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A review by pm_ray
Emerald Bound by Teresa Richards
5.0
Emerald Bound is a reinterpretation of the Princess and the Pea. The story opens with Maggie Rhodes and her friends doing a "Spy-by" and things soon get...complicated...with Maggie finding herself trying to break a four hundred year old curse to save one of her friends.
While I don't usually read YA I enjoyed this book. It creatively builds off the fairy tale in interesting ways and despite being for a YA audience, the author's easy, flowing, writing moves forward an often complex plot with a lot of twists that adds mystery along with adventure.
Despite the story being plot driven, the characterization was well done and I found myself rooting for Maggie even as I stayed up way too late to see how the story would end.
While I don't usually read YA I enjoyed this book. It creatively builds off the fairy tale in interesting ways and despite being for a YA audience, the author's easy, flowing, writing moves forward an often complex plot with a lot of twists that adds mystery along with adventure.
Despite the story being plot driven, the characterization was well done and I found myself rooting for Maggie even as I stayed up way too late to see how the story would end.