Harriet's adventures continue to be hilarious and empowering -- this time she takes on the 12 dancing princesses and their curse. The extra-organizational king and Molewitch are formidable foes, but Harriet discovers their weaknesses, and refuses to let other princesses be imprisoned by their fates. ( )

I loved this book just as much as I loved the first book in the series, and I don't think I've anything more to say here than I did in the first book about my love for this character, and for these stories. As in the first book, Vernon picks a reasonably well known fairy tale, and then completely re-imagines it.

Looking forward to book 3 (and, apparently book 4. Here's hoping that there will be many more) ( )

Greatly entertaining. And a relaxing book/series to come back to in hard times. ( )

Harriet is bored - and that's more dangerous than dragons. Fortunately, she runs into a fairy shrew who gives her a quest: Harriet must figure out where the twelve dancing mouse princesses go each night, and how to break the spell that compels them. (It turns out the spell was placed on them by a mole witch with twelve sons.) Harriet, of course, is victorious, with the help of her faithful riding quail Mumfrey and her friend Wilbur, a prince who's working as a stable boy in the mouse kingdom.

Just as clever and subversive as the first one! ( )