Princess at heart: The Rosewood Chronicles by Connie Glynn

Princess at heart is the fourth and final installment of the enthralling Rosewood chronicles.  The series was introduced by Undercover Princess in which Lottie took on the role of Princess of Maradova so that Ellie, an interesting and rebellious Princess, could be shielded from the Public eye while she is at Boarding school. It continued with Princess in Practice and The lost Princess. Jamie is the Princess' Partizan (bodyguard) and there is excellent tension between these three characters in all three books and their complex relationships are brought to a head in this ending. The Rosewood Chronicles have been described as a mixture of the Princess diaries and Harry Potter as they contain a blend of defiant princess and long-lost family mysteries to be solved. 

In this part of the story the Princess (Lottie) is presented with a series of secret clues sent by Claude, a banished Uncle of the Princess and leader of Leviathan. Leviathan is the organization that has been trying to capture the Princess through each of the books. But none of the clues seem to make any sense to her and she cannot discuss them with anyone without putting all the people around her at risk. Lottie is so used to getting help from Ellie and Jamie with any of the problems she has faced in the past that the secrecy surrounding this task almost breaks her and leads her to question many of the choices about family she has made throughout the story. This book is a powerful and complex end to a captivating story which will appeal to a wide variety of readers.

Themes: Princesses, Friendship, Boarding school, Deception.

Gabrielle Anderson