Maelyn A Princess Novel The Nine Princesses Book 1 eBook Anita Valle
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Is Maelyn a real princess? Or a royal mistake?
Maelyn was not born a princess. The king found her as a child, the lone survivor of a poor village slaughtered by Red Fever. Suddenly she became a princess of Runa Realm, the first of nine orphans adopted by the king.
By her eighteenth year, Maelyn rules over Runa and a family of nine sisters. But some call the princesses frauds and imposters, a handful of urchins raised into royalty. Even Uncle Jarrod, the High King of Grunwold, seems determined to prove that Maelyn no longer deserves to be a princess. With a family losing faith in her, and a kingdom growing dangerously hostile, even Maelyn begins to wonder if she is truly a real princess. And if her riches will turn to rags once again....
The Nine Princesses novels chronicle the adventures of an unconventional family of princesses, the struggles they face in a kingdom often hostile to their humble origins, and the day-to-day dramas of nine young women whose personalities often clash like swords. Fans of Gail Carson Levine and Shannon Hale would enjoy these princess novels.
Book Details
- Length 174 pages
- Genre Young Adult Fantasy
- Mood Heartwarming / Romantic
- Content Minimal violence. No sex. Mild romance.
- Audience Anyone who enjoys fairy tale retellings or a nice princess book.
˃˃˃ Read an Excerpt
Maelyn returned her father’s journal to the drawer. She’d been the oldest baby in that row of cradles - about three years of age when Father found her by the road. Arialain had been less than a week, frail and born too early. Nine girls from nine kingdoms, orphaned by nameless strangers. Suddenly they became sisters, bound not by blood, but by their parents’ love.
Maelyn slid out of bed, shivering as her feet touched the floorboards. She wrapped a heavy shawl over her nightdress and padded to the window. The kingdom nestled in darkness thick as a wool blanket but the first smudges of sunlight colored the horizon.
She remembered only fragments of that distant day. Mama’s dead face. The long road that blistered her feet. Her terror when Dorian, the king’s manservant, lifted her off the ground. How good the bread tasted....
“You never saw us as orphans,” she said, addressing her unseen father. “You called us ”hidden princesses’. Born in other lands, waiting for you to find us.” Maelyn smiled weakly. “But Father, many do not see us this way. I never knew how many... until you were gone.”
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Author's Note
A free princess book for anyone who enjoys medieval fantasy or fairy tale retellings. Meet Maelyn, a young princess in a tough position. She was born as a peasant but raised as a princess. The snobbish nobility of her kingdom do not accept her. And after the king and queen died, the servants mysteriously disappeared from the castle, leaving Maelyn and her sisters to fend for themselves. Maelyn is expected to marry a prince, yet finds herself drawn to the royal messenger who shares her love of fantasy books. Can a princess have a fairy tale romance without creating a royal scandal? Or does it prove she really shouldn’t be a princess at all? Maelyn is Book 1 in The Nine Princesses novels.A sweet princess romance for teens and adults. Try it out!
Maelyn A Princess Novel The Nine Princesses Book 1 eBook Anita Valle
When a book has the kind of negative reviews this has (not the number, because it doesn't have many, but the kind), I don't usually like it much. But I really did like this book a lot. I think that has a lot to do with me assuming from the tone that this is a children's book. Which is supported by this being ranked in children's books and YA books. IMHO, Amazon could do a better job of making it clear what age _all_ books are intended for.Working from the assumption on the intended audience, I really loved this book. For instance, once of the complaints was that the characters weren't described enough physically. But with the cover illustrations and the anticipation of future volumes showing the princesses, I actually was looking forward to seeing each one more clearly in the future. Given that there will be at least nine books in the series and each one is fairly short, I don't see a need to bog down each book with a lengthy description of each one.
Also, sorry, but hair and eye color is about all you need to know about 90% of princesses in stories, especially ones for adults. Other than that, they're blandly uniform, like models for a make-up line. I love that these princesses seem like interesting individuals.
I wasn't at all put off by the plot. For one thing, it was short. For another, I the story within the story set up the solution decently. And last of all, this was just the first bit of a much longer story.
I also didn't feel like Maelyn's choice of books was so far off. When I was young, my mother worked with the state as a social worker, and once a week worked in an ER as their psych person. She's a highly intelligent woman who has helped many people, much as Maelyn tended to her own people's problems. You know what she did in her down time then? Watched soap operas. With plots even more overwrought than the stories within the book. If you have a stressful job, you use your relaxation time to tax your brain more. You use it to turn it off and let it think about something other than all the problems you have to solve.
I like the premise, the diverse characters of the princesses, and the realism of the dilemma the princesses are in.
There are only a few things I think could improve. For one, Maelyn really should be more commanding and less demure in her actions and speech. She was raised as a princess, but she doesn't act like she was raised to rule. She needs to be able to better fend for herself verbally. Also, she should be able to punish people. Her subjects would respect her more for it, not less. For another, even a small manor really needs a lot of servants. Even in manor houses, the cooks had help. And they didn't feed nearly as many people. And lastly, knights belong to a ruler, and that ruler uses knights as a peacekeeping force. If tons of knights are willing to flock to them, especially with so many available princesses, then Maelyn should have no problem putting them to work. Certainly she could play on their ambitions, since knights are only one rung above commoners.
That said, except for the first issue, those are all details that a story for children doesn't necessarily need. Because stories for children are more defined by what you want them to focus on. If you want to show an intelligent, kind ruler, you're probably not going to involve bloodshed or dungeons. It's not that you _can't_ tell a more complex story for children, but that's a different style of book than this is. This is more of a fairy tale book, with far from standard princesses.
My hat is off to the author for creating characters I like and admire. Frankly, I've read princess stories for adults where the princess had a whole lot less sense, was a lot less individual and interesting, and went through a whole lot less character development. I look forward to the rest of this series.
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Maelyn A Princess Novel The Nine Princesses Book 1 eBook Anita Valle Reviews
I read this short novella in between reading other, much darker books (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, among others) and found it to be a very pleasant diversion. The author's story is both quite imaginative and different than most of your typical "princess stories." At times, I found it difficult to determine the time period -- is it supposed to be set in modern times, or long ago and far away? Is it set on our world, or another? I was never too sure. Another problem I had with the book was trying to determine its intended audience. At times it felt like a book for young kids, at others it seemed to be intended for teens (the most appropriate audience, I think), and at others it seemed like it was targeted at adults. Despite the muddled audience and setting, I really enjoyed the book. I was impressed by its smart, independent heroine, the realistically drawn characters (not just cardboard cutouts or stereotypes),and the twisty plot. I'm not sure what direction the author will take in what promises to be a 9-book series, but I'm interested in finding out. Another plus for grammar sticklers like myself The book is well-edited, whether by the author or someone else. I only found a couple of instances where an incorrect word was used ("you're" instead of "your" and "confidant" instead of "confident") -- but that's practically perfect, considering the mess of grammar/spelling errors that are found in many independently published e-books these days. All in all, this was an enjoyable read for young and old with only minor issues that can easily be overlooked.
I was actually reading a different story last night but when I was only on 20%, I lost interest and decided to put it down for good. It's almost late but I don't want to go to bed still haunted from the previous book that I've read so I decided to settle for a novella and found this story. I've got this one exactly one year ago after loving Anita Valle's Sinful Cinderella and I'm glad that I also enjoyed this story like I did with the latter.
Maelyn is a very short read with only 140 pages but still managed to get my full attention and ended up liking the whole story. It's a story of Maelyn, one of the adopted nine sisters in the kingdom of Runa. After their parent's death, Maelyn being the eldest was tasked to handle the whole kingdom. Because they were adopted, a lot of the town's people doesn't want them as Princesses. They feel that they are only peasants so they should be just that. But things gotten more worse when their evil Uncle Jarod who is the High King of Grunwold came to visit and stirs trouble.
I really like the idea of the king taking nine orphans from each kingdoms and then presented them to his beloved Queen who's heartsick for not being able to bear a child. It wasn't really what the king's plan but since he can't find the cure of the red fever that is plaguing their kingdom, the idea came to mind when they saw Maelyn at the side of the rode who's obviously starving.
I really thought this one's going to be a romance story, but was surprised when it wasn't, but there's a little romance I guess but it wasn't the main focus of this story. The story focuses on the eldest of the sisters which is Maelyn who is tasked to see through the kingdom of Runa.
I love that Maelyn was not a damsel in distress and was able to defeat her wicked Uncle. So you could say that the Uncle was the wicked witch in this story, haha. It's a very refreshing and clean read too so I guess it could pass as a children's story. Just look at that beautiful cover!
It wasn't as magnificent like other fantasy stories but I bet it would be if it were longer. Because of the previous book I had, I have to say that this story cured my pissed off mood. It has a very refreshing plot and there's absolutely nothing to hate about it.
I noticed that I've been reading novellas quite a lot these days, hehe. But I'm glad that 98% of them turns out to be really good. That being said, I'll sure to get the copies of the other books in the series...soon *wink.
The ending was quite abrupt but it also gave me something to look forward to on the second book, so no hate feeling at all.
When a book has the kind of negative reviews this has (not the number, because it doesn't have many, but the kind), I don't usually like it much. But I really did like this book a lot. I think that has a lot to do with me assuming from the tone that this is a children's book. Which is supported by this being ranked in children's books and YA books. IMHO, could do a better job of making it clear what age _all_ books are intended for.
Working from the assumption on the intended audience, I really loved this book. For instance, once of the complaints was that the characters weren't described enough physically. But with the cover illustrations and the anticipation of future volumes showing the princesses, I actually was looking forward to seeing each one more clearly in the future. Given that there will be at least nine books in the series and each one is fairly short, I don't see a need to bog down each book with a lengthy description of each one.
Also, sorry, but hair and eye color is about all you need to know about 90% of princesses in stories, especially ones for adults. Other than that, they're blandly uniform, like models for a make-up line. I love that these princesses seem like interesting individuals.
I wasn't at all put off by the plot. For one thing, it was short. For another, I the story within the story set up the solution decently. And last of all, this was just the first bit of a much longer story.
I also didn't feel like Maelyn's choice of books was so far off. When I was young, my mother worked with the state as a social worker, and once a week worked in an ER as their psych person. She's a highly intelligent woman who has helped many people, much as Maelyn tended to her own people's problems. You know what she did in her down time then? Watched soap operas. With plots even more overwrought than the stories within the book. If you have a stressful job, you use your relaxation time to tax your brain more. You use it to turn it off and let it think about something other than all the problems you have to solve.
I like the premise, the diverse characters of the princesses, and the realism of the dilemma the princesses are in.
There are only a few things I think could improve. For one, Maelyn really should be more commanding and less demure in her actions and speech. She was raised as a princess, but she doesn't act like she was raised to rule. She needs to be able to better fend for herself verbally. Also, she should be able to punish people. Her subjects would respect her more for it, not less. For another, even a small manor really needs a lot of servants. Even in manor houses, the cooks had help. And they didn't feed nearly as many people. And lastly, knights belong to a ruler, and that ruler uses knights as a peacekeeping force. If tons of knights are willing to flock to them, especially with so many available princesses, then Maelyn should have no problem putting them to work. Certainly she could play on their ambitions, since knights are only one rung above commoners.
That said, except for the first issue, those are all details that a story for children doesn't necessarily need. Because stories for children are more defined by what you want them to focus on. If you want to show an intelligent, kind ruler, you're probably not going to involve bloodshed or dungeons. It's not that you _can't_ tell a more complex story for children, but that's a different style of book than this is. This is more of a fairy tale book, with far from standard princesses.
My hat is off to the author for creating characters I like and admire. Frankly, I've read princess stories for adults where the princess had a whole lot less sense, was a lot less individual and interesting, and went through a whole lot less character development. I look forward to the rest of this series.
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