My thanks to NetGalley and Zondervan for an eARC of this book to read and review.

I am 100% in a book slump and this book is innocent and a victim of my slump. I have had it for a while and the urge to make a decision on it came over me and I decided to sit down and read it.

And then I started it and couldn't get past 2% of it.

It is NOT this book's fault. This is completely mine. I have decided to throw in the towel and will be marking this as a DNF and not giving a star rating to it, out of fairness.

Please don't get me wrong, there are books so horrible out there that after 2%, they DESERVE a star rating, but not this one.

Please don't let my book slump color your desire to read this. The cover is lovely and it is a loose fairy tale retelling, which is usually catnip for me. I just couldn't get into it.

Thanks for providing a review copy. I was unable to get into the book and wont be returning to it, so no official review posted at this time.

Title: The Princess Spy



Author: Melanie Dickerson



Series: Fairy tales book 5



Chapters: 32 plus epilogue



Pages: 293



Genre: Christian fairy tale retelling, Christian romance, teen



Rating: 5 stars



The Princess Spy was a retelling of The Princess and the Frog. Which was one fairy tale I never really liked. But I loved this retelling. Colin the hero of this novel is the grandson of the hero of The Merchant's daughter and Margaretha is the younger sister of the heroes from The Captive Maiden and The Fairest Beauty.



In The Princess Spy the princess moves a little bit beyond the traditional fairy tale role. To the point that in many ways she becomes a hero in her own right. Proving that she's more than a pretty face.





I enjoyed this book and there was a scene in chapter eight that reminded me a bit of The Princess Bride. Melanie's books keep getting better. I can't wait for her next book.



I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

3.5 stars.

I openly admit to picking this up purely because the cover and title reminded me of The Princess Bride - which is the best film ever, obvs. It was nothing like it, but it was still a sweet read.

Margaretha is about do what all good daughters in medieval romance do: marry advantageously for the sake of the family, even though she's not really all that taken with Claybrook, her would-be suitor. That is, until a badly injured stranger turns up on her doorstep raving about him being a murderer!

This was the set up of this sweet read, which in the end had only minimal spying, but still proved a satisfying romance. I'm reliably informed (meaning I saw it on another Goodreads review) that this book is a fairly tale retelling of The Princess and the Frog? Didn't catch that, but apparently this author is known for her retellings, and they're normally easier to detect.

Overall, a good read. Would definitely check out this author again.