The Princess Game, Melanie Cellier
The Princess Game, Melanie Cellier
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The Princess Game
A Reimagining of Sleeping Beauty

Author: Melanie Cellier

Narrator: Esther Wane

Unabridged: 8 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/28/2020


Synopsis

They call her the Sleeping Princess, but Celeste is far from asleep . . .

Celeste has been cursed since her sixteenth birthday—just not in the way the rest of the kingdom thinks. All they see is her breath-taking beauty, marred by her foolishness. Only she knows that she retains her brilliant mind. And it's a secret she must keep at all costs.

Over the years she's grown accustomed to the necessary deception. After all, her life depends on it. And she's even found a way to protect her kingdom, working from the shadows. But now a dangerous new threat has emerged, one that Celeste can't defeat alone. She needs the help of a newly-arrived prince. One who's altogether too handsome and too charming. Somehow she needs to keep her secret, save her kingdom and find a way to free herself from the curse. The last thing she has time to do is sleep.

In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, it's only the princess' mind that is asleep. And sometimes appearances can be deceiving.

About Melanie Cellier

Melanie Cellier is the author of the Four Kingdoms series and the Beyond the Four Kingdoms series, as well as many other fairy-tale retellings.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ChildOfGod💜🙌🏽 on January 05, 2025

Shout out to @Lainey for buddy reading this with me!! 🥰 Oh my gassshhhhhhhh that was good! The plot was spectacular definitely one of the best plots of the series! It doesn’t surpass the Princess Companion for me though, those characters just can’t be touched 🤷‍♀️ lol. I did find how the curse worked......more

Goodreads review by Lovely Day on February 09, 2023

4⭐️ Possibly my favourite one of Melanie Cellier’s so far!......more

Goodreads review by human on October 15, 2022

(4.5/5) NFSJFNDFKJSDNKFJNSDKJFNDSKJNDFSKJNFDSKJN THIS. THIS BOOK IS EXACTLY WHY I LOVE RETELLINGS SO MUCH. the romance? top-tier. the characters? my favorite. the plot? excellent. hotel? trivago. i have no functioning braincells at this point overall this was amazing and everything i could have hoped for.......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on February 12, 2018

Celeste is Cordelia's(from book 3.5) older sister and after Cordelia was my favorite FMC of this series. I really like where the author went with her retelling. Celeste is super smart and beautiful. Unlike in the original, it's not her body that sleeps, but her mind. And even that isn't quite true.......more

Goodreads review by Morgan's Endless on February 24, 2025

I love how original the twist on the fairy tale was! And I loved Celeste and William, as separate characters and as a couple.......more