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    Princess of the Silver Woods
    Princess of the Silver Woods
    Princess of the Silver Woods
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    Princess of the Silver Woods

    Written by Jessica Day George

    Narrated by Eva Kaminsky

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    Red Riding Hood meets Robin Hood in the third and final book in New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George's enchanting Twelve Dancing Princesses series.

    When Petunia, the youngest of King Gregor's twelve dancing daughters, is invited to visit an elderly friend in the neighboring country of Westfalin, she
    welcomes the change of scenery. But in order to reach Westfalin, Petunia must pass through a forest where strange two-legged wolves are rumored to exist—
    wolves intent on redistributing the wealth of the noble citizens who have entered their territory.

    But the bandit-wolves prove more rakishly handsome than truly dangerous, and it's not until Petunia reaches her destination that she realizes the kindly
    grandmother she has been summoned to visit is really an enemy bent on restoring an age-old curse …
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 22, 2020
    ISBN9781980094104
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    Jessica Day George

    JESSICA DAY GEORGE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tuesdays at the Castle series, the Twelve Dancing Princesses series, and the Dragon Slippers trilogy. Originally from Idaho, she studied at Brigham Young University and worked as a librarian and bookseller before turning to writing full-time. She now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their three young children. www.jessicadaygeorge.com @jessdaygeorge

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    • 5/5
      I love love love love love this book if there were more than 5 stars I would definitely give more
    • 4/5
      Jessica Day George tells wonderful stories. They may be stories with bones of older tales woven in, but they are so fresh, so engaging and a delectable treat to read.
    • 5/5
      Great third book. Wraps up so much. Totally guilty pleasure reading.....just simply fun!
    • 4/5
      Still a good story. I don't like Petunia as much as Poppy, but her adventures are interesting - I do like Oliver, especially when he finally gets the lead out. Petunia is oddly stubborn about the Grand Duchess; not sure what happened to make her quite so certain she's one of the victims. I certainly didn't see anything in this book to make it so; maybe it happened while she was traveling, or maybe it was a spell - not clear. The roses, I'm pretty sure, were a spell - Petunia's not that dumb. The different reactions, when the princesses are Under Stone again, are quite amusing. And a happy ending - well, aside from the bishop. If the new King was right about what they needed, the new sealing may be the end of the matter - hope so!
    • 4/5
      Princess of the Silver Woods is the final entry in Jessica Day George’s Twelve Dancing Princesses trilogy. In this book the focus is on the youngest of the twelve, Petunia. The story comes full circle as once again the King Under Stone and his henchmen are threatening all the princesses and the girls, their boyfriends and husbands all must work together to find a final solution.Petunia was feisty and fun, Oliver, her love interest, was brave and handsome. Although the opening of the book was connected to Little Red Riding Hood, this aspect of the story was quickly abandoned as it reverted back to the original Twelve Dancing Princesses. Although I will always count the first book as my favorite, I did enjoy this one and felt it was a good way to finish off the trilogy. I felt the author was giving her fans a present with this book as it brought back all the familiar characters and gave us a true “Happy Ever After” ending.I enjoy fairy-tale based fantasy stories and this trilogy hit all the right notes being lightly romantic, charming and pleasing without becoming cloying or overdone. I am happy to have ended one of my many series but I am also a little sorry that each of the 12 princesses didn’t get her own story.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars. I liked it but I didn't think it was as good as the first one.
    • 4/5
      Plot: 4 stars
      Characters: 4 stars
      Style: 3 stars
      Pace: 3 1/2 stars

      Of the three in this set, so far at least, I like this one best. It only has one moment of severe plot-convenient stupidity, and the rest is actually not too predictable for once. Well, I mean, it is, but not as badly as the others, so that's progress. Despite the Red Ridinghood trappings, Petunia is no hapless maiden, and the wolf is far safer than the grandmother.
    • 4/5
      This is a continuation of the tale of the twelve dancing princesses. The princesses are haunted by nightmares because the chains binding the King Under Stone are weakening. The author weaves the story of Red Riding Hood into this story but it takes some unexpected turns. I was enthralled.
    • 5/5
      Full review coming as part of the blog tour.
    • 3/5
      The Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George is the third and final of the Dancing Princess books. I haven't read the previous two. Nominally, Silver Woods is also a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood with a smattering of the Robin Hood legends.Petunia, the youngest of the nine dancing princesses is the lead in this book. She is kidnapped by Oliver — the Robin Hood of the book. Oliver has a tale of stolen lands and Petunia, as a daughter of the king, can help him set things to rights, if he's telling the truth.Originally told from Petunia's point of view, the book later adds long passages from Oliver's point of view. Although his plight as an earl without lands was certainly compelling, he wasn't strong enough of a personality to hold his end of the story telling. Whenever I came to hone of his parts, I usually ended up skimming so I could get back to Petunia.There's enough hints at the previous two books to help the uninitiated reader piece together how the sisters got to this point in their stories. The finally third of the book wraps in the loose ends of books one and two into a tidy conclusion. For someone not invested in the previous two, it's a bit long winded, but I suspect for fans of the series, it will be more riveting.
    • 4/5
      the ending when they escape really confused me.
    • 4/5
      I do love a good fairy tale retelling/mash-up and JDG's books are very good. Love the cast of characters she created in the first book, and of course the new addition to this book. Even with so many characters she does a good job keeping it simple and non-confusing by letting just a couple different characters be the 'leads' in each of the books.
    • 3/5
      Sequel to twelve dancing princesses fairy tale. No sex. Okay for younger teens.
    • 3/5
      When Princess Petunia is accidentally kidnapped by one of the Wolves of the Westfalian Woods, she assumes that this is the worst that can happen on her trip to visit the elderly Grand Duchess. But upon arriving at the Grand Duchess' estate, she discovers that things are lurking in the shadows that may drag her and her sisters back into the Kingdom Under Stone.The third book in the trilogy (beginning with Princess of the Midnight Ball), follows the youngest of the twelve dancing princesses as she has adventures all her own. While George riffs on Little Red Riding Hood in the novel, this is not a strict re-telling of that tale but instead a continuation of the larger narrative begun in the first novel. I enjoyed Petunia as a character with her strength of character and different perspective on the curse she and her sisters suffered from when she was much younger. Oliver, the alternate perspective in the novel, is also quite charming. There were some small flaws in the narrative (characters knowing things they shouldn't, etc.) that a good editor should have caught that bumped this down a rating. Otherwise, an excellent conclusion to the trilogy.
    • 4/5
      while I loved this, I didn't think it as strong as the first two. I didn't feel like we really knew Petunia as a character. (I kept switching her with Pansy and getting confused.). she could have been such a fantastic character, and she started out that way with the knitting, and gun toting, but then she somehow washed out. I was mildly disappointed. by the Under-Stone too, The King Under Stone was such a good villain and Roinin, the new Under Stone, seems petulant in comparison. there isn't a clear fairy tale tie in with Princess of the Silver Woods either. apparently it is supposed to be both Robin Hood (Oliver) and Red Riding Hood (Petunia) but the attempt doesn't work. it seems contrived and forced. unlike Princess of Glass you DO need to read the previous novels or you won't have any idea what's going on.
      all that being said, I still enjoyed this. I like Jessica Day George's writing and her stories. even when they fall flat, like this one, she's still a master storyteller.
    • 4/5
      Petunia is the youngest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, the sisters who had been doomed to dance their nights away in the Kingdom Under Stone until their curse was broken. Now the sisters are free of the spell (though many are sill averse to dancing!). Petunia, however, was still a child when the curse was broken. As she travels through the forest to visit the estate of the Grand Duchess, she is hoping for a little excitement. When a group of rogues known as the Wolves of the Westfalian Woods waylay her coach, however, she may get more excitement than she had anticipated! Nor are her adventures with the Wolves (led by one handsome and surprisingly gentlemanly young man named Oliver) all that happens to Petunia on her visit . . . because the King Under Stone and his brothers are still looking for brides from the daylight world, and he may have found a way to entrap the princesses into visiting his realm once again.Though this looks like a Red Riding Hood retelling, I thought the Red Riding Hood-esque elements felt a little forced, particularly toward the end of the book. This is more a revisiting of the Dancing Princesses story from the first book in the series -- and while the Dancing Princesses fairy tale is one of my very favorites, I was hoping for something a little fresher. I think this book might have worked better for me if I had reread the first two volumes before jumping into this one, since many of the main characters from those books return in this one. That's not to say that it's not a charming book or a worthwhile read -- I'd just recommend starting at the beginning of the series.
    • 2/5
      This is a review for the third and final novel in the series about Twelve Dancing Princesses, but what I say here about Princess of the Silver Woods holds true for all of the books. I so wanted to love these - I had heard great things and excitedly requested this as an ARC, even without reading the first two. Sadly, I was confused, bored, uninvolved from the very start, so I DNF'd 50 pages in. A week or so later, the first two went on sale for ebooks for less than $2 each. I thought I would give it another try - this time with the benefit of reading the series in order. I read the first two... and it wasn't pretty. They aren't the worst books I've ever read, but I am hard-pressed to remember a series as lackluster and unengaging as this was for me. Each novel tackles a different fairytale, and occasionally Day George would create a new twist or idea that worked well for her books. I liked the spin on Red Riding Hood meets Robin Hood, but it's hard to recall a lot about these novels. What didn't work well, ever, were her characters. Galen, Rose, Poppy, Christian, and here in book three, Petunia and Oliver all come across as wooden and flat for the duration. Their actions are contrived, their dialogue laughable or vague, their magic and abilities too convenient or too unexplained.I wanted to like them, but their trials, tribulations and eventual coupledom were all too expected and very predictable.Also working against the books is the worldbuilding. Or rather, the lack of any substantial effort to create a real, vibrant setting for these characters to operate upon. The thinly veiled countries that represent a more magical Europe (Breton = Britain, Spania = Spain, Russaka = Russia, so on and so forth) left a lot to be desired in terms of backdrop. It's all too simple and easy across the board - the relationships, the magic, the world itself. I wanted more from Jessica Day George, and what is provided leaves a lot to be desired.At several points in each novel, I would think that these books and characters came across as much more MG than YA in tone and characterization.This series is too simple and predictable to be memorable. I read all three in a four day span, and I doubt I will remember anything about any of them in a week's time. All in all: third verse, same as the first. Too simple, too easy, too predictable, too short to pack a punch. The magic is too vague, or too silly (the whole knitting aspect just makes me laugh, every time), and once again, none of the characters really stood out as remarkable, or even really three-dimensional. This series is just not for me, though I can see why others are drawn to it and enjoy it.
    • 3/5
      Princess of the Silver Woods (#3) by Jessica Day GeorgePages: 304Release Date: December 11th, 2012Date Read: 2012, Oct. 11th - Nov. 9thReceived: ARC via NetGalleyRating: 3/5 starsRecommended to: 11+SUMMARY -At sixteen, Petunia is the youngest of the twelve children in her royal family: all are girls, and all have had adventures. Petunia is not expecting an adventure of her own, however, when she is attacked in the woods on the way to the Grand Duchess's estate. She thinks she has things under control, but her captor, Oliver, turns out to be more than meets the eye. When she discovers his plight, she decides to help him - and finds herself in a world where wrongs must be righted and old spells must be strengthened, before her whole world falls apart and she loses those she loves most.MY THOUGHTS -I really wanted to love this book like the others - I really did. I went into it hoping and praying. I did enjoy it, don't get me wrong, but it was lacking in many ways. Still ultimately adorable, but not the brilliant fairytale JDG has been known to give.CHARACTER NOTES -Petunia is one spunky girl. For the most part I really enjoyed her, although I wish there had been more development for her. Sometimes she felt like "just another sister", not an MC. In any case, I found her to be charming and adorable and, eventually, a cute match for Oliver........who started out fantastic and swoon-worthy, and who turned into kind of a meh love interest and an okay hero. He just didn't do enough. And when he did stuff it was mostly impulsive and illogical. However, I still enjoyed him, and I'm glad he was a part of the story.Still, even to this day, Galen rocks my world. He and Rose are magnificent, well-defined and utterly charming. I just love them! Especially Galen. He is SUCH a man, from head to toe, and full of bravery, grand ideas, and lots of love. Basically, he's my #1.The villains in this story, to me, were incompetent. As a personal rule, unless it is done VERY well, I HATE when dead and gone villains are brought back into the picture. The King Understone and his brothers are back for this adventure; and while I enjoyed some aspects of this, most of it wasn't done right. It felt like the same old, same old.STORY NOTES -I wish the story had been based around a different antagonist. Something new. The King Understone was new the first time. Princess of Glass had an entirely new scenario. Silver Woods seemed like it had a new premise, but it was like Midnight Ball all over again. For that, I was seriously bummed out.However, I did like: the wolves (I wish there had been more), Grigori, The Grand Duchess... I liked the escapes and the end scenes were marvelous! (Mainly because of Galen... *swoon*) I enjoyed the dynamic the invisibility cloak, the old crone, Walter, and the Bishop brought to the table. Overall, it was a fun story with a little something for everyone.SUMMING IT UP -A cute story! Could have been much better, but worth a read all the same, especially if you're a die-hard JDG fan!For the Parents -Nothing! Refreshingly clean children's book. Recommended 11+
    • 3/5
      I didn't know Princess of the Silver Woods was actually the third book until I heard about it on another blog, which was a HUGE relief (I know that doesn't right, but just bear with me). I felt like I was missing out on something and it was starting to get really weird. Then I realized that this was the third installation. Well... that explained a lot.And yet, even though I hadn't read the first two books (but I definitely will now) I was completely engaged with this one. Besides, 'Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood get a twist'? Did I ever mention that I was a Robin Hood junkie? My self-control flew out the window when I read that in the summary.And in the end, I liked it. It's not a 'Wow! I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!' read. It's pretty much like any fairy-tale. It's got the usual hero/heroine, the evil villain, the damsel in distress, the beautiful castle, magic, and (of course) the happy ending.Characters.Petunia is the youngest of the twelve sisters. She's the sort of princess that wears secondhand clothes and spends her day gardening. But she's adorably fierce for such a small thing, especially when she's pointing a gun at someone's head (Poor Oliver). I really like her attitude throughout the book. She doesn't waver and she doesn't become one of those unbearable protagonists that whines every ten seconds. But compared to her other sisters, Petunia acts like the oldest. Her character dulled a lot because of it.Oliver, the thief/earl, started off as the swoon-worthy 'bad boy' who didn't flinch in the face of death (well, more like a gun), then he turned into the adorable 'good guy' that did the right thing and accepted the consequences... and then he turned into a fool. He didn't take control of the situation, he was a really poor help, and he needed saving more than the princesses did. I got tired of him before I was even halfway through the book.The villains in the story were really weak. It was a disappointment really. They had the potential and they had me captivated in the beginning... but their villainy was short-lived.Plot.The story line isn't original, actually it's very much cliched, but the mix of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Robin Hood, and Red Riding Hood helps overcome that sense of boredom when you read something overused.The writing is splendid. I didn't even have to try to get myself engaged with the story. It's fluid and picturesque and her pacing is thoroughly consistent. There's nothing I can complain about when it comes down to the writing.The scenes are very nice. Yeah, it's the usual sort: forest, castle, lost kingdom, yadda yadda yadda, but it was very beautifully portrayed.Overall.Princess of the Silver Woods is a cute read. It's a fun, adventurous book for those that like fairy tales.It's more like a bedtime story that'll have you fall asleep with a smile on your face rather than squealing at every little noise. I'd give it a PG-rating at most... since Petunia shoots someone in the face in one of her dreams (fierce ain't she?).I highly recommend this one to middle/elementary-grade girls and boys. It's a perfect AR book to read that won't bore them to death.Thank you Bloomsbury for giving me the chance to read this one!
    • 4/5
      This is the third, and final, book in the Twelve Dancing Princesses series by George. It was a well done story and did a great job of wrapping up the series. Petunia is excited when she receives an invitation to visit a childhood friend in Westfalen. On the way though she encounters the strange two-legged wolves who are bent on distributing the wealth of the nobles to their own people. These two legged wolves end up being more earnest and handsome than dangerous. When Petunia finally arrives at Westfalen she finds that a plot is afoot that involves her old enemy the King Under Stone. It will take Petunia along with all of her sisters and their husbands to put the curse of The King Under Stone to rest once and for all.This story was blend of Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood, with some background reference to Rapunzel as well. I loved how these fairy tales were blended into Petunia’s story. Petunia was an interesting character. She’s not as tough as Poppy; in fact she is kind of the baby of the family. But she is determined to make it on her own and is deadly with her pistol when the need arises.Petunia’s prince was a bit more lackluster; he just came off as your typical prince-type to me. Sure he starts off as a bandit, but his personality was much like those of the other princes we have seen in this series.There isn’t as much romance in this book as in the previous two. This book is more about the curse of the King Under Stone and combating it. For this all of Petunia’s sisters are back in the story.Much of the story involves Petunia’s sisters and their husbands. It was fun to see a lot more of Rose and Galen. Additionally some of the older mystical characters from the first book are back in the story as well. George does an excellent job of including all of these characters but not making the story confusing. There was more action in this book than in previous ones and it was well done. The plot involving the Kind Under Stone was nicely resolved.Overall this was a very satisfying conclusion to this series. Petunia is an interesting character and definitely adds her own flavor to the story. There is less romance in this book, but more action. The story involves all of Petunia’s sisters and their husbands as well. This whole series is recommended to those who enjoy princess stories or fairy tale retellings.