Princeless: Princesses
The Princeless series, Volume 8
Jeremy Whitley, illustrations by Various Artists
Action Lab Entertainment
Fiction, MG? Collection/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor
***+ (Okay/Good)
DESCRIPTION: Since escaping her tower with her guardian dragon Sparky, Princess Adrienne has quested to free her sisters from their own towers... but they'd all been expecting to go from prisoner to prize/bride. Now, they have to decide what to do with their freedom, even as a greater war looms on the horizon.
REVIEW: The trope-challenging Princeless series has shown some stretch marks, but the previous volume picked up the pace some, so I looked forward to seeing where it was going. This collection, sadly, represents another backslide. Whitley seems to be dithering and fluffing to stretch things out at this point, and even though these adventures all ultimately tie into the greater series, I didn't think the stories needed their own volume. Two of them don't really go anywhere, and one is a story we already knew. The humor also feels spotty. If this had come earlier in the series, I probably would've just walked away, but since it seems there are only one or two volumes left I'll probably stick it out to the end.
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