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On the surface, it would certainly appear so. Set in an alternative world where magic and magical creatures are commonplace, where babbling brooks do exactly that, and where curses are cast on Princesses, it is exactly the kind of book that would normally appeal. Princess Bronwyn has been cursed since birth with the inability to tell the truth. Now old enough to learn of it, Bronwyn immediately sets off to have the curse removed, helped by her witchy cousin, a fellow princess transformed into a swan, and gipsy royal (of course) Jack.
There are many things I enjoyed - the setting, the slight differences between the myths I know and those in the book, the scraps and scrapes they get into and out of, and that none of the characters are perfect, least of all Bronwyn who at least has the excuse of the curse to explain one of her imperfections.
The perspective shifts according to whichever character holds the action, with any of the characters, minor or major, being the voice of the moment. This serves to let us follow the story as a whole, but means the reader could have difficulty connecting with any character, or even any two or three characters.
The density of the language made the book seem longer than it was, while the simplicity of the tale often made me think I was reading a book targeted at younger readers. These two are in contradiction of each other, and are the reason for my ultimately feeling confused towards the book. I liked the story, but ultimately I'm not sure that it was written the best way it could have been told.
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