Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill
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3/5. Warm middle-grade about the funny-looking princess whose parents rule a kingdom in a world under a mirrored sky, except there is something awful lurking in the mirrors, oh and also there's a dragon.
Lovely. I'd give this to most pre-teens, definitely. It does a lot of the expected things with the princess's angst over her lack of beauty, but folds all that in a less usual story about the failings of well-meaning grownups and the bigger failings of gods.
3/5. Warm middle-grade about the funny-looking princess whose parents rule a kingdom in a world under a mirrored sky, except there is something awful lurking in the mirrors, oh and also there's a dragon.
Lovely. I'd give this to most pre-teens, definitely. It does a lot of the expected things with the princess's angst over her lack of beauty, but folds all that in a less usual story about the failings of well-meaning grownups and the bigger failings of gods.