"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Hunter, Laura. This is a well-realized and fast-paced fantasy-romance that will find favor among fans of fairy tales, feisty heroines, and dashing young men with strength, cunning, and sensitivity. Galen’s magical knitting patterns will appeal to teens fond of this trendy hobby. Though cursed and in need of rescue, the sisters are feisty and cunning-not passive victims of their fate. Aided by the good magic held in his yarn, Galen solves the puzzle that has stumped many a prince and earns Rose’s love and hand in marriage.
Because of a secret bargain their mother made with the evil King Under Stone, the princesses are cursed to dance each night till their shoes are worn ragged.
While working as a gardener at the palace, he encounters the princess, Rose, and her 11 younger sisters. Galen, a soldier (and knitter) returning home from war, encounters an old woman who gives him an invisibility cloak and yarn possessing magical powers. The Brothers Grimm tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses is vibrantly retold and set in a fictionalized nineteenth-century Europe. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. But malevolent forces are working against them above ground as well, and as cruel as the King Under Stone has seemed, his wrath is mere irritation compared to the evil that awaits Galen and Rose in the brighter world above.Ĭaptivating from start to finish, Jessica Day George's take on the Grimms' tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses demonstrates yet again her mastery at spinning something entirely fresh out of a story you thought you knew. All they need is one invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with enchanted silver needles, and that most critical ingredient of all―true love―to conquer their foes in the dark halls below. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls. Galen is a young soldier returning from war Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn.
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