rikkesreadingnook 's review for:

The Borderlands Princess by Ophelia Wells Langley

5.0

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Ophelia bravely decided to re-edit her book and very kindly gave me an ARC copy to read. I had read the both books in the duology last month and gave them combined 5 stars. I think if I had reviewed them seperately, I would have given The Borderlands Princess 4 stars and The Stone Cirlce Queen 5.

She hasn't changed the overall story at all, but rather tidied up grammer, fleshed out some scenes and other scenes are now much clearer, which overall makes it an easier and smoother read when you're not trying to work out what happens when.

I still love all the characters - Tufts, Hazel, Opal all have a peice of my heart along with mice from Cinderella. I love that Sorcha is "flawed" or what I would call human, she clearly has anxiety, and again a big round of applause for her being 30, curvey and still darn sexy! Thorne is still amazing as they are, and I can't wait to see what will happen in the upcoming novella, she's got planned for them.

The best way I can describe the changes is that the orginal was like a 40s black and white movie, and the new edit is a 90s technicolour action movie - or at least that's how it played out in my brain.

With all of the above, I've decided to give it 5 stars. I think this will become a book I'll re-read over the years, there's just something comforting about it.

I can't wait to see what Ophelia has in store for us going forward, because she and River Bennet have certainly been sharing things that looks sus.