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The Princess Search

A Retelling of The Ugly Duckling (Four Kingdoms Series, Book 5)

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The Princess Search

By: Melanie Cellier
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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About this listen

An outcast. A prince. And a deadly rebellion....

After a lifetime of rejection, seamstress Evie can't trust Frederic, the crown prince of Lanover - not his words of friendship or the way the warmth in his eyes seems to ask for even more. But when they end up on a tour of his kingdom - one filled with increasing danger - Evie's mistrust might doom them all.

In this spin on the classic fairy tale, an ugly duckling must discover her true worth in order to save her kingdom and maybe even find true love.

©2018 Melanie Cellier (P)2020 Tantor Fantasy Fiction Magic Romance Royalty

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It is a very long story, with so many different chapters, that I didn't want it to end

Excellent, great value as quite a long story

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All of it.

Only improvement as with all Esther Wane’s readings would be the male voices. They’re sort of scratchy and a bit too high to be ‘attractive’.

However, the accents, timing, into Aston etc. are perfect. It remains a mystery as to how all these orphans/woodcutter’s daughters and so on come to talk so posh! Inherently princess y I suppose 🤣

Journey of self discovery and trauma

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