Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day GeorgeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn. Galen is a young soldier returning from war; he is looking for a place to lay his head so her sets out in search for his mothers family. Upon meeting is Uncle and Aunt and cousins ,Galen is given a place to stay and job from his Uncle who is a master gardener to the King in maintaining the Queens beautiful gardens who has now passed on.Galen soon hears the whispers of the kings court that the twelve princess's have ruined there slippers every night during there escapades but it remains a mystery and the king is worried as he cannot find out what is happening during the night. So the King invites several Prince's from far away hands to solve the mystery and in doing so they will win the hand of one of his daughters . Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Galen ask for the Kings permission to remain at the castle and find an answer to the mystery. But Galen has something the other princes do not and invisible cloak.Galen pretends sleep and once it is midnight puts his cloak on and follows the Princess's . There is a stairway in there bedroom leading to the King Under Stone Palace where he forces the princess's to dance with the sons for midnight until dawn repaying a debt there mother had made with the King .Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls. All Galen needs is one invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with enchanted silver needles and the love he feels for princess Rose to end this curse that is been put upon the princess's. But time is running out the princess's are being accused of witchcraft as Prince's are turning up dead.Galen needs to act fast and get to the bottom of this. So he sets out on and adventure making some friends along the way to help him succeed with his quest and hope to win a princesses heart along the way. This was a fun and clever fairytale.Loved Galen as he was a loving and caring friend with a big heart who also has a happy and clever and always knitting something up which plays a part in the rescue of the princess which was quite a surprise. Who ever heard of a soldier knitting. LOL. ( But i loved it nice touch) and to learn what secret's brought the Queen to make a horrid pack with King Under stone filled with action and adventure along the way. Very enjoyable read...
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