I read this forever ago, but I remember it as a sweet book about a strong and independent girl. Defiantly a teen/kids book. There was a sweet scene where the princess who is our main gal in the book, is patching a whole in socks because she is so far down the list of expenses in the household that she can't just buy new ones. She is a poor princess - I really liked that, knowing how badly off some of the royalty of Europe was off in in the 15-1700s. Oh yeah and didn't know till just now that it was the second book in a series.