I hadn't realised when I borrowed this audiobook that it was only actually covering material up to 1955 - I was wondering why the narrative was moving so slowly and ended so suddenly! Considering this I found it okay and bumped my score up by a half star, but still rounded down to 3 as I didn't think it's the best when it comes to these sorts of books. I really enjoy auto/biographies and am interested in the Royal Family in general, so was actually surprised that this didn't work as well for me as I thought it might. There was a lot of comparison with the series, which I didn't like as I thought there was a lot of alluding to the fact that the series has a lot of interpretation by the writers and producers, implying that this is true fact when it is in fact also an interpretation by a single writer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, I just felt like comparisons were drawn for the sake of drawing them, and I would have much preferred to just hear about the biography itself. I love these people, they're scored on my soul and I owe everything to you, Elise Kova. Every heartbreak, every tear, every smile, they belong to you. Thank you for making a lonely girl from a small greek island dream and hope, for making her believe in magic and miracles and keeping her company when she needed it the most. Rozi, the Sleeping Beauty: References the Disney version. The Egyptian one is wild, and the Italian one is messed up. Not sure how you'd make either version kid friendly, so probably best they went with Disney. Did feel the need for more Cinema Sins style commentary on true loves kiss. Also Made it so the evil fairy's letter got lost in the mail, not sure why that change was made. It seemed like an attempt to apply human logic to the Fae. Fae don't operate on human logic. I can be whatever I want, Martin.” Then she yelled, “Last one up the dune is a rotten egg!” And they all ran away, leaving Aliyah standing there all alone.

I guess this review will not be a proper review, but me just being mad at some things that made me too uncomfortable. Take it with a grain of salt, because at some points it just might be reaching.

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I live here with a dwarf,” she answered. “She found me abandoned in the woods and raised me as her own.” As sometimes happens in creating a new world, the book starts a little slowly introducing Xau, the new king of Meqing, and his royal household. The new king is scrawny, cranky, kind, brash, and wise in turns. Mostly he is a work in progress. It can only be broken by an act of true selflessness. Only then will you become, once again, a child of the sea.” Mary Soon Lee has been writing a large number of connected poems, on the life and times of a fictional King Xau, in a medieval Fantasy world where a dragon determines who will be King, and demons and curses and magic shape many events. This collection contains around 60 of these poems, from the early years of his life, arranged chronologically. There are many more poems in the "series" that have already been published both in online journals and print journals, which makes it clear why the subtitle of this volume is _The Sign of the Dragon: Book 1_. As such, Ed is already working on his next potential record breaker. With Pepper X taking the title of world’s hottest chilli pepper 10 years after the Carolina Reaper did it, will it be another decade before Pepper X is dethroned?

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