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After a year at the king’s palace, Miri is ready to return home to Mount Eskel and become a teacher in her village, but, on the day of her departure, the king makes a request she cannot refuse. She must journey to a distant swamp and start a princess academy for three sisters who are cousins to the royal family. An arranged marriage for one of them to the ruler of a neighboring kingdom may just be the only way to stop a coming war.
But how can Miri teach the girls to become princesses when Adrid, Felissa, and Sus are more interested in hunting, fishing, and surviving? They’ve been on their own since their mother died — abandoned and practically ignored — and there are more dangers afoot in the swamp than poisonous snakes and caimans. If Miri hopes to finally make her way home to her family and to Peder, she’ll have protect the girls and uncover the mystery surrounding them before she can see her assignment complete.
The Forgotten Sisters at last brings Miri’s story to a conclusion, but it might not be the ending many fans hope for. The stakes rise higher with each book: first bandits, then revolution, and, in this story, war and invasion. Despite the looming peril, the first half of the story moves slowly, revealing a unique swamp culture and sisters who are quirky, feisty, and vastly different from the Mount Eskel girls I’ve come to love. Some readers might be disappointed by the pacing, the lack of familiar characters, or the unexpected direction the story seems to take. However, I enjoyed this last glimpse into Miri’s story, the sweet romance that continues between her and Peder, and the ending that left me satisfied yet hoping for more. Overall, it is a good book, but, like Palace of Stone, it lacks what made Princess Academy great.
Rated: Mild, for peril and violence. Miri witnesses an unnamed character beheaded (it’s described as being more emotionally impactful than graphic). Characters kiss.
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