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Thanks to Readers First, the publishers and the author for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Overall I think this is a nice book for younger readers, probably around 8-10 years old is the right target audience for this one and it follows the story of a young princess who, because she is low down the line of ascension to the throne, is allowed to go to a school for training nights as opposed to the one for princesses. It’s not what I was expecting and I did warm to the heroine, Brontë as a character. I think it’s nice to see a strong female lead in a children’s book. The one thing I didn’t like was the bullying elements going on in the school and some of the acronyms and silly phrases were a bit too cheesy for my tastes (but will probably appeal to an 8 year olds sense of humour). The maps and illustrations throughout add to the story and will help younger children get to grips with the characters and the fact there are letter exchanges and diary entries also helps make the text more easy to read for those just getting to grips with longer books.