Hello, Fluffsters! As I’m sure you remember from yesterday’s post, I’m going to be doing a book review each day this week.

Today’s is another twist-on-fairy-tales story:

The Ordinary Princess, by M. M. Kaye (spoiler alert.)

I love this book. It was one of the first twisted fairy tales I came into contact with, and it was wonderful. It’s just over 100 pages, but the book is slightly larger than the Princess Tales. So I think it might have a higher word count, but I’m not sure. (If anyone can tell me where to find the wordcount on any of these things, I’d love it.)

This book is not a spoof of a particular fairy tale. Rather, it’s a spoof on all fairy tales. What would happen if a princess in the realm were not the most beautiful creature in all the land, but was, instead, ordinary? That is the premise of this book.

Princess “Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne” starts off as a “normal” princess; blond haired, blue eyed, exquisite, well tempered, etc. At her christening, however, one of her fairy godmothers arrives and grants her a gift- the gift of ordinariness. From that point on, she behaves exactly like ordinary children, and is known as Amy.

A number of events cause her to leave her home, work as a drudgery-maid in another castle (just like Carrie Woodengown!), meets her prince, falls in love, gets married, and lives happily ever after. (Spoiler alert.)

As I’ve mentioned, I love that book. It’s charming, well written, well illustrated, and absolutely wonderful fluff. So, I highly recommend it. I hope you get it and enjoy it!