A review by panda_incognito
The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton

3.0

This retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" features lovely illustrations, an uncommonly elegant narrative voice, and black girls as the main characters, but despite the book's unique charms, I can only give it three stars. The plot twist at the end is predictable from its inception, and worse, it is utterly absurd. As soon as I could see what was coming, it jerked me out of the otherwise enchanting story, and I lost all capacity to suspend disbelief. Because this book is so lovely and delightful in every other way, the weak and unbelievable climax is an even greater betrayal.