![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then The Corley contacted her, told her she was Ellen’s godmother, and offered to make her wishes come true. Left alone, she was forced into being a maid in the house where Poppy is staying, which she was absolutely horrible at. She was once nobility, but then her father got in over his head with gambling debts, her mother died, and then her father sold off everything and died himself. But meet Christian she does, and they fall into a nice, happy, casual relationship.Įnter Ellen. Her past makes going to balls uncomfortable, so she doesn’t have much opportunity to meet people. Poppy is a delightful character, not your typical princess: she prefers to play cards and talk rather than dance, for obvious reasons. And then he becomes obsessed with getting him married off, preferably to a Breton. Instead, Rupert invites Prince Christian of Danelaw to stay in the castle. Poppy is sent to Breton, but not to stay in the castle. In the aftermath of that, the various countries’ relations are falling apart, and Poppy’s father and King Rupert of Breton devise an exchange program. Our main character is Princess Poppy, one of the sisters forced to dance through the night for the evil King Under Stone. It helps, I think, that this is a sequel, of sorts, to Princess of the Midnight Ball. ![]() And how does the new book hold up against the original? Surprisingly, quite well. In the other corner: Jessica Day George’s newest. ![]()
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