by Eilis O'Neal
January 2011
Egmont USA
We hid the princess away so she would be safe until after her sixteenth birthday. And we replaced her with another baby, a false princess. You.
Imagine being told that everything you knew about your life had never been real. Imagine having to accept that you were a stand in for someone more important than you -- fodder if their life had ever been in danger. Imagine that, laughably, the man who was once beneath your station is now so high above you that you can no longer even be friends. This is the challenge that Sinda, formerly known as Princess Nalia, heir to the throne of Thorvaldor is faced with as she is thrown out of the palace with practically nothing but the clothes on her back. Where do you go? What do you do? How do you feel good about yourself when you were raised to be queen, and now must learn to live as a peasant? Well Sinda finds plenty to do in this very satisfying novel that brings magic, adventure, political intrigue, romance and a classic fairy tale to life in a very surprising way. For the first time in a very long time, I can say that I desperately wish this had been an adult book with a thousand pages. I highly recommend Eilis O'Neal's debut novel for fans of high fantasy or simply well written, entertaining young adult literature with a twist.
If you enjoy The False Princess, you may want to try these books for adults:
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Study Series and the Glass Series by Maria V. Snyder
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