The Princess Who Flew with Dragons Series: Tales From The Chocolate Heart #3 Published by Bloomsbury USA on December 1, 2020
Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Cooking & Food, Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Pages: 240
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Perfect for fans of Shannon Hale, this girl-powered fantasy follows a smart young princess determined to save her kingdom.
Princess Sofia of Drachenburg is sick of being used for her older sister's political gains. At twelve years old, she's already been a hostage to invading dragons and promised to marry a wicked fairy. Now she's being sent to far-off Villene to play the part of a charming, diplomatic princess. Her only comfort lies in writing letters to her pen pal and best friend--Jasper, a young dragon she's never even met.
But when an accident leads to her exile from Villene, Sofia is free to wander as she pleases for the first time in her life. And when Jasper's magical sister Aventurine turns him into a human boy, Sofia thinks life can't get any better. Until . . . the legendary ice giants of the north attack, trying to reclaim the territory that was theirs centuries ago. With the dragons and royals frozen in ice, can Sofia and Jasper save their families and kingdom?
With another strong heroine and plenty of action, this is an enchanting and strong-hearted fantasy set in the same world as The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart and The Girl with the Dragon Heart.
Acclaim for The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart
A Kids' Indie Next List Pick
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A VOYA Top Shelf Pick
Why I Read This Book:
I read the previous books for this series and this one was a backlog netgalley book so it qualifies for my goals of backlist on netgalley and finishing started series.
Review:
It is an excellent addition to Tales from the Chocolate Heart series, a middle-grade fantasy with snarky princesses, radical goblin girls, terrifying ice giants, a philosophical dragon, and a cat. Sofia has always struggled to be a princess and wants to be able to explore the world. When her sister sends her on a diplomatic mission, the opportunity arises to do what she always liked to move about incognito. Sofia, on her own, learns the most valuable lesson in this tale -to quote, the people of Drachenburg hadn’t been accustomed to the sight of dragons, but they eventually got used to it. It was long past time for all of us to open our minds and hearts to the outside world because there are some things you never learn by staying locked in isolation.
About Stephanie burgis
Stephanie Burgis grew up in America but now lives in Wales with her husband (fellow writer Patrick Samphire), their two young sons, and their extremely vocal tabby cat. In between those two points, she spent time playing in orchestras, studying music history in Vienna, and editing the website of an opera company in Leeds.
She writes fun, funny MG fantasy adventures for kids and wildly romantic historical fantasy novels for adults.
You can keep up with her new releases, read exclusive short stories and get sneak peeks at upcoming works by signing up to her newsletter: www.stephanieburgis.com/newsletter
Her first book, A MOST IMPROPER MAGICK, won the 2011 Waverton Good Read Children’s Award for Best Début Children’s Novel by a British Author, and it was followed by two more novels and a novella (“Courting Magic”) in the Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson series. Her book THE DRAGON WITH A CHOCOLATE HEART (published by Bloomsbury in the UK, Australia, the US and Canada) marked the beginning of a sparkling new chocolate-infused fantasy adventure series for children.
She is also the author of a series of wildly romantic historical fantasy novellas for adults, THE HARWOOD SPELLBOOK (which begins with SNOWSPELLED), as well as two full-length novels for adults, MASKS AND SHADOWS and CONGRESS OF SECRETS (published by Pyr Books in the US and Canada), and she co-edited the anthology THE UNDERWATER BALLROOM SOCIETY. She has had over thirty short stories published in various magazines and anthologies.
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