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A review by leebee1776
Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
5.0
This was my favorite book in 7th grade, this and Enna Buring are the Shannon Hale books that spoke the most to me in middle school. I vididly remember being in a beach in cape cod in 2012 when it first came out and reading it! I was so excited that princess academy had a sequel since Princess Academy was one of the books that made me fall in love with reading.
Another memory I have of this book is one time I found it in Barnes and Noble in the children sections maybe in 2013ish? And I thought this book was so mature since it had guns and kissing that I was just so shooked that someone placed the book in children’s and not the YA section. But I think part of the beauty of Shannon’s writing is that it for all ages (mostly, though there is violence) like how fairytales are for everyone.
One funny reason why I think I loved the book so much was that I was in the middle of Les Miserables phase when I first read it and this book take so much inspiration from that time in history!
Reading this book again after going to college for history was so interesting! I got to reflect on the importance of record and Storting keeping and making sure history is not big man history just having important peoples name in books.
I am so sad that book 3 is not in full cast, but I’m so excited to reread the forgotten sister, since I actually don’t believe I ever have given it a full reread before!
Another memory I have of this book is one time I found it in Barnes and Noble in the children sections maybe in 2013ish? And I thought this book was so mature since it had guns and kissing that I was just so shooked that someone placed the book in children’s and not the YA section. But I think part of the beauty of Shannon’s writing is that it for all ages (mostly, though there is violence) like how fairytales are for everyone.
One funny reason why I think I loved the book so much was that I was in the middle of Les Miserables phase when I first read it and this book take so much inspiration from that time in history!
Reading this book again after going to college for history was so interesting! I got to reflect on the importance of record and Storting keeping and making sure history is not big man history just having important peoples name in books.
I am so sad that book 3 is not in full cast, but I’m so excited to reread the forgotten sister, since I actually don’t believe I ever have given it a full reread before!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Classism