Anne Osterlund
Paperback | Pages: 246 pages Rating: 3.63 | 6819 Users | 618 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Aurelia |
| ISBN: | 0142405795 (ISBN13: 9780142405796) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Aurelia #1 |
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Princess Aurelia is next in line to rule the kingdom of Tyralt, but she would rather be one of the common folk, free to learn and roam and . . . not marry the next tyrannical prince that comes courting. Naturally, the king wants Aurelia to marry for political power. Aurelia wants to marry for love. And someone in the kingdom wants her . . . dead. Assigned to investigate and protect Aurelia is Robert, the son of the king's former royal spy and one of Aurelia's oldest friends. As Aurelia and Robert slowly uncover clues as to who is threatening her, their friendship turns to romance. With everything possible on the line, her life, her kingdom, her heart, Aurelia is forced to take matters into her own hands, no matter the cost.List Appertaining To Books Aurelia (Aurelia #1)
| Title | : | Aurelia (Aurelia #1) |
| Author | : | Anne Osterlund |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 246 pages |
| Published | : | April 17th 2008 by Speak (first published April 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Rating Appertaining To Books Aurelia (Aurelia #1)
Ratings: 3.63 From 6819 Users | 618 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books Aurelia (Aurelia #1)
The back of this book says "Mystery. Romance. Danger." Well, the mystery is easily figured out within the first ten pages, the romance is hardly developed and certainly not something a reader can get invested in without a great effort of will, and danger never quite feels real. The book as a whole was so incredibly bland (a heroine who gives us no reason to be attached to her, a romantic lead who has few personality traits aside from loving the heroine, and all taking place in an incredbilyIt was the intention of the author to provide 'love, mystery, and danger' in this book. She delivered in the love and mystery department but not so much with the danger. There were at least 2 incidents in the book that were quite dangerous but it would have been a better read if there were more. The book was well written, the characters especially Robert could have benefitted from a better description of how he looked like. He obviously was portrayed to be a nice and intelligent person but I was
It was a quick and easy read, but not a lot of "meat" to the story, more one of those books you pick up and just read for fun and don't expect too much from.It's got an interesting ending--with a main character that acts how you expect her to act--in that she actually follows through with her actions, despite it not necessarily being the ending you expected.The one thing that drove me nuts was the setting or I should say the confusion of the setting. There was so much mixed together that it
I dont feel great about giving this book two stars. To me, two stars seems paltry and possibly indicative of poor writing, plotting and characterisation and thats not actually true in the case of Aurelia. But the Goodreads star system defines two stars as It was okay, and to be honest, thats the most fitting of the ratings for my personal reading experience of this book. To be clear, this is not a badly written or subpar book. In some respects its quite the opposite. But for me, this book felt
Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.comPrincess Aurelia's life is in danger.There have been at least three attempts on her life, but her father doesn't want her to know the truth.Instead, he brought in a royal spy to find the culprit and the mastermind behind these attempts. Robert, the son of the spy, went to school with Aurelia and never stopped thinking about her. There's no way he can keep this secret from her.The two question people and devise plans to flush out the responsible
A tightly-plotted mystery/romance, much like Osterlund's other novel "Academy 7". I found the main characters in this book just as likeable, and the writing very similar. There's a freshness to her phrasing, but sometimes it gets a little awkward. The details about Tyralt, the kingdom of which Aurelia is the crown princess, are fine but perhaps too vague. A lot of fantasy kingdoms end up being kinda generic medieval Europe - this one seemed to be Europe/frontier America, as there IS a frontier
Just a little too boring, and a little too predictable.
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