Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city is a thrill to Miri. She and her princess academy friends have been brought to Asland to help the future princess Britta prepare for her wedding. There, Miri also has a chance to attend school—at the Queen's Castle. But as Miri befriends students who seem sophisticated and exciting, she also learns that they have some frightening plans.
Torn between loyalty to the princess and her new friends' ideas, between an old love and a new crush, and between her small mountain home and the bustling city, Miri looks to find her own way in this new place.
Picking up where Princess Academy left off and celebrating the joys of friendship, romance, and the fate of fairy-tale kingdoms, this book delivers the completely delightful new story that fans have been waiting for.
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“Miri leaves her mountain of linder stone for
another year of study and finds ethics and rhetoric to be powerful tools in the
making of a revolution…The politics echo the French Revolution (Hale notes this
in the acknowledgments), but Miri’s clear voice keeps the story hers and her
people’s. There’s lovely texture to clothing and architectural descriptions and
vivid warmth to Miri’s friendships, her longing for home, and her thirst to
learn more and more. Not one but two boys help her find all the feelings kisses
can engender. Miri’s story comes to a satisfying end; readers who have been
waiting since 2005 will find their patience well rewarded.”
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Kirkus Reviews