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Warrior Princess by Frewin Jones follows the story of Branwen after her brother is murdered and she is banished to a nearby kingdom of Prince Llew, an alley of her father's. While she is used to the life of a warrior maiden, she must now become used to the life of a pampered princess. The only problem with that, besides the fact that she is teased and taunted for her strength and her mastery with a slingshot, is that a falcon follows her and a goddess insists she fulfills her destiny as a Warrior Princess.

I found this book by way of Frewin's other books, the Faerie Path series, and figured I'd try this out. In a way, it reminds of me of Xena Warrior Princess series, only for teens. Granted, it's not exactly the same but there are some similarities.

Overall, I thought this book was pretty good. Branwen was a pretty good strong character who learns her lesson that you don't disagree with a goddess. The goddess came to her several times and each time Branwen ignored her, there were consequences.

The book ends with a decision that Branwen must make that will determine her path. Her decision made, the journey and what's to come of it isn't revealed until the next book. A nice set up for readers to continue on with the series. Overall, not bad series. About a three to four star rating.


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Warrior Princess Frewin Jones Books Reviews

When reading the synopsis for this book, two other books jumped into my mind, one is a historical fiction book I adored when I was younger, The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle and the Helen of Troy series that starts with Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner. For some reason I've always been drawn the ass kicking heroine in a time period where she can't be and is expected not to be. (Yes I am excited for Pixar's Brave to come out).

I will admit I was not exactly sure if I wanted to read it however due to the fact that I had found Frewin Jone's Faerie Path series strangely lacking and I was afraid it was due to the author's style and not to the plot itself.

But it was put on my recommendation list just one to many times and so out from the library it came and into my hands.

For the most part I enjoyed the book, my favourite thing about it was hands down the cultural difference between Branwen's family and the "rest of the country". In fact I was all on board with that being the main challenge she had to overcome and that she would go and teach the kingdom she was going to go marry into the value of being warrior girl and all that.

Unfortunately that's not quite the direction the author planned on going for now.

I did find the characters and writing more capturing than Faerie Path, which I was happy about, there were many times the writing style caught me up and only the few points where it felt forced to me did I get taken out of it.

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I enjoyed reading this book, but I'm not sure I would reread it and I'm also not sure I want to read the next book in the series or not. Part of the reason being I read it to fulfill a historical fiction with a kickass heroine scratch, and so the inclusion of fantasy elements truly through me off from enjoying it.

If you like Druidic Mythology and kickass heroines (even if they side on a bit of the cliché side) I do recommend this book however. My rant under the In Depth Spoiler Review aside I did enjoy most of this book and I do feel like it's a step up from the Faerie Path series. I do warn not to get too caught up in the historical fiction part of it however, for that is not the main point of this novel.
I love the craftiness of the characters in this book. The main character is a puzzle. And the sequel is even better than the first. I love the story line, including history of the Vikings. And the scenery is somewhere I would like to visit.
gift for my daughter
I love the book I’m glad to have it and it came in perfect timing
Great book! This series is going to be great after this first amazing book!!!!
Warrior Princess is a YA historical fantasy novel set in ancient Wales. It tells the story of 15 year old Princess Branwen. After her brother is killed by invading Saxons all she wants to do is avenge his death. Her parents, however, wish to keep her safe by sending her to a neighboring cantref (county). There she learns that she has been chosen by the goddess Rhiannon to save her people from the Saxons and Branwen must make the choice to follow her destiny or turn her back on Rhiannon.

As a lover of Welsh Mythology, I was super excited to pick up this book for my kindle fire. And I must say nothing about this book disappointed me. There is plenty of adventuresome action, a very interesting and not too hackneyed plot line, and - most importantly - a heroine who is fiesty, well developed, and not at all bland. I've grown weary of blase female leads that seem to dominate YA fantasy fiction as of late. I also must say that I love Mr. Jones' beautiful and descriptive prose!

I read The Faerie Path by Mr. Jones as well, and while I enjoyed that book, I have to say that this book was much more up my alley. If you grew up reading and enjoying Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain series (which I also highly recommend) then this book is definately for you! I cannot wait to pick up the next in this series.
Warrior Princess by Frewin Jones follows the story of Branwen after her brother is murdered and she is banished to a nearby kingdom of Prince Llew, an alley of her father's. While she is used to the life of a warrior maiden, she must now become used to the life of a pampered princess. The only problem with that, besides the fact that she is teased and taunted for her strength and her mastery with a slingshot, is that a falcon follows her and a goddess insists she fulfills her destiny as a Warrior Princess.

I found this book by way of Frewin's other books, the Faerie Path series, and figured I'd try this out. In a way, it reminds of me of Xena Warrior Princess series, only for teens. Granted, it's not exactly the same but there are some similarities.

Overall, I thought this book was pretty good. Branwen was a pretty good strong character who learns her lesson that you don't disagree with a goddess. The goddess came to her several times and each time Branwen ignored her, there were consequences.

The book ends with a decision that Branwen must make that will determine her path. Her decision made, the journey and what's to come of it isn't revealed until the next book. A nice set up for readers to continue on with the series. Overall, not bad series. About a three to four star rating.