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A review by emilyhays
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
5.0
GUYS. THIS BOOK.
(I received an advanced copy because I work at a bookstore so it happens sometimes.)
I wasn't really expecting anything from this book. I knew that Cherie Priest is known for writing adult stempunk/creepy stuff, but this being her first young adult novel, I was very skeptical. I DON'T KNOW WHY. This is probably going to make it onto my favourites of this year list, and will definitely have my staff pick sticker on it when we get it in stock.
This book starts off with Libby (broken leg) and May (asthma) meeting during PE class in their exile to the kindergarten playground. As they pick up pieces of chalk, the begin to create Princess X; a fictional story in which a Princess rules her kindom from her haunted house with nice ghosts by herself, but not because her parents are dead, they're just retired. Skip years later and Libby is pulled from the water, dead, after a tragic accident with her mother.
Three years after the accident we follow May moving on with her life until she finds a sticker in a window with a figure that looks EXACTLY like Princess X. Anyone could have put it there, and upon further investigation, May finds out that it's not just a sticker, but a whole website.
So the big question is, what really happened to Libby? We get to follow May, and Trick, a friend she meets along the way as they read the Princess X webcomic and discover the story behind what happened to Libby, and the clues to find her.
I have to say, my heart was absolutely POUNDING throughout some of this book. I loved the way Priest wrote this because the dark moments kept you reading and wondering what may happen. I wasn't sure if they'd make it out, if they'd run into trouble, if we'd get a happy ending, and I love that! throw in some witty banter between May and Trick so for comic relief, and this story gets an A+.
Oh! And did I mention we get to read this awesome, clue-filled webcomic along with May? Yeah, it's all drawn in the novel for us. So cool!
I would recommend this to anyone disappointed by the lack of suspense in Young Adult novels. *cough* Black Ice *cough* You can bet, I'll be recommending this like crazy on my YouTube channel!
(I received an advanced copy because I work at a bookstore so it happens sometimes.)
I wasn't really expecting anything from this book. I knew that Cherie Priest is known for writing adult stempunk/creepy stuff, but this being her first young adult novel, I was very skeptical. I DON'T KNOW WHY. This is probably going to make it onto my favourites of this year list, and will definitely have my staff pick sticker on it when we get it in stock.
This book starts off with Libby (broken leg) and May (asthma) meeting during PE class in their exile to the kindergarten playground. As they pick up pieces of chalk, the begin to create Princess X; a fictional story in which a Princess rules her kindom from her haunted house with nice ghosts by herself, but not because her parents are dead, they're just retired. Skip years later and Libby is pulled from the water, dead, after a tragic accident with her mother.
Three years after the accident we follow May moving on with her life until she finds a sticker in a window with a figure that looks EXACTLY like Princess X. Anyone could have put it there, and upon further investigation, May finds out that it's not just a sticker, but a whole website.
So the big question is, what really happened to Libby? We get to follow May, and Trick, a friend she meets along the way as they read the Princess X webcomic and discover the story behind what happened to Libby, and the clues to find her.
I have to say, my heart was absolutely POUNDING throughout some of this book. I loved the way Priest wrote this because the dark moments kept you reading and wondering what may happen. I wasn't sure if they'd make it out, if they'd run into trouble, if we'd get a happy ending, and I love that! throw in some witty banter between May and Trick so for comic relief, and this story gets an A+.
Oh! And did I mention we get to read this awesome, clue-filled webcomic along with May? Yeah, it's all drawn in the novel for us. So cool!
I would recommend this to anyone disappointed by the lack of suspense in Young Adult novels. *cough* Black Ice *cough* You can bet, I'll be recommending this like crazy on my YouTube channel!