However, if you're reading this knowing it is the set up for the premise of the TV show, I think you'll be happy like my daughter and I were. While it does show growth between Sofia and Amber's sister relationship, there isn't a whole lot else. If you picked this book up hoping for a more thorough plot, I could understand you being disappointed.
At the end of the story, you also find out how the show ended up being called Sofia the First. This book tells the story of Sofia coming to live in the castle and learning to get along with her new step-siblings, her step-sister in particular, and struggling to fit in with Royalty having not been born in that world. This book was published several months before the TV show first aired in January 2013. Well apparently they did - in book version. While the TV show does have an episode where Sofia describes the King giving her the amulet as a welcoming gift, I still just felt they needed to tell the story sooner than that. I had always wondered how Sofia had gotten her amulet and why she was called Sofia the First.
#Sofia the first for one and all series#
We're currently watching the whole series on Netflix to watch in the episodes in order - we usually catch episodes on Disney channel but they're out of order. Sofia the First is one of my daughter's favorite characters and TV shows. While the TV show does have an episode where Sofia describes the King giving her the amulet as a welcoming gift, I stil We saw this book at the library and had to pick it up. We saw this book at the library and had to pick it up. Overall the story was pretty shallow and felt more like reading a 10 year old's made up story of "If I was a princess." Mix the fun of princesses with the other issues of having new siblings and a new parent (but not very deep in to these issues!). Might be able to sell them on that fact.Ĭould also be a good one to give to girls who are dealing with a remarriage. Since it's published by Disney, it includes real drawings of Cinderella and the three fairies.
This could be a great way to transition kids with Disney princess addictions to something with a little more depth. Overall the stor Not my kind of book, BUT. Could also be a good one to give to girls who are dealing with a remarriage. It definitely has cute drawings, but don’t look for anything too deep in this one.more This is a cute story with no real lesson to be had. While I was disappointed in the direction Sofia’s growth took, I did enjoy her coming together with Amber and them working together to find a solution. My daughter did let out a few chuckles throughout and really enjoyed the wonderful illustrations but I would have liked to see Sofia being accepted for who she was, rather than becoming the perfect princess. But what we got was Sofia’s struggle to fit in and the lessons that make her perfect, and then she ended up being just that.
I had expected a cute story about Sofia shaking things up in the palace and making the royals realize they didn’t need to be so stuffy all the time. Sofia looks for help along the way and gets it from the sorcerer of the castle (who is really no help at all) and the one and only Cinderella teaches her a bit about dealing with unruly stepsisters. Becoming a princess is wreaking havoc on Sofia’s nerves as she struggles to fit into the role and live up to her new step sister, Amber. Sofia is a regular girl whose mother recently married a king. In the end this was a cute story, but I think it had a lot of missed potential. There was no way I could say no so we came home and read it. She was quickly taken with the sparkles and the super cute princess on the cover. Sofia The First was a book that was quickly grabbed by my daughter on one of our trips to chapters. Becoming a princess is wreaking havoc on Sofia’s nerves as she stru You can read all of my reviews at Alluring Reads. You can read all of my reviews at Alluring Reads.
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