Princess of the Midnight Ball (Princess #1)
Rose is one of twelve princesses forced to dance through the night in an underground palace. The key to breaking the spell lies in magic knitting needles, an invisibility cloak, and-of course-true love. Inspired by "The Twelve Dancing Princesses,"this novel is as captivating as it is fresh....
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Rose is one of twelve princesses forced to dance through the night in an underground palace. The key to breaking the spell lies in magic knitting needles, an invisibility cloak, and-of course-true love. Inspired by "The Twelve Dancing Princesses,"this novel is as captivating as it is fresh. Enchanted readers are sure to clamor for the new companion, Princess of Glass, also published.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B004QO966A
Publish date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 276
Edition language: English
Series: Princess (#1)
Please note that I gave this book 4.5 stars and rounded it to 5 stars on Goodreads.After reading Silver in the Blood I was interested in reading George's other works. I really did enjoy this one. Probably because I read the story as a kid (loved it) and loved the cartoon version of it on Grimm's fai...
A retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, this charming novel for early teens is also good for a grownup reader. Unlike the original fairy tale, in this story, the princesses don’t want to dance at the Midnight Ball every night but they have no choice: they are under a curse by an evil sorcerer....
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George is a retelling of the 12 Dancing Princesses featuring a knitting soldier, a few ancient magic users and, obviously, 12 princesses. It read much like the original tale in that everything went by so fast, but it was still a fun, enjoyable read.What I...
3.5 stars :) a nice fun and sweet read.
Yay! I love fairy tale retellings, and after seeing reviews of a one of George's more recent books, I had to add this to my list. And last night I discovered that this book, and book #2 in the series were only $1.59 for the e-book, so...I bought them. And read them both today. Yes, I read both of th...