A review by sabregirl
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
4.0
This was a nice quick read when your stuck on the couch sick. It's simple and easily resolved. There are some action, intrigue, lies and everything else. Which makes the book interesting.
[b:Princess of the Midnight Ball Princess 1|3697927|Princess of the Midnight Ball (Princess #1)|Jessica Day George|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312063284s/3697927.jpg|3741438] is based off of the fairy tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Now I had really no knowledge of this tale other than you know that these princesses danced because they were under a magic spell. This story takes it further with the consequences of this all stemming from worn out dancing shoes. Now that wouldn't seem like a trifle to princesses but when their lands are torn apart from a twelve years war it isn't that easy.
I liked the simple plot. It was all laid out for you in the beginning with the prologue and the setting up with it through the first couple of chapters. Which did lead to the middle of novel being a little dull just because the details were being flushed out. The details of the underground world seemed to be lacking and weren't all the descriptive which I was sad about. But it was easy enough to dream up more pictures.
The ending was fairly predictable, except for that one surprise at the very end. It'll be interesting to see this story continued.
[b:Princess of the Midnight Ball Princess 1|3697927|Princess of the Midnight Ball (Princess #1)|Jessica Day George|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312063284s/3697927.jpg|3741438] is based off of the fairy tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Now I had really no knowledge of this tale other than you know that these princesses danced because they were under a magic spell. This story takes it further with the consequences of this all stemming from worn out dancing shoes. Now that wouldn't seem like a trifle to princesses but when their lands are torn apart from a twelve years war it isn't that easy.
I liked the simple plot. It was all laid out for you in the beginning with the prologue and the setting up with it through the first couple of chapters. Which did lead to the middle of novel being a little dull just because the details were being flushed out. The details of the underground world seemed to be lacking and weren't all the descriptive which I was sad about. But it was easy enough to dream up more pictures.
The ending was fairly predictable, except for that one surprise at the very end. It'll be interesting to see this story continued.