A review by sebastiansbookshelf
The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb
4.0
3.5 stars out of 5
This is my first review on Goodreads, wow! Anyways, I'm slowly going through Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings, and I've read both The Farseer Trilogy and The Liveship Traders Trilogy, and loved both of them. However, before moving to The Tawny Man Trilogy, I read the prequel novella, The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince. And how did it go?
Ehh...I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either.
I'm somewhat in the middle of the road in terms of my opinion of this novella. I feel that this would've been a neat prequel novel, but it feels kinda rushed because it isn't. I really liked the storyline, but I felt it would've benefited from 100-200 more pages. If you like Robin Hobb, you might like this novella, but I'd recommend reading The Farseer Trilogy instead as an introduction to her works.
-- Sebastian C
This is my first review on Goodreads, wow! Anyways, I'm slowly going through Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings, and I've read both The Farseer Trilogy and The Liveship Traders Trilogy, and loved both of them. However, before moving to The Tawny Man Trilogy, I read the prequel novella, The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince. And how did it go?
Ehh...I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either.
I'm somewhat in the middle of the road in terms of my opinion of this novella. I feel that this would've been a neat prequel novel, but it feels kinda rushed because it isn't. I really liked the storyline, but I felt it would've benefited from 100-200 more pages. If you like Robin Hobb, you might like this novella, but I'd recommend reading The Farseer Trilogy instead as an introduction to her works.
-- Sebastian C