My goodness! There are just some books that you pick up from the library thinking, "this gotta be a good one" and it just captivates you. This is the exact kind of book. Everything about it is just perfect. The picture on the front begs for you to pick it up and just read it! The font used on the front cover looks so thrilling that it sends shivers to your heart. (Well, that's what it was like for me).
Nobody's Princess is about a princess (um, really?) but not just any princess. This gal's called Helen of Troy, otherwise known as the beauty of Rome. The story starts out with eight-year-old Helen wondering why everyone keeps on calling her beautiful, yet her twin sister Clytemnestra just has the title of artistic or talented. Sure, instead of Clytemnestra's deep brown eyes, Helen has blue, and instead of a sharper nose, Helen's was more petite and round. But did all of these differences add up to what is known as beauty? On top of that, Clytemnestra was getting a little jealous of her twin sister. Who could blame her? The last straw is when it is announced that Helen shall be the heir to throne for Troy, leaving Clytemnestra to marry some other prince in a neighboring city. Clytemnestra was not the only one who need to find a match, Helen's elder brothers, Castor and Polydeuces had to marry off to another princess as well.
Helen took all of this in a very good way; she was not proud like a peacock due to her fruitful future. Instead, she focused on being different. All Helen's life, she had been told to "do this" and "don't do that" and Helen just couldn't take it any longer. She decided to go her own way, and follow the ways of the goddess Artemis. She started secretly training to become a Trojan warrior, alongside her brothers. Once they realized what their sister was taking on, they had no choice but to agree since once Helen decided on something, there was no way of turning her back.
By the age of fourteen, Helen started changed. It might have been all the training, it might have been just growing up, but she noticed she wasn't getting compliments like, "Oh, beautiful lady Helen!" any longer. Clytemnestra also noted this, and was getting a little more content with her position. Besides, Clytemnestra had found a prince in the city of Mykenae, and was marrying him in four days time. However Helen was grateful to Aphrodite for giving her as much as she already had.The only thing Helen yearned for, the only thing she dreamed about day and night, was an adventure. When the king agreed to let Helen accompany her twin sister to Mykenae for the wedding, Helen just might've found what she was looking for.
Yes, I know, the seat-gripping cliffhangers. I feel your pain. I know the cure to that though. All you have to do is read the book. I gave you the title, the author, and a brief description, so what's there to stop you?
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