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I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest (Review #113)

"Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures, May wrote the tales, and their heroine, Princess X, slayed all the dragons and scaled all the mountains their imaginations could conjure. 

Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom, driving across the Ballard Bridge on a rainy night. When the car went over the side, Libby passed away, and Princess X died with her.

Once upon a now: May is sixteen and lonely, wandering the streets of Seattle, when she sees a sticker slapped in a corner window.

Princess X? 

When May looks around, she sees the Princess everywhere: Stickers. Patches. Graffiti. There's an entire underground culture, focused around a webcomic at IAmPrincessX.com. The more May explores the webcomic, the more she sees disturbing similarities between Libby's story and Princess X online. And that means that only one person could have started this phenomenon---her best friend, Libby, who lives."

 Review:
This was an awesome twist of novel-meets-comics-meets-mystery thriller! I liked it a lot more than I thought I would and it was a great change in direction from what I usually read. Although the mystery aspect wasn't all that challenging, I had to keep in mind that this book is for a younger audience than a college student. Nonetheless, I loved how you were able to read the comic story of Princess X along with the main character, May. It was as though I was a part of the story, helping May and Trick put the pieces of Libby's past together and connecting the dots to find the clues. I also loved May as a character. She had been told since the accident to give up hope on the fantasy of Libby being alive and out there somewhere, but she never gave up hope. She was also surprisingly spunky and quick-witted. Overall, this was a fun, exciting story. It had some dark pieces to it which made it so much more than a cliche Nancy Drew Mystery of sorts, but also had you solving riddles and finding clues along with the characters. I enjoyed this immensely.


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