Just Ella
Ratings20
Average rating3.6
15
Ratings20
Average rating3.6
You've heard the fairytale: a glass slipper, Prince Charming, happily ever after...
Welcome to reality: royal genealogy lessons, needlepoint, acting like "a proper lady," and -- worst of all -- a prince who is not the least bit interesting, and certainly not charming.
As soon-to-be princess Ella deals with her newfound status, she comes to realize she is not "your majesty" material. But breaking off a royal engagement is no easy feat, especially when you're crushing on another boy in the palace.... For Ella to escape, it will take intelligence, determination, and spunk -- and no ladylike behavior allowed.
Series
2 primary booksThe Palace Chronicles is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Reviews with the most likes.
I love this book so much! I read it first at a very young age and reread it many times over the years. I'm rereading it as an adult for the first time, and it's still as good, if not better, than I remember. Knowing how that it is just book 1 in a trilogy has me so excited to read the rest of the books! My only issue with this book is that Ella is 15 and that the love interest is around 20. However, Ella is hardly written as a 15 year old girl, and her age is only mentioned once, so I just pretend she's older than the book states.
A more realistic look at what becomes
of Cinderella than the traditional
“happily ever after”. But I like the
happily ever after!
