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A review by candidcopywriter
The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea by Melanie Cellier
5.0
Fairy tale retellings are my new guilty pleasure, and Melanie Cellier is my current favourite author! I always really liked fairy tales, but now that I'm all grown up, I realise that they're quite ridiculous. The Princess Companion was the first retelling I read which showed me how a story like Princess and the Pea could be made into a great one!
Some parts of the story are still admittedly not that easy to believe, like how easily the prince warms up to our heroine. A single conversation turns around their entire relationship after weeks of glowering? Really? But I was still completely taken in by the plot.
I loved how the author interspersed the story with bits of Cinderella (after the "Happily Ever After"!) and how the pea is not the real reason for Alyssa and Max's love. I also love that there's no subterfuge on the part of Alyssa at any point. She's clear from the very beginning that she's a woodcutter's daughter, and the drama in the story comes from elsewhere.
I have no complaints about the character development in the book and the way the author has given importance to even the secondary characters in this book. This is one thing I look for most in any book, and The Princess Companion didn't disappoint.
Of course, the fact that I'm a sucker for happy endings had plenty of bearing on the extent of my love for this book. It was not the only factor, however, as the author managed to keep me hooked throughout the book.
I give the book 4.5 out of 5 stars , cutting the 0.5 only because I liked Melanie Cellier's other books better than this!
Some parts of the story are still admittedly not that easy to believe, like how easily the prince warms up to our heroine. A single conversation turns around their entire relationship after weeks of glowering? Really? But I was still completely taken in by the plot.
I loved how the author interspersed the story with bits of Cinderella (after the "Happily Ever After"!) and how the pea is not the real reason for Alyssa and Max's love. I also love that there's no subterfuge on the part of Alyssa at any point. She's clear from the very beginning that she's a woodcutter's daughter, and the drama in the story comes from elsewhere.
I have no complaints about the character development in the book and the way the author has given importance to even the secondary characters in this book. This is one thing I look for most in any book, and The Princess Companion didn't disappoint.
I give the book 4.5 out of 5 stars , cutting the 0.5 only because I liked Melanie Cellier's other books better than this!