Virginia D. (vldbookworm) - reviewed on 7/11/2019 + 18 more book reviews

This is a sequel to "The Princess and the Goblin", which I had enjoyed very much, so I had expected to like this one, too. But it's not nearly as good. The beginning is badly in need of some editing and trimming down. Once the story gets going, it's reasonably entertaining. However, this is really Curdie's adventure. Little Princess Irene, who was so active in the prior tale, is little more than wallpaper in this one. And her great-great-grandmother appears at the beginning to set things in motion and at the end to make sure things come out right, but isn't seen in between.

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