Princeless: Find Yourself
The Princeless series, Volume 7
Jeremy Whitley, illustrations by Emily Martin, Ainhoa Aramayo, Christine Hipp, and Brett Grunig
Action Lab Entertainment
Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor
**** (Good)
DESCRIPTION: Princess Adrienne and her pink guardian dragon Sparky have been together since the start of their adventures... but, searching the desert for the tower of Princess Alize, and sorely missing their half-dwarf companion Bedelia, tempers flare and ways part. When Adrienne finally reaches the tower, she discovers wonders she never imagined, questions she never asked - and, at long last, a final confrontation with the mysterious Black Knight who has long haunted her footsteps.
Meanwhile, still tracking the missing queen, Princes Devin and Wilcome, the elf girl Tempest, and the wolf warrior Kira seek answers of their own, but find instead a burning village and a threat to all of Asheland. Even if they find a way to warn King Ashe, it may already be too late...
REVIEW: After the sag of Volume 5, the Princeless series has managed to stay on track for two installments now, with plot and characters both progressing nicely. Without Bedelia, Adrienne must cope on her own, and doesn't do a great job of it at first; her frustration boils over and drives away poor Sparky. Still, the lessons she's learned over the series are adding up, and if she's still somewhat impulsive, she is thinking more than she used to. Skirting spoilers (that aren't really spoilers if one's been following along), the "mystery" of the Black Knight's identity is finally disposed of, along with a good chunk of explanatory backstory: a welcome development, as there was only so long that could be drawn out after tipping the hand to the reader some time ago. How Adrienne reacts to this revelation, on top of what she learns at Alize's tower (where her sister is not the captive Adrienne imagined her to be), shows how far she still has to go in her personal journey.
From the looks of things, Volume 8 takes another plot break for backstory and side tales. I rather hope that Volume 9 (or, at most 10) brings things to a conclusion; as much as I'm enjoying the series (while it stays on track, at least), I'd prefer that it go out on a strong note rather than be strung out indefinitely.
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