Part of the publisher's growing line of romantic original paperbacks inspired by favorite tales, Weyn's retelling of "The 12 Dancing Princesses," about enchanted sisters who disappear nightly and return with tattered slippers, is more literal than Dia Calhoun's recent The Phoenix Dance (2005). –Cheri Dobbs, Detroit Country Day Middle School, Beverly Hills, MIĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Though not as substantive as Robin McKinleys Beauty (HarperCollins, 1978) or Donna Jo Napolis The Magic Circle (Dutton, 1993), this story will be enjoyed by readers who like romance novels and fairy-tale retellings. What follows is fairly predictable and everyone lives happily ever after. Each night they go there to explore but the sorceress le Fey follows them and casts a spell to make sure they do not find their mother. While searching for answers, Rowena and her sisters discover underground tunnels filled with music. They meet in the woods as the young woman discovers her power of second sight when she finds Viviennes scrying bowl with a woman trapped in it, pleading for help. On his journey, he battles the evil Morgan le Fey to protect the sword and meets a monk who sends him in Rowenas direction. At the battle of Camlan, King Arthur is mortally wounded and his knight Bedivere swears that he will honor his sovereigns final request to return Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake (Vivienne).
A crack in a wall is discovered by the youngest, Rowena, and provides a long-desired escape route. He builds an enormous manor that keeps his 12 daughters from the outside world. After Sir Ethans wife, Vivienne, disappears, he vows that no one shall leave him again. Libn.Grade 8 Up–This light, entertaining tale combines the Arthurian legend of the Lady of the Lake, Grimms Twelve Dancing Princesses, and elements of romance novels.
A bit talky, but it should appeal to fans of the retold-fairy-tale genre. This slight novel based on "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" works the story into the Arthurian cycle with reasonable success. It takes King Arthur's trusted knight Sir Bedivere, on a quest to find the Lady of the Lake, to solve the mystery. Where are they going, and what are they doing?. But the girls have a secret, and every morning their slippers are worn and dirty as if they had been out all night.
In a fortified castle in the woods live a knight and his 12 redheaded daughters, locked away from harm and from the real world.
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