Entwined is a classic retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, which I actually didn't know about until I was somewhere in the middle of this book. So I don't know how much is it similar to the original story. But all I could say is that this book was enchanting. I loved how this book was written. The author did a fantastic job writing this book. Everything could be easily visualized.
The novel follows the events of the lives of those twelve sisters and it opens with Azalea attending her first ball. While her mother was pregnant and sick, she makes her promise to take of her sisters. Her mother soon after dies after giving birth to their twelve sister, which casts a pall over the palace and the palace becomes in mourning which means staying indoors, no light, no music, no gardens and most importantly no dancing. Life wasn't all happy for them, more specifically Azalea whom had to marry whoever the Parliament chooses and even worst they, the royal family, were bankrupt.
Azalea and her eleven sisters. Well, they had some interesting names, such as Bramble for example. I mean if you knew the character, the name suits her. Azalea itself is a cute name. And the cutest thing ever is that those eleven sisters are named in an alphabetical order. So it's like, their oldest sister Azalea, then Bramble, then Clover and so on. And all of them are sweet, especially the younger ones. However, between them you could feel a real sisters bond. They seemed like a little folk of sheep together. I couldn't say enough about them. Even the King, their father, I, at some point liked him.
All the characters are genuine and realistic, considering that it is a story that took place in the old time. Sweet gentlemen like Mr Bradford, he was such a sweetheart. It had some action but not the action like in our real world, if even considered action. It was rather to be referred to as super intense incidents. I was never bored while reading this book.
All in all, I absolutely recommend reading this book. Such a page-turner and a miraculous story. Well-written and descriptive in a good and moderate way. And yet, it is a fairytale and I believe that not everybody likes fairy tales. But this novel, in my opinion, could be read by readers of various ages.
Author: Heather Dixon
Grade Rating:
xoxo, Mariam
And Happy Reading Everyone :)
8 Comments:
Not only is this an awesome fairytale retelling, the book is just as magical. I love the effort put into its creation. Great review!
~Shane
thanks for the follow, back at ya!
Yeah!! I totally agree, really really good novel :) But thanks Shane for your lovely comment and for stopping by and welcome to Book-A-Holic :D
xoxo, Mariam
Ohh so this has been on my TBR list for a while. I'm glad it's as good as it sounds! I love the cover as well, it's really pretty. I can't wait to get my hands on it!
I've read only one other book that's kind of based after The Twelve Dancing Princesses, it was Wilwood Dancing by Julliet Marillier and was different as there are only five sisters and 'The Frog Prince' is also mashed up in there. But it's so very good! It's one of my favourite books. I recommend giving that one a go if you enjoyed this!
Yeah! and it was really worth it and I know the cover is so cute ;) And it would be interesting to read more books based on The Twelve Dancing Princesses, since it's like a really cool fairytale and this book seems intriguing.. five sisters, will give it a try soon :) But thank you SO much for your lovely comment and for stopping by and welcome to Book-A-Holic
The book sounds absolutely MAGICAL and the cover is so so pretty too! I love books where the characters are genuine and realistic so I really need to check this out some time - it sounds beautiful! And thank you for your equally beautiful review too, Mariam :)
Beverley @ A Reading Daydreamer
Yeah! I know but honestly it's a book worth reading :D And you Beverlry for your super lovely comment and for stopping by which I'm glad you did :D
xoxo, Mariam
Ohhh I've been wanting to read this book for a while and you have now convinced me :)
Haha! Glad I did because it was really enchanting :D But thank you so much for stopping by today which I'm glad you did and welcome to Book-A-Holic :)
xoxo, Mariam
Post a Comment
Thank you for leaving a comment, you honestly just made my day ;)
I read each and every comment and I really appreciate sharing your thoughts with me guys! So it always makes me happy to hear from you ;) I will try my best to reply and comment back on your own blog so expect me to visit you soon ;)
*PS: This is now an award free blog and although I really apperciate it and I thank you for considering me but fulfilling these types of posts turns out to be really hard and time consuming :( *
But thank you for stopping by and welcome to Book-A-Holic!
xoxo, Mariam
NOTE: I haven't been commenting on other blogs lately because my laptop's charger is broke so until I get a new one I am using another computer but I guess there is something wrong with it because I can't leave comments on other blogs at all so sorry about that but I'll try and fix that asap. Thank you!