Shannon Hale has put forth a delightful read. In this tale, based on the Grimm's story, "Maid Maleen", Hale weaves a story set in the Orient of old. The culture and people are brought to life with stunning detail and Dashti, our narrator, is a vivid character with great spirit.I could not put this b...
Shannon continues to captivate me. I've read the story of "Maid Maleen" but I never really noticed the maid locked up in the tower along with the noble lady. I guess since the focus of the story was towards the noble lady, the maid never crossed my mind - then came Shannon Hale with a surprising tal...
Based on a fairy-tale by the Brothers Grimm (whose tales I enjoy a lot more than H.C. Andersen - how unpatriotic of me! ;) ) I really enjoyed this story. It was charming, interesting and quickly read. I liked how it was told as a list of journal entries and by the maid rather than the princess.I don...
This has been my favorite Shannon Hale yet. I liked it better than The Princess Academy and better than Goose Girl. Something about the character of Dashti stuck with me. Dashti is no one. Well, not exactly--she's a mucker, which is about as low on the social ladder as you can get. Worse still,...
This is the third book of Shannon Hale's I've read thus far, and it is hands down my favorite. The story was enthralling. The characters were unique. And Dashti was one of the better heroines I've been introduced to. It has been a long time since I've found myself rooting as strongly for a chara...
I asked for this book to be sent to me thinking that it was the third in the series starting with The Goose Girl. Oops. As it turns out that book is River Secrets, which I have now ordered.That mistake in no way detracts from this very excellent book. It was a bold choice on Hale's part to set a sto...
So, so, so good. As I got towards the end I was planning on giving it 4 stars, but then at the very end it surprised me and it was like the book was about something completely other than what I'd been thinking it was about the whole time. It surprised me, and I love well-executed surprises. Thus 5 s...
Based on the obscure Grimm's tale "Maid Maleen," about a princess and her servant locked in a tower for seven years after refusing to marry the suitor of her father's choice. The servant does the telling here, and the story is set in a land loosely inspired by the Asian steppes; the servant is from...
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