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| ISBN-13: | 9781101188675 |
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| Publisher: | DAW |
| Publication date: | 07/06/2010 |
| Series: | Princess Novels , #3 |
| Sold by: | Penguin Group |
| Format: | NOOK Book |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Sales rank: | 218,249 |
| File size: | 466 KB |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Red Hood's Revenge
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I bought this book.
With this book I'm finally caught up on this series (until March at least) and it's this one that has the most complex, detailed world building of the three, which is saying something. Hines' Princess books follow the further adventures of Snow White (Snow, a talented sorceress), Cinderella (Danielle, happily married princess and mother) and Talia (Sleeping Beauty whose tale is possibly the most vicious of all), fairy tale princesses whose stories didn't quite turn out as legend would have you believe.
In Red Hood's Revenge Danielle receives a letter from Red Riding Hood (who is now a widely feared assassin), a bold proclamation of her intent to kill Danielle for no other reason than she's been paid to. But like in all of Hines' books the plot (and the emotional story) is not so simple. When Snow and Talia come to Danielle's aid, the three of them find themselves magically transported to the exotic desert land where Talia's legend began-and where the Queen has put a death sentence on Talia's head.
Talia must save old friends, defeat (again) the insidious fairy plot that was put in place when she was first "gifted" as a child, and save her kingdom from the Wild Hunt, which savages towns from dusk to dawn. Hines spins out the well-known fairy tale into a semi-religious and definitely political plot to destroy the human rulers of Talia's land and bring the world under fairy rule. Likewise the subplot of Talia facing up to her own rage over what really happened to her (I'll give you a hint if you haven't read any of these books yet-it wasn't the prince's kiss that awoke her) makes for a satisfying read on many levels.
Readers won't be able to help but become personally involved with these princesses. They're brave, bold, strong and anything but helpless women waiting to be rescued. But Hines also holds respect for the classic feel of fairy tales, creating something strong enough, and interesting enough to stand on its own in the weight of the classic art of storytelling.
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Mr. Hines takes us back to our childhood and lets our adult minds re-experience and re-enjoy past fairy tales as if they were just that, fairy tales. What if those stories had been told and retold so many times that seemingly innocuous details took on a life of their own? What if the story of Cinderella stealing her stepmother's carriage to sneak away to a royal ball was twisted into a tale of fancy, a fairy godmother and an enchanted onion?
This is the world Jim Hines weaves, where the outrageous of the fairy tale is reduced to the mundane, but is replaced by an altogether enjoyable fantasy setting where Snow White is a bit of a flirt and Sleeping Beauty refuses to shut her eyes again. A feel-good romp through the memories of past years, mixed with some traditional fantasy and some refreshing heroine-driven adventures is certainly a recipe for a good read.
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Jim C. Hines continues to surprise me. While the first two books in his Princess series were strong, this one was even better.
Having created the scenario whereby Talia, Snow, and Danielle work for Queen Beatrice as her equivalent of Charlie's Angels in The Stepsister Scheme and complicated their relationship in The Mermaid's Madness, Hines sets out to settle some of their history in book three.
As the book opens, things have been stable for about a year, but that stability won't last long. A package is delivered for Danielle (aka Cinderella). It contains a note and a toe--the note is from Roudette (the noted assassin also known as Little Red Riding Hood) and the toe belonged to Charlotte, one of Danielle's stepsisters. Roudette wants to meet with Danielle, alone, or Charlotte will die. Talia--and everyone else--knows this is a trap. Roudette must have a contract on Danielle, and there's no way that they're going to allow the meeting. Talia has tangled with Roudette before, and she knows exactly how dangerous this assassin can be.
And, that, in a nutshell, is precisely the problem. Roudette doesn't want Danielle; she wants Talia. Talia's (former) in-laws have finally decided to take action against her, and it will take all three princesses to save the life of their friend and her former kingdom from the return of her curse . . .
This is an excellent series, and I recommend it highly for those interested in fairy tales and those that like adventure fantasy in general
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This is by far the best of the Princess series, the most put together, the most fun to read, and Jim Hines has his background and his characters perfect; and while it has a fitting ending, the end is also bitter sweet as well. At least it's not the end of the series, which I thought it was, so I will get to return to Lorinda at least one more time. The story starts off when the Lady of the Red Hood (Little Red Riding Hood) seems to be posing a threat to Danielle, and Talia and Snow go off to confront her. It soon becomes apparent that the target of Red (she's an assassin) isn't Danielle, but Talia, Princess of Arathea. Talia and Snow barely escape the trap with their lives and get back to the castle, which also soon comes under attack, and Talia, Snow, Danielle, and Red soon find themselves in Arathea--the kingdom once ruled by Talia's family until her curse.Along the way, the quartet encounter a range of people from Talia's past as they face against the Wild Hunt and go to the religious healers that helped Talia in the early days after she had been woken and killed the prince responsible for awakening her, and they make their move against Talia's foe, who may not be who you'd suspect her foe to be. It definitely lets you know exactly who Talia is.This is a definite read for anyone who's a fan of Jim Hines, who likes tongue-in-cheek fantasy novels, or retellings of fairy tales.
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Pros: quick action, fascinating rewrites of several more fairy tales, realistic charactersCons: have to read the first two books in the series in order to properly understand this oneTaken from the back of the book, because it's written so well: Roudette's story was a simple one. A red cape. A wolf. A hunter. Her mother told her she would be safe, so long as she kept to the path. But sometimes the path leads to dark places.After living through a traumatic childhood event, Roudette has become an assassin. Her current target is Talia, known as Sleeping Beauty.This is the third of Mr. Hines' princess novels, and the strongest to date. He builds upon the foundations of the previous books, deepening the established relationships, so new readers would do well to read those first.If you think you know Talia's story based on The Stepsister Scheme, think again. We get to see her homeland, and someone dear to Talia's heart. We also learn that her understanding of the events surrounding her cursed sleep are not as simple as she believed.The book has a lot of good fight scenes, some romance and a lot of conflicted emotions.
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Book three of the Princess Series. Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty go against the deadliest assassin in the world. Roudette, better known as the Lady of the Red Hood, has accepted a contract targeting one of our beloved princesses. Another entertaining romp for when you want a book that doesn't make you think too hard.
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Great book
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I love this series
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"The Stepsister Scheme" captivated me.
"The Mermaid's Madness" had me brooding
with a sweet delicious melancholy.
"Red Hood's Revenge," completely blew me away.
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