Princess at Sea [Mass Market Paperback]

Dawn Cook (Author)

Book Description

Series: Princess | Publication Date: December 28, 2010

Assigned to chaperone Queen Contessa and her husband on their honeymoon, Tess takes on pirates who abduct the royal couple for ransom-unaware that Tess's magic is the real treasure in their midst.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Ace (December 28, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441014240
• ISBN-13: 978-0441014248
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Sequel, August 3, 2006

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loonigrrl (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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When I read The Decoy Princess, I hadn't known what to expect and was very pleasantly surprised. It went on to my top shelf with all my other favorites. By the time Princess at Sea came out I had high expectations, but I was also doubtful that the sequel would be as good. Fortunately, Princess at Sea is as good if not better than the first.

The book begins not long after the last with Tess, as an ambassador, accompanying her sister the queen and her sister's new Misdev husband on a holiday to meet the people of Costenoplie. Tess's new skills as a player are challenged when pirates overtake their ship and capture the queen and the prince to ransom them. In Princess at Sea, Tess struggles to survive terrible beatings, a near rape, a deadly bite from a poisonous animal, near insanity from harnessing the power of the wind, betrayals from those she trusted and her own vast and uncontrollable powers. I was deeply caught up in her struggle to save her sister even at the expense to her own life and mental suffering. The characters are rich and believeable and the world that Dawn Cook has created is captivating.

I enthusiastically recommend Princess at Sea. It's a great follow up to a great book. I just hope Dawn Cook changes her mind and writes another one!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fun fantasy from a great author, November 8, 2006

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With so many fantasy novels glutting the market right now that seem to be carbon copies of each other, it's refreshing to find an author like Dawn Cook. Her latest, "Princess at Sea," is another shining example of how talented an author she is.

"Princess at Sea" is a sequel to "Decoy Princess" and in many ways, it's necessary to have read the first book to understand some of the people and concepts in "Princess at Sea." Tess, formerly the crown princess and now with a much deeper position in the royal government, is the new ambassador to the kingdom and is accompanying her sister and her sister's new husband on their honeymoon voyage. When they are kidnapped and held hostage by pirates, Tess goes all out to save them.

As with so many of Cook's books, the storyline seems straightforward until the author throws a major twist in the plot. You just never know what she'll come up with, which is what makes her books so fascinating. I find the premise behind the Princess series one of the most ingenious I've read in a long time, so I'm hoping that there will be more books in this series. Unfortunately, the author states on her website that she was only planning on writing "Decoy Princess" and its sequel. Let's hope she changes her mind!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Predictable, yet somehow twisty and tricksey at the same time, August 28, 2006

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moria2 (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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Princess at Sea, follows The Decoy Princess in Dawn Cook's Princess series. Tess is escorting Queen Contessa and her Misdev consort Alex on their honeymoon. With them on the journey are the rouge Duncan and Jeck, the Captain of the Misdev Royal Guard and fellow player. Needless to say, the honeymoon goes awry when Tess and the royal couple are captured by pirates. True to form, the pirates want a ransom for the roal couple. Tess, however, has gotten on their bad side by killing a few of their crew. The pirates want rid of Tess, since she is troublesome. Duncan, on the other hand, is becoming buddies with the pirates. Duncan does try to help Tess out by saving her from ravishment and probable death. After a series of misfortunes, Tess and Jeck win free of the pirates, leave Duncan and the royals behind, and race to the capital to head off the kidnappers. No, I didn't give it all away. This is a twisty, tricksey, one regardless of the predictableness in some of it. Read only if you have read the Decoy Princess, you'll be lost without it.

So far, this series seems to hold more potential for cleverness than the Truth series and the books in the Truth series are also good reads. Can't wait for more!