Princess
Alexandra of Calpaea has been kidnapped by an evil enchantress and is now
trapped in a cave, guarded over by trolls. When she is finally rescued it
wasn’t the prince charming she was expecting, but a 16 year old English
teenager named Bianca.
Bianca was four when she first discovers the hole in the wall
near the centre of her town, yet eleven years later it still shows up in her
dreams. Sent home in disgrace from boarding school, she is still picking
up the pieces of her life when the urge to explore the hole overtakes
her. Unbeknownst to her, the hole in the wall is really a hole between
worlds and inside is a princess waiting to be saved.
The book is a modern day fairy tale with a twist. Bianca and her
friends are imminently likeable and faced with the prospect of a princesses
death, are more than willing to go into battle. Weighed down with
backpacks and smoke bombs, the four teenagers battle flying reptiles, rats,
trolls and tentacles to save a kingdom. I suspect this book was
written for teenagers, but I, as an adult, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Review by Ida Raine
Review by Ida Raine
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