Rogue Princess

4,5 stars

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are own.

I'm a huge sucker for gender-swapped fairy tales– like yes! I mean fairy tale retellings in general are a love of mine, but throw in role reversals and I'm game! So, I had high hopes going into this one. Perhaps, too high...

It is hard to put my thoughts together in a way that doesn't spoil things. Mostly, I didn't like how events progressed and how easy I found the ending. So, I can't go further into detail. There also felt like a whole bunch of random other inclusions that made the book feel chaotic, to me.
I'm not even mad at the plot twist– how it went down and everything surrounding it? totally, but it's fine. The twist reminded me of Ashley Poston to be honest, which is strange since the closest comparison I have for this book is Cinder.

Anyhow, I see how some people will enjoy this sci-fi retelling– it has decent world-building and interesting characters, it just ended up not being for me.