This is a fun quick read of fantasy romance full of princesses, princes, and lukewarm politics. The characters are all amusing, each with distinct personalities and cute in their own ways. Flian's introduction and relationships with the other characters begins with an unexpected start but develop...
I had fun reading this book, and I plan to continue the series, but there were a few things that kept it from being totally awesome for me. The references to history and music and art and literature seemed obscure. I haven't read The Prisoner of Zenda. Was that my problem?Dobrenica felt like a re...
This was the last book of the Inda series. I didn't write up any comments for the previous books so I'm going to dump it all here. I really liked books 1 and 2 but 3 and 4 were much slower and felt more bloated. This last book didn't have much action until the end and even that was not a lot. ...
This is a Sherwood Smith book that really works for me, despite the suggestive book cover, which in no way reflects the tone or message of the book, except for the silly "Got Books?" t-shirt, which does (ignoring again the tight fit in the picture). The tone of this book is playful and even sill...
This book is a fun adventure story for tweens along the lines of Tamora Pierce and Shannon Hale. The plot is interesting and shows some parallels to American, French and Russian revolutions. (A character borrows phrases from the Declaration of Independence). The moral of the story is woven throug...
Oh Sherwood Smith, you tease me with the good ones (Once a Princess/Twice a Prince and Posse of Princesses, for example), and then turn out something like this. You are too inconsistent a writer. But this is promising--I really want it to be better; it just needs more work. This book definitel...
This book, Inda by Sherwood Smith, is set in an incredibly interesting and complex world, and I will say that I thought the world building was one of the highlights of the book. But that does make it rather difficult to write a concise plot summary. Basically in this world the first born son is e...