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Duelling Princes (2004)

by Tyne O'Connell(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

kindle Ebooks

series

Calypso Chronicles

review 1: Duelling Princes is the third book in the Calypso Chronicles series. If you like the first two, you'll like this one. Similarly, if you didn't like the first two, you won't like this one. I think there's a time and place for mindlessly fun reads and this certainly is that. There's a lot to criticize about these books if you want to. Calypso is immature. Freddie is boring. The side characters are one dimensional. I could go on. But ultimately, these books are a good laugh.The framework of this series is that Calypso, the American student in a British boarding school, is dating Prince Freddie, the British prince. But don't read the books because of that because Freddie is the dullest, stupidest character and he has hardly any time on the page. This series is all about Calyps... moreo and her friends going on adventures, getting into scrapes, having fights, sticking up for each other, etc. It is the epitome of what a boarding school book should be.Part of what attracted me to the series was the fencing element. Calypso is a talented fencer. Since fencing is my new hobby, I loved all the scenes of her fencing. Plus the fencing instructor was hilarious.The main dilemma in Duelling Princes is Calypso's mother unexpectedly showing up in England, having left her father. On one hand, Calypso's humiliation at her mother's antics is extremely immature - particularly a scene where she and her mom literally run away from Prince Freddie. Her mom is going through a mid life crisis and should be offered some sympathy and kindness by her daughter. On the other hand, viewing your parents as the most embarrassing creatures on earth is such a teenager thing to do. Calypso acts as most youngish teens would (perhaps she's still on the immature side). I could understand.Duelling Princes and the entire Calypso Chronicles series is great fun to read if you want to get a taste of wealthy British boarding school life. The author is from a very posh background and is the mother of boarding school girls, so I think she knows what she's talking about. It's not a brainy read, but well worth picking up.Rating: 3.5 / 5
review 2: I only read this book because it is about fencing. And, thankfully, the fencing parts were pretty good ones. Throughout the book there were some fencing jokes that I actually was able to find funny. And their fencing master was hilarious. But mostly, the book was pretty lame. A fine summer read, I suppose. But for the most part, the story wasn't particularly compelling. Enough that I wanted to keep reading, but not super good. But for a $2 book from Powells, it was good enough. Apparently, this book is the third one in the series, however, I did not care enough to go back and read the other two. It was simple enough that I was perfectly able to understand with out those two. less

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