The Jabberwocky Princess by Cece Louise

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The Jabberwocky Princess

by Cece Louise

Series: Forest Tales #2
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Published by Jabberwocky Tales on March 10, 2020
Genres: Fairy Tales Folklore Fantasy
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Also in this series: Desperate Forest, Mazarine, In a Dark, Dark Wood, To Escape a Wonderland

Beware the Jabberwock . . . The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Kitchen maid Kainda is the daughter of a disgraced monster-hunter. She longs to learn more about strange beasts and use the hunting skills her father taught her, but kitchen maids don’t get to have adventures—especially not a girl everyone thinks is crazy.

That is until devil-may-care Prince Ander enlists her help in defeating a monster troubling a nearby kingdom. With her misfit knight best friend by her side, Kainda thinks it’s the perfect arrangement. She gets adventure and financial freedom, while Prince Ander gets to marry the princess of Fernshire.

Until the beast proves more troublesome than anyone imagined, and secrets from her father’s past raise the question: What is more dangerous—myth or reality?

A standalone read perfect for fans of sweet romance, suspense, and fairy tales!

The Jabberwocky Princess by Cece Louise, is an excellent historical young adult romance novel by this fantastic author. She did a great job of bringing the Jabberwock to life.

Can Kainda restore her father’s good name in the monster-hunting world?

Kainda

Kainda is our first point-of-view in this story and the one that is perfect for this book. We follow her from being a kitchen maid to going on this quest that is the same one that her father left on but never returned. Now she is on two missions not only to help Prince Ander with stopping the monster and bring goodwill to her father’s name in the monster-hunting world.

I love this character because she is different than what we usually would see as a girl of fifteen getting a job at the palace to help her family. She is genuinely into hunting monsters and figuring out what each one is along with how to kill it if that is what needs to happen.

Princess Opal

Princess Opal is anything but the standard spoiled princess. She wants to have more of a say in her life than being a pawn in her father’s game. Opal finds it refreshing to be with Kainda and with a knight that is Kainda’s friend. She, of course, doesn’t want to leave her kingdom to join a prince in his faraway country.

She is another character that I love, and I find it remarkable to get her point-of-view as well. There isn’t much that I don’t like about her.

The Bad Guys

Once again, Cece Louise drives another plot twist into it that I didn’t except but also kind of maybe saw it coming even though I didn’t want it to be true. I can’t explain as it is a significant point, but wow. The Jabberwock is, of course, a bad guy since the monster is the whole reason with why this story exists. Ms. Louise describes the Jabberwock with such great finesse that it comes to life in my mind. The monster does have a few surprises that you can read the book to find out yourself.

5 Stars

The Jabberwocky Princess by Cece Louise, is a remarkable story that had me captivated throughout. Ms. Louise’s use of the poem that Louis Carroll wrote about the Jabberwock was ingenious. I loved how she brought the monster to life and everything that happened in this tale. Ms. Louise is an author that I am going to be following as I enjoy reading her books.

If you like fantasy books, this is a good one. I highly recommend it.

First Book in the Series

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of The Jabberwocky Princess by Cece Louise.

Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

• 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge
• 2020 New Release Challenge
• 2020 Supernatural Creatures Reading Challenge

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