I love that there’s a handsome friend who’s in prime position to be the love interest…but it’s all more complicated than that. That adds so much more risk to the story (and means that the King doesn’t have to behead anyone, something every re-teller finds a way around). The curse has an added dimension because people who stay in the princesses’ room either fall asleep, unable to waken, or disappear entirely. I love that there’s a monetary reward for women who solve the curse most versions don’t consider how limiting a reward a princess’ hand in marriage really is. As she uses her herbcraft and her wit to delve into the mystery, she finds that things are much less black and white than they seem, and that, of course, all of this will have very unexpected consequences for her.Īs always with fairy tale retellings, I love the unique touches. She thinks she sees the way to achieve that dream by curing the princesses of their curse, and accepting the promised monetary reward. Reveka is the herbalist’s apprentice at the princesses’ castle, and dreams of one day having an herbary of her own. This is another version that tells the “Dancing Princesses” story from the POV of a girl removed from the curse itself (that is, not one of the princesses). The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell lived up to the promise, and it was a great book. Two of my favorite fairy tales are “ The Twelve Dancing Princesses” and “ Beauty and the Beast.” So of course I was intrigued by a novel that promised to retell both of them.
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