![]() ![]() ![]() But because they have progressive/loving/supportive/cool parents, each of the princesses has been trained in the profession of their choice.Ĭlarice (the eldest daughter) chose to train with a sword. Like the blurb explains, the kingdom is tiny, and her parents can't afford to marry off all of their daughters (with a nice dowry). #Royal order of tanstaafl series#On her eighteenth birthday, she t This looks like it's going to be a series of books, each based on one of the twelve princesses of Swansgaard. Clarice (the eldest daughter) chose to train with a sword. But because they have progressive/loving/supportive/cool parents, each of the princesses has been trained in the profession of their choice. This looks like it's going to be a series of books, each based on one of the twelve princesses of Swansgaard. _ Character that could be played by Maggie Smith in the BBC dramatization _X_ Princes/princesses who have their shit together _X_ Fairytale flavors that induce minimal eyerolling _X_ Strong, sassy heroines who have no trouble kicking it with the boys Things Katie enjoys in a novel, as correlated with Lackey et al's new novel The House of the Four Winds: _X_ Period-appropriate prose _ Talking cats _X_ Strong, sassy heroines who have no trouble kicking it with the boys _X_ Believable, likable characters _ Pandas _X_ Swashbuckling _ Dragons _X_ People wearing awesome hats _ Perfectly executed genre mashups _X_ Fairytale flavors that induce minimal eyerolling _ Spaceships and/or lasers _X_ Princes/princesses who have their shit together _X_ Romance Things Katie enjoys in a novel, as correlated with Lackey et al's new novel The House of the Four Winds: All who have searched for this great treasure have vanished, with neither ships nor crews ever seen again and no sign of their fates ever discovered.īut none before have carried with them the sorceress Shamal, who stakes a claim of her own on Dominick's heart.more They soon run afoul of the Pirate Council, who orders them to retrieve the Heart of Light. Now outlaws, Dominick and his crew turn to piracy - though their hearts are not entirely in it. Clarice becomes first mate - and finds her heart captured by the new captain, Dominick, who is, to his own surprise, increasingly attracted to Clarence. The captain is vile and blackhearted, and the crew soon mutinies. Disguising herself as Clarence, she signs on for a voyage to the New World. Happily, the princesses of Swansgaard are eager to meet this challenge, for they yearn for adventures both near and far from home.Ĭlarice, an expert swordswoman, is the first to depart. As this boisterous baker's dozen approaches adulthood, the king and queen lovingly tell their daughters, "You must make your own fortune, for we cannot enrich you without impoverishing our people or leaving our lands defenceless, and that we will not do." ![]() As this boisterous baker's dozen approaches adulthood, the king and queen lovingly tell their daughters, "You must make your own fortune, for we cannot enrich you without impoverishing our people or leaving our The tiny nation of Swansgaard is a lovely place with abundant natural resources, including the royal family, which has been blessed with twelve daughters and a son. ![]() The tiny nation of Swansgaard is a lovely place with abundant natural resources, including the royal family, which has been blessed with twelve daughters and a son. ![]()
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