The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle
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Your favorite princes and princesses are back in the hilarious and action-packed sequel to the breakout hit The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by author Christopher Healy, which the New York Times selected as one of its best books of the year. Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You remember them, don't you? They're the Princes Charming, who finally got some credit after they stepped out of the shadows of their princesses—Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Briar Rose—to defeat an evil witch bent on destroying all their kingdoms. But alas, such fame and recognition only last so long. And when the princes discover that an object of great power might fall into any number of wrong hands, they are going to have to once again band together to stop it from happening—even if no one will ever know it was they who did it.
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3 primary booksThe League of Princes is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Christopher Healy.
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This is not as good as [b:The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom|12969560|The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1)|Christopher Healy|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1334867348s/12969560.jpg|18127772], let me get that out of the way. But it's hard to stay fresh with this time of humor. Still it wasn't stale, it was still a fun – sometimes very fun – adventure and a good story for the young – or those that can act young while reading a good book.
After their last adventure, the heroes find out that even in Fairy Tale Kingdoms, you only get 15 minutes of fame. No longer hailed as greats, their loser status has been restored and their lives are pretty much what they were before they banded together. So they all jump at the chance for further excitement, even if it comes in less-than-favorable ways. This time, the band is off to steal
We get all the characters from the first book back (at least the ones that anyone would notice), plus a few new faces – most of which I want to see again. In particuar, the character of Smimf the messenger was a great addition to the cast – he's the proper mix of ridiculous and impossible. I could've used a little more of him – but not too much, I think he's one of those characters that would grow old pretty quick.
I really enjoy Healy's way of looking at the world and describing things, I know I posted some quotations last time, so I'll limit myself to just one taste from this book where he explains the origin of the very nasty Warlord of Dar:
Some peole say Rundark was born out of a mad alchemist's attempt to distill the essence of pure evil. Others claim he emerged fully grown form an erupting volcano. Although it's also possible that he was the son of a used-cart salesman from Nebbish Village – they didn't keep very good records in Dar.
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