In FROGKISSER! Princess Anya knows the world would thank her if her stepstepfather, the evil sorcerer Duke Rikard, were defeated. The rest of the time it's about freeing animals with the help of a magic lip balm. Of course there's lots of kissing, but only once is it romantic. People fall or are tossed from towers, with one sad death and holes dug into cheeks from an owl's talons. After that, we hear of about a dozen deaths in battle, including animals, and Anya witnesses one assassin take an arrow to the throat.
Violence is mostly at a distance here, except for once when a weasel-turned-human tries to bite Anya's throat. I'm not that kind of princess." Themes of empowerment for all people and actively changing what's wrong in your community instead of saying "someone should do something" also resonate. Anya, the questing princess who becomes known as Frogkisser, declares once that "I don't expect to need rescuing. The publisher recommends it for age 12 and up, but it can be enjoyed by advanced readers as young as 10 thanks to its light tone and positive themes. Parents need to know that Frogkisser! is a humorous fairy tale/knight tale mash-up by Garth Nix, the author of the best-selling (and darker) Old Kingdom series and the Keys to the Kingdom series.
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