Jerry Cooke
4.75⭐️ - A moving and affirming story, revealing the difficult choices one must make when in a position of expectation.
When Danni Blythe starts as a scholarship student a the prestigious all-girls boarding school that's filled with the daughters of some of the most powerful people in Henland, all she hopes for is that she'll be able to leave her years of being bullied behind. Despite feeling as if she's on the lowest rung of the social ladder, she finds herself quickly included. When she literally falls another girls arms, the fact that it turns out to be those of the Crown Princess leads to a romance that's as complicated as it is heart warming.
I loved this story rather a lot and despite thinking from the first twenty pages or so that it might be a feel-good and possibly cheesy Princess Diaries kind of tale, it had a real depth of emotional feeling. In particular, the arcs of Rose's journey of dealing with grief and Danni's fear of being perceived were really transformative to read through. A thoroughly rich story and one that I'd definitely recommend.
4.75⭐️ - A moving and affirming story, revealing the difficult choices one must make when in a position of expectation.
When Danni Blythe starts as a scholarship student a the prestigious all-girls boarding school that's filled with the daughters of some of the most powerful people in Henland, all she hopes for is that she'll be able to leave her years of being bullied behind. Despite feeling as if she's on the lowest rung of the social ladder, she finds herself quickly included. When she literally falls another girls arms, the fact that it turns out to be those of the Crown Princess leads to a romance that's as complicated as it is heart warming.
I loved this story rather a lot and despite thinking from the first twenty pages or so that it might be a feel-good and possibly cheesy Princess Diaries kind of tale, it had a real depth of emotional feeling. In particular, the arcs of Rose's journey of dealing with grief and Danni's fear of being perceived were really transformative to read through. A thoroughly rich story and one that I'd definitely recommend.