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    The Wolf Princess
    The Wolf Princess
    The Wolf Princess
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Wolf Princess

    Written by Cathryn Constable

    Narrated by Beth Kent

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    About this audiobook

    Abandoned in a blinding blizzard in the wintry wilds of Russia, Sophie Smith fears for her life. But just like in a fairy tale, a princess comes to her rescue: the beautiful, exotic Anna Volkonskaya.

    When the princess takes a particular interest in her, Sophie grows concerned. Even as the wind and wolves howl outside, is she in more danger now, a prisoner of the palace, than she ever was lost in the snow?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9780545600293
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    • 3/5
      A young orphaned English girl wishes she could be in Russia in a life like those in fairy tails. After a strange Russian woman visits her school, she gets the opportunity to go on a school trip there with her two best friends. On a train ride in Russia, things get unnerving when their chaperone leaves them alone on the train and they are thrown out at a stop in the middle of nowhere on a cold snowy night...

      Listening was interesting, but for the longest time I knew our heroine's secret and kept waiting for her to realize it herself - she doesn't. It is explained to her near the end. I also found the ending to have issues I would've liked to see clearly resolved.
    • 5/5
      Enjoyed this book very much
    • 3/5
      An implausible but enjoyable YA novel about a young schoolgirl orphan who goes on a school trip to Russia and is drawn into a icy conspiracy in a frozen wilderness. In spite of all its many flaws, it is captivating, and I enjoyed it.
    • 4/5
      Sophie Smith is an orphan, a charity student at a dismal boarding school. Sandwiched between her roommates, the fashionable Delphine and intellectual Marianne, Sophie is almost invisible -- until the day she catches the eye of a visiting Russian woman. Sophie has an inexplicable longing for Russia, and hopes to go there for the school's spring trip, but she knows her absentee guardian will never approve such an expense. When circumstances conspire to allow Sophie and her friends to make the trip, she is pleased (even though the others would rather go someplace warmer than Saint Petersburg). In Russia, Sophie, Delphine, and Marianne are whisked away, not to stay with a host family as expected, but on a train ride through a blizzard to an exquisite but neglected palace deep in the Russian countryside. There, they meet a princess and learn of the tragic past of the Volkonsky family who used to live in the palace. The princess claims to be delighted to have company, and fetes the girls with picnics and skating parties and sleigh rides in the snow, despite the legendary white wolves that haunt the area around the palace. But why have Sophie and her friends been brought there? Is is by chance, or the whim of the princess . . . or is there some darker reason?I'm a sucker for anything with a Russian feel, so this fantasy is right up my alley. It's not a perfect book -- the characterization is a little flat, and seasoned readers will find the plot twists fairly predictable -- but it does really well with describing the setting and creating atmosphere, well enough in my mind to make up for its other defects. If you're a fan of juvenile fantasy and are looking for a lovely winter read, you should certainly consider this modern fairy tale.