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When Princess Liliana and her twin sister set sail for new lands, she hopes to find adventure and romance. But the people of Marin live under the shadow of a curse--one powerful enough to destroy entire kingdoms. To protect them all, Lily and eleven other princesses are forced to participate in a mysterious and secret tournament.

Lily spends her nights competing in a magical underground realm and her days unraveling the dangers of this new court. Although she needs the help of the Marinese prince, Lily knows she can't let herself grow too close to him. There's no time for romance when the duchy is about to fall to the encroaching darkness and the winner of the tournament faces a terrible fate.

But Lily and her twin have a secret advantage. And Lily grows increasingly determined to use their magical bond to defeat the tournament, save the princesses, and free Marin. Except she might have to sacrifice true love to do it.

In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, there's a lot more at stake than worn out dancing slippers.

If you enjoy clean romance, adventure and intrigue, then try the books in the Beyond the Four Kingdoms series now! These interconnected fairy tale retellings each feature a different princess who has to fight for her happily ever after.

Beyond the Four Kingdoms reading order:

A Dance of Silver and Shadow: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses
A Tale of Beauty and Beast: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
A Crown of Snow and Ice: A Retelling of The Snow Queen
A Dream of Ebony and White: A Retelling of Snow White
A Captive of Wing and Feather: A Retelling of Swan Lake

This looks super interesting, glad I'm starting this.

Starting tonight

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(view spoiler)[ there are lots of characters to remember in this one. Lots of different realms too. There is going to be a Tourney I wonder what will happen there. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ So the tourney seems like it's harder then people think and they can't talk about what happens anyway. It seems like a grueling schedule of balls and trials. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ These trails are getting dangerous I wonder what will happen next. The girls are growing on me too. You forget that someone of them are quite young. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ That fire scene was a little intense. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[The romance between Lillian and Jon is getting sweet. What will she do will she still try to win or will see lose and get Jon? (hide spoiler)]

Finished

(view spoiler)[ Well that's was a good ending. Lillian got Jon but she's lost Sophie to the beast. All the princesses have grown and I can see many great stories coming from it. (hide spoiler)]

I'm still up for book 2 when your ready.

I wanna b part of this. They look so cute. I just downloaded them

I wanna b part of this. They look so cute. I just downloaded them

Welcome.

I've set the thread up for book 2 on the 30th as we have book 3 set up for the 1st.

With the holidays, we should have pushed book 2 and 3 back a bit.. I am barely into book one so I’ll join 2 and 3 when I can.

That's fine you have 14 days from the last comment. I haven't' started book 2 yet. Got a little behind this weekend. I'll hopefully start book 2 tonight and finish it tomorrow.

I got really behind this weekend. So getting back to this today.

Don't worry Krystal I did too. Still have to read 3 books where the buddy's have already started myself.

20%. Honestly, I'm not loving this so far. It really needs to pick up or something interesting needs to happen.

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There are way too many characters to keep track of, honestly.

43%(view spoiler)[Nothing against Giselle but I actually was hoping she did die, only because it would add some excitement to this book. (hide spoiler)]

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I'm finding them to be a bit boring. I'm sure not for the girls but for the reader.

56% (view spoiler)[It is interesting to have a Blanche/Snow in this telling, as she's clearly a version of Snow White. (hide spoiler)]

65% (view spoiler)[ Finally, something of interest happens! Interesting to see what Jon says to all of this and how it will affect the Tourney. (hide spoiler)]

Finished. (view spoiler)[Okay, the ending wasn't too bad. I liked how Sophie took over, even though I do like Lily. (hide spoiler)]

Overall, a bit of a boring book, but worth continuation.

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I'm still up for book 2 when your ready."

It's interesting to see which princess is which.