Rejected Princesses

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I loved learning about all of the women. I didn't love the author's voice or writing style. I take it more as a (really really long) list of women I would like to read about more in other books.

Something to note, especially for those thinking of reading them to kids—they aren't really written for kids, especially towards the end (home of the more “mature” ((read: brutal)) stories). In fact, one of the challenging things about a lot of them is that while each woman has a remarkable story, they are not all essentially good people. Of course, neither are the male “heroes” we often read about. There is just a lot of grey area, which didn't leave me feeling inspired, just torn. Plus, a lot of the truth behind the stories is clouded by history and biased people.

Overall, not sure I would recommend it. Maybe to a person looking for something particular.