I listened to the audio book version. The stories of the the princesses were interesting but I would have been better served by reading the book to gain a better sense of structure. The premise of the book is that to help our daughters not be influenced by princesses here are some tales of real princesses. However, most of them are not stories suitable for children, although I found them interesting.

My favorite story was that of New Martyr St. Yelizaveta Fyodorovna, who was martyred by the Russian revolutionaries, and had an extraordinary life of faith. So while she didn't have a fairy-tale ending, certainly wasn't a princess behaving badly.

I borrowed the audio book from Pima Community Library.