Princess Academy: Palace of Stone -- Shannon Hale

from princess-starr

Unfortunately I have only read one other book by Shannon Hale, and it wasn't the original Princess Academy novel. (Book of a Thousand Days, actually.) And if I hadn't been under a deadline, I would have probably gone out and gotten the first novel before reading this one. Having said that, I was ...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Amazing in a quite different way than the first. So much to process here, so much to think about. The political intrigue, the reactions of all the mountain girl's to court & city life, the role of royalty, the system of education... not to mention Miri's coming-of-age and the romance.For example,...

from A_Reader_of_Fictions

Originally posted on A Reader of Fictions. Last week, I reread Princess Academy in preparation for finally getting to the long-awaited sequel. Since Princess Academy ranks amongst my favorite books and since I always thought Princess Academy was a standalone, I embarked on Palace of Stone with tr...

from humouress

{Second of 3; Princess Academy series. Fantasy, children's, YA} (2012) Re-read Following on some months after the end of Princess Academy a couple of the Academy girls have gone to Asland, the capital of Danland. Prince Steffan is to marry his chosen bride next spring and she has invited her Moun...

from JanaRose1

After attending the Princess Academy in the first book, Miri and her friends leave their mountain home and travel to the city to help the future princess prepare for her wedding. While in the city, Miri attends the Queen's Castle, a prestigious university. Everything seems normal at first, until ...