If this is truly the last book in the series, then I will be happy that it wrapped before becoming too precious in its social commentary.īut let me wrap on a positive note. The Disneyfication of the covers of the books in the series (now featuring wide-eyed princesses) seems symptomatic of a storyline which has become far too self-conscious in its message-making. This last book in the series is notably more political than its predecessor (which is saying something!). Into a series of crazy coincidences and convenient resolutions. We move through life in the swamp to dealing with exploitative adults to invasion and war - the pace is unrelenting! It also felt very rushed at the end and failed to gel as we are pushed But when Miri arrives, she finds that her charges are wild abandoned children and that things are very much not as they should be.Ī wildly convulsive story that combines material from the first two books, while introducing new and interesting characters to the adventure. However, where to find a princess? The answer is an obscure set of royal cousins in a backwater swamp called Lesser Alva, and Miri is sent there to tutor them and prepare them to become suitable material for a royal marriage. Their kingdom is under threat from an aggressive neighbor and a plot is hatched to propose marriage between the foreign king and a princess. In this third (and last) installment of the Princess Academy series, Miri still has not managed to get home to Mount Eskel.
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