Publisher:
Greenwillow/Harper Teen
Date
published: March 27th, 2012
ISBN:
978-0-06-200103-0
Hardcover
Young
Adult/Fantasy
Reviewed
by Dawn (love2read28@gmail.com)
Obtained
by Publisher
Azalea
loved her life-the beautiful gowns, the suitors and the parties, until it was
taken away from her within a blink of an eye. Azalea feels now trapped and when
she meets ‘The Keeper’, she finds another person who is just as trapped as she
is. When she and her eleven sisters spend the night dancing in this enchanted
world, Azalea finds that ‘The Keeper’ is more than trapped. He likes to keep
things too.
ENTWINED is a beautifully
told retelling of the fairy tale story, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Ms.
Dixon does a wonderful job in creating a fresh, intriguing tale and it kept my
attention till the very end. The world building is wonderfully done and the
reader gets a chance to see Azalea and the sisters before their world came down
around them when their mother, the Queen, died. The author captures their loss,
anguish and grief perfectly and kept me glued to the pages. Ms. Dixon does a
great thing in naming the sisters in order, starting with Azalea which made it
easier to follow the storyline and I enjoyed seeing the sisters before the
queen’s death and then afterward as they tried to keep her close to them by
dancing in this enchanted forest they had found within the castle by chance.
Meet
Azalea. The crown princess of the land, along with her twelve younger sisters,
she is devastated when her mother dies and the kingdom goes into mourning. No
more dances, pretty dresses and suitors vying for her and her sister’s hands.
Now as they deal with grief, they find a way to keep their mother nearby
dancing each night in this enchanted forest. But secrets abound there and it
will be up to Azalea to solve the mystery of ‘The Keeper’ and save herself plus
her sisters before it’s too late. I loved how this author kept the familiar
elements of the fairytale and incorporated them into this new telling of The
Twelve Dancing Princesses. The story flowed smoothly and the characters were
quite intriguing, so much so I was thrilled to see how each grew within the
storyline as a person. This was an engaging, unique story that any reader will
enjoy if they like retelling of fairytales.
ENTWINED is more than prince
meets princess and falls in love to live happily ever after. It’s about life
and death, love and grief and a desire to keep the memories of a loved one
close to you in any way they can. Ms. Dixon delivers a fine story to enjoy on a
lazy afternoon. There is something for everyone here-love, loss, dark times and
humor, romance and love. ENTWINED is one of those novels you can’t help
but not put down. I look forward to the next book by this author and wonder how
long I will have to wait for it.
This
is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book.
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