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A review by veecaswell
Undercover Princess by Connie Glynn
3.0
This book is such a collision of some of my favourite things.
I heard a lot of great stuff about this book and in most cases it did live up to a lot of them.
The characters are so likeable, particularly Lottie as I felt an affinity with her from the very start of the book - Lottle is a combination of maybe, Harry Potter meets Cinderella and it is a wonderful combination of my favourite things in a character. As the book progresses the characters grow, my only issue is Jamie and Lottie are barely described within the book, Ellie is the focus oddly considering this book is about a life swap. (Edit: Thinking about it, Lottie must look like Ellie or they wouldn’t be able to swap!?)
The plot however is a little bit sketchy, the mystery is good but the ending is a little mehh, however this book isn’t aimed at me and if I was a much younger kid I would devour this story especially one where girls support girls. The tale of friendship throughout this book is amazing and it makes for a nice theme as the story unfolds.
This isn’t a book for me at 25, this is a book for someone half my age and I can’t imagine someone that age not liking it - its a good transition book in to YA as it features a lot of its tropes and reminded me in ways of books such as Witch Wars - I think this is too sweet a novel to be a YA and that’s okay. I really look forward to the second book, as this book series has so much promise.
(I received a NetGalley ARC for a review)
I heard a lot of great stuff about this book and in most cases it did live up to a lot of them.
The characters are so likeable, particularly Lottie as I felt an affinity with her from the very start of the book - Lottle is a combination of maybe, Harry Potter meets Cinderella and it is a wonderful combination of my favourite things in a character. As the book progresses the characters grow, my only issue is Jamie and Lottie are barely described within the book, Ellie is the focus oddly considering this book is about a life swap. (Edit: Thinking about it, Lottie must look like Ellie or they wouldn’t be able to swap!?)
The plot however is a little bit sketchy, the mystery is good but the ending is a little mehh, however this book isn’t aimed at me and if I was a much younger kid I would devour this story especially one where girls support girls. The tale of friendship throughout this book is amazing and it makes for a nice theme as the story unfolds.
This isn’t a book for me at 25, this is a book for someone half my age and I can’t imagine someone that age not liking it - its a good transition book in to YA as it features a lot of its tropes and reminded me in ways of books such as Witch Wars - I think this is too sweet a novel to be a YA and that’s okay. I really look forward to the second book, as this book series has so much promise.
(I received a NetGalley ARC for a review)