There’s also a death curse cast on her, and a bit of match-making to do. Now, she has to discourage knights, expose evil sorcerers, and learn magic to protect herself, her new friend Alianora, and even Kazul. When Kazul decides to run for the title of King of the Dragons, Cimorene finds herself in a whole new level of trouble. And that’s just the beginning of her life with Kazul as a dragon’s princess. By the end of the third week, she’s met three captive princesses, had a friendly visit from a witch and dealt with some smarmy sorcerers. By the end of the second week, she’s dealing with knights coming to “rescue” her. Life with Kazul is definitely more interesting than Linderwall! By the end of her first week, Cimorene has already sorted the piles of treasure for further examination. Her duties will include organizing and cleaning Kazul’s treasure hoard, repairing those items that need repair, and cooking Kazul’s meals. She returns with Kazul to her cave, and sets up housekeeping. The other dragon’s don’t approve, since “it’s just not done!” but neither Kazul nor Cimorene listen to them. There, she encounters…dragons.Īlthough several of the dragons want to eat her, Cimorene argues her case quite well, and ends up volunteering to be the princess of the dragon Kazul. Following the frog’s advice, she makes her way to a mysterious hut down the road, outside the walls of Linderwall. What’s a contrary princess to do? After a confrontation with Prince Therandil and an encounter with a talking (and possibly enchanted) frog, Cimorene decides to run away. Causing trouble around the palace doesn’t quite work the way she planned though Cimorene learns that her parents have arranged for her to be married to the very dull, very boring Prince Therandil…before her next birthday! Totally disgusted, Cimorene sends her away, and tries to find another new skill or interesting topic to learn about. But the fairy godmother has been talking to her parents, and instead encourages her to enjoy her heritage of being a princess. With only etiquette and dancing lessons to look forward to, she summons her fairy godmother to help her find something interesting to do. When she turns sixteen and her tutoring sessions on economics and juggling have been discovered and forbidden, Cimorene is bored again. Each time, Cimorene finds a new person in the castle to teach her a new skill, until she’s stopped again. “It just isn’t done!” they tell her, and stop the lessons. Each time her parents discover her learning something that’s not within the realms of princess behavior, they protest. Cimorene would rather learn to use a sword, cast a magic spell, speak Latin or cook cherries jubilee. (In other words, she’s as stubborn as a brick.) Her sisters love their lessons on deportment, dancing, embroidery, and etiquette. Her six older sisters are each beautiful, with long golden hair and sweet dispositions, but Cimorene has jet black hair and…well, people who are trying to be polite say that she’s stong-minded. Wrede is a fun, humorous adventure that feels a bit like a fairy tale, with fairy godmothers, princess-taking dragons, magic frogs, and questing princes…but it’s so much more!Ĭimorene is the youngest daughter of the King of Linderwall. Oh dear.) Dealing with Dragons, by Patricia C. With all the fairy tale lists I’ve been doing, it seemed like a good idea to bring up a book that isn’t based on a fairy tale, but that has many elements of fairy talew written into the plot.
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