The Encanto's Daughter (The Encanto's Daughter, #1)

The Encanto's Daughter (The Encanto's Daughter, #1)

Melissa de la Cruz

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A young woman claims the throne of a realm inspired by Filipino mythology in this YA romantic fantasy, the first in an enchanting new duet by #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. MJ Rodriguez has spent her life hiding in the human world, keeping a heavy secret. She’s half-encanto. As the only child of King Vivencio of the Sirena Court, she’s also next in line for the throne. And now, upon her estranged father’s sudden death, MJ must claim her place as rightful heir. In wondrous Biringan, the road to the throne is paved with thorns. Without a reigning monarch, the realm has spiraled into disarray. MJ has to win over a backstabbing council that objects to a half-human ruler. And when it looks like her father’s passing wasn’t natural but possibly inflicted by a curse, she must hunt down the sorceress behind this merciless magic. In a bind, MJ forges an unlikely alliance with the striking Sir Lucas of the feared Sigbin Court, and soon, she loses her heart to the mysterious knight. But with peril looming over Biringan, the princess must decide if she can both open herself to love and carry the weight of the crown.


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  • LotusXheart
    Mar 12, 2025
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  • fragilelunar
    Mar 11, 2025
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    This was, very unfortunately, a DNF for me. This may be a book I come back to in the future but, as of right now, it just really wasn’t holding my attention. I didn’t feel any sort of investment in the storyline or the characters and found myself only picking up the book to read 5-10 pages and then stopping. It wasn’t catching my interest at all.

    I’ve enjoyed other books by the author so it may be a wrong timing situation and I’m just not in the mood for it. I can’t really pick out anything that I genuinely found wrong with the book at all. It was just a case of my attention isn’t being held at all.

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  • Christinereads
    Mar 26, 2025
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    This was a fun middle grade/young adult fantasy novel filled with Filipino culture and myths and language! I love that so much as I don't think I've read any Filipino fantasies and the world needs more of them.

    The story follows a half human half encanto (engkanto) who finds herself the princess of another realm and set to be crowned queen. But now she has to go to school and solve the mystery of her fathers death.

    The beginning moves so fast I still don't know what happened but you're thrust into the world like Alice in wonderland/ACOTAR.

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