity, and a village teaming together to protect itself! Teenage me would have loved this novel as well :).
(P.S. Some undiscussed and problematic classicism, which added a particular interesting note to the novel).