This book is great! It's funny and addicting. I didn't want to stop reading for even one second.

This is one of the few books that I have on my shelf at home. It satirizes of the typical damsel in distress princess stereotype while still managing to have a good time. A good adventure story and introduction to satire.

Oh, I like a story that starts by dissing your typical princess, and moves right on to a spunky, intelligent heroine, who happens to be disadvantaged by her birth. Princess Cimorene would rather be eaten by dragons than marry an eligible prince, so to the dragons she goes when threatened by this horrible fate. Fresh, funny and self-respecting, and a main character with an organizational bent – love it!

From my first look at the cover I thought that this would be another cheesy fantasy novel but there was not a moment where i wanted to put the book down. This book is a must read and so are the other books in the series. If you like fantasy books, this is the book for you and if you don't, you still might like it.

I loved it.

I do not like fantasy much but this book was AMAZING! I picked it up in a bookstore a few years back and had the intention of reading just the first couple of pages. I ended up sitting down on the floor and reading the whole thing in one go. It made me laugh SO HARD! Fantasy has never done that for me apart from the Artemis Fowl books. Still one of my favourites years later. A must read for anyone who loves imagination and is looking for a good laugh.

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Hands down one of my absolute favorite books. An unbelievably funny take on typical fairytales that will make you laugh until you can't breathe. All the characters are unique and well defined. Definitely a one of a kind story, if only slightly reminiscent of The Princess Bride. Read it, read it, read it.

Cimorene is not your typical princess. She takes swordfighting lessons until her father finds out and decides it is not a ladylike activity. Then Cimorene studies with the castle wizard. Again, her father finds out and puts a stop to the lessons. So she moves onto cooking lessons with the palace cook. Again, not something a princess is supposed to do. Cimorene grins and bears it, until her father decides that it is high time she be married. Unfortunately no one tells Cimorene until the intended comes to the castle for a pre-wedding banquet. Completely unsatisfied with this turn events, Cimorene runs away on the advice of a frog. She ends up a princess for a dragon Kazul. There she cooks, cleans and organizes for her and finds it to be a satisfying life. She also gets involved in the intrigues and politics of the dragon court. Now if only these princes would stop trying to rescue her. This is a great book for junior/intermediate readers about a young woman who is as far away for the Disney Princess as you can get. She is strong, smart and very resourceful. A heroine we all should look up to. A must read.

Great read out loud book the whole family enjoyed. The girls like the princess, and the boys loved the dragons and knights.