A review by alicia_ann_reads
Princes and Pawns by Kate Sparkes

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Gah!! This is the 4th book in the All the Queen's Knaves series, each book is a standalone fairytale retelling in the same world but the characters from each of the books haslve made an appearance in the othet stories.

This one was a doozy in length and was a 2 parter, based on East of the Sun West of the Moon (a fairytale I had never heard before)

Features magically blessed sisters and a talking bear, and then the quest begins to find a long lost castle and it's Goblin Queen 

This quest had surprises and I thought it was really well executed! I thought I'd figured everything out and I was wrong!

The biggest downfall of this book is that I have to wait for her to write the last one! This has been one of my favourite series!