I loved the first in the series and so I was looking forward to the Cup and the Crown. Despite some glorious adventure scenes I really couldn't get into the story and I wasn't able to suspend my disbelief (a little voice in the back of my head kept asking 'really?'). Part of my disappointment cou...
This is a good book. A young girl is brought to the castle in her town by her father so that she can work there. She eventually works her way up to being a silver polisher. She is in charge of polishing a silver bowl that talks to her while she is polishing it. It shows her that there is a curse ...