Ahoy there mateys! I love Shannon Hale’s writing and have read 7 of her books. This book is the first of the Bayern series. Not only was this audiobook fantastic but me favourite part was the author’s afterword about her process into writing the book. The story was so very cute and I am glad I know it. Her website has more insight into this book and the others of the series. What I loved about revisiting this one is how nuanced and well-written it is. The hard elements of the original Grimm tales are there but they are tempered with the growth of the wonderful characters. As Ms. Hale says, “Even though it was my favorite, its strangeness and brevity always left me wanting more. Why did the princess let her lady-in-waiting steal her identity? How did she learn to command the wind? And what about the prince? I thought the story fairly begged to be written into a longer work.” I am so very glad she made this version of the tale.

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