maggiemaed25 's review for:

The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

4.0

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I love a good prequel, and one to my favorite book of all time? Yes, please! I thoroughly enjoyed this, but nothing can beat The Two Princesses of Bamarre. That book showed me that the shy, quiet girls could become heroes even when that's not how we see ourselves. Although I found myself wanting to reread that book while reading The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre, I appreciated how completely different Perry was from Addie. They're two completely different heroines using the same magical items on their adventures. I loved all the easter eggs, but you could read this without having read Two Princesses. This book had good characters, messages, magic, and adventure, and as a kid, I'm sure it would have been one of my favorite reads.