The Princess Test (Princess Tales)

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Summary: The Princess Test
Review: "The Princess Test" is actually a new angle at "The Princess and the Pea." It doesn't lack in fantasy elements, and has a happy ending (as most fairy tales do).I did find it just too short (I finished it in two hours), and the omniscient narrator doesn't really get into the details. But that's what a fairy tale is: a short story with a happy ending. All in all, I am glad I bought this book. But if you're a person who doesn't feel like reading something with the ending seemingly obvious from the start, you could just skip this (or borrow it from a friend).

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Summary: Test out this book
Review: Gail Carson Levine creates a gently funny,and fun,tale of magic in the Princess Test,a book I recommend to females of all ages.It is a recreation of the Princess and the Pea.
Lorelei is a pampered but very sweet-hearted young girl and she becomes involved in a Princess Test to determine who will marry the prince of their enchanted town.She also has to endure quite a few other hiccups(oh,and rashes and sore throats and fevers!!!!!) ,as her somewhat finnicky nature makes people detest her,most namely her new nanny who plans to kill her.Preferably by taking her into the woods and leaving her there.Carson Levine likes to blend fairy tales together.Read Ella Enchantment for an amazing fantasy adventure.

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Summary: Cute
Review: I have read and enjoyed all of "The Princess Tales" novellas written so far by Gail Carson Levine. Though all are lively and fabulous retellings of famous fairy tales, "The Princess Test" is one of the best. This sassy remake of "The Princess and the Pea" presents us with a fussy, fidgety, picky heroine who is prone to accidents and allergies. These traits hint that she above all people will be able to feel that pea underneath the multitude of mattresses when the time comes. This is a light, enjoyable book, great for the whole family to share or to treat yourself to on a breezy summer day.

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I loved the book The princess Test! I love fairy tales and happily ever after endings. This book was about a girl ,who was a blacksmiths daughter,and her mother passed away. The prince saw her one day and fell in love with her, but his mother and father wouldn't let him marry a girl who wasn't a princess. His parents decied to make a test and the princess that passes the test gets to marry the prince. Find out who passes and becomes the prince's bride. This is an easy read and I think all people should read this book.

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Summary: Obviously not Ella, but holds the same charm.
Review: I'm quite certain that after all the attention received by the previous book "Ella Enchanted", this story would have no choice but to be compared to it. Sadly, if that is done, all the reader will find is a silly, shallow novel void of all the depth and plot of Ella.

So the obvious thing to do is not compare "The Princess Test". "The Princess Test" is just not Ella Enchanted. If the reader is expecting another Ella and obstinatly refuses to settle for anything else, he/she will be very disappointed, as compared to if the reader will just sit down with this book and read it for its own sake.

Now on to the actual review.

Again, Ms. Levine takes a familiar fairy tale and gives it her own unique twist. In this case it is "The Princess and the Pea." Levine gives a quick-yet-delightful retelling of an extremely sensitive blacksmith's daughter who becomes a princess.

The story is done in third person, giving it the sense of an actual fairy tale. I believe that is entirely what Levine was trying to do: write a fairy tale, not a novel. Instead of a spunky heroine, we have a carbon-copy of the average fairy tale princess. Instead of a normally-evolving relationship, we have love-at-first-sight. I found that even though I wanted to smack Lorelei at times for being such a ditz, she was just as charming as Ella in her own way. The total lack of depth simply makes the story light-hearted. And even though the reader might roll her eyes at the romance, she'll no doubt do it with a smile on her face.

Delightfully picture-book characters, a fairy tale setting, and humor. Who cares if it's not Ella? Pick it up and enjoy a quick read!

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Summary: The princess test
Review: This re-telling of the Princess and the Pea is a delight to read. There is a neat twist to this old story that will appeal to older readers like me (I'm twelve). Gail Carson Levine also has two other books that you will be sure to like, they are called The Fairy's Mistake and Ella Enchanted.

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Summary: WONDERFUL, BUT TOO SHORT!!!
Review: Wonderful version of the classic The Princess and the Pea. It is a story about a young girl whose name is Lorelei. She is the daughter of a local blacksmith. The only problem is, is that she is so spoiled that she is the only child in in the village to have satin sheets and so on. Also she can not wash dishes without getting a rash and when she tried spinning she pricked her finger and could have bled to death. In fact the only house chores Lorelei is good at is making beds and hanging clothes. But there is one thing Lorelei is very good at it is embroidery, she embroiders the clothes and the linen. One day she meets a prince and they fall in love. That would have been perfect for each other except there is one problem. The prince has to marry a real princess. The queen makes a test for the princesses that come and Lorelei gets wound up in it by mistake. Will the pince get to marry her or not? Read the book to find out. It is a totally thrilling book although I found it was too short. Also I would recommend the book The Fairy's Mistake.