The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale

Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale ISBN-13: 978-1-61963-485-5 Hardcover: 323 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Released: March 3, 2015

Source: ARC review copy from the publisher through Amazon Vine.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
After a year at the king’s palace, Miri has learned all about being a proper princess. Instead of returning to her beloved Mount Eskel, Miri is ordered to journey to a distant swamp and start a princess academy for three sisters, cousins of the royal family. Unfortunately, Astrid, Felissa, and Sus are more interested in hunting and fishing than becoming princesses.

As Miri spends more time with the sisters, she realizes the king and queen’s interest in them hides a long-buried secret. She must unravel the mystery, protect the girls, complete her assignment, and finally make her way home.


My Review:
The Forgotten Sisters is a young adult fantasy novel. It's the third in a series, but you don't need to read the previous novels to understand this one. However, if you read this one before the others, much of the suspense of the first novel will be spoiled. The first novel is very worth reading, so I'd recommend reading these in order.

Miri is a determined and adaptable young lady who wants to go home but is ordered to first teach three girls how to be princesses. She makes a bargain: she'll do the teaching in return for ownership of the land her village uses, otherwise their land is about to be sold out from under them. No one realizes the challenge they set her. She (and the sisters) have to be clever and very adaptable to push past every challenge and make things right.

I like how the girls paid attention to what was going on, worked well together as a team, and used their skills in unique ways to solve problems. The characters were likable and reacted realistically to events. There was no bad language or sex. Overall, I'd highly recommend this fun novel.

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