How to Kidnap your Princess

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Description

The realm is in shock. The princess has been kidnapped. The beautiful, kind, and extremely talented magician princess is gone. Woe to the wretched villains that took her away, screaming into the night. Their weight in gold to the one that rescues her. Ministrels sing with tears how the people miss their princess. The hope of the kingdom is gone.

But maybe, just maybe, that was not the entire truth.

What exactly happened to the princess?

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This is a fantasy novel with a gender-bending body-swapping protagonist. There will be NSFW chapters because it is a gender bender. Those will be marked and I will make it so readers that don't want to read them can skip them. Some other chapters might have a little bit here and there but will be both light and brief.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2019
Author: MDW

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Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 765
Views: 605,597

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Community Reviews(10)

Matsuri99Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Gender Bender is not for everyone. But this story does it justice. Gender Bender is most usually either quickly forgotten about a few chapters in, or only there for cheap sexual gags. This story goes the distance, it makes gender bender a core element and uses it the best of any story I've ever read.
Beyond that, it is clever, it has its own spell systems, good world building, some meta and memes. It's the complete breakfast.
Numb, the skincrawlerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I am truly amazed by this work. One can argue about some sexual fetish and some cliches being throw here and there, but most of all, it is like those amazing medieval fantasy that I read when I was a teen.
Considering that the writer hasn't English as first language (like myself), it's amazing to see such wordsmanship.
I came here to gloat that only took me 4 days to read 140+ chaps, to be beaten by another user that read it in just 36 hours. Such a shame.
I hope to see more of this story and, maybe, someday proudly going to Amazon to buy MDW's books, knowing that I new his work before going mainstream.
KathrynRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is just amazing! I love the magic system, the kind of reverse isekai feeling where the NPCS are slowly becoming as powerful as the otherworlders - and well, just everything. I love how the author characterized the main characters, and really think they did a great job getting the feelings of a gender bent person right. WELL DONE! I'd rate it 6/5 if I could.
grimknightdudeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
As of May 2019
This story is very different than many of the other high fantasy novels on royalroad and I love it because of this. The main characters are overpowered in someways yet they have trials and tribulations that make them grow as characters, and that growth stays consistant throught the story. Also the dynamic that is introduced a bit later between the main character and his party of princesses is unique and how he handles the fact that he no longer knows how he has been influenced is perfection.
All in all I absolutely adore this story and hope that others feel the same way.
MynthioRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I greatly enjoyed reading this book and apart from the occasional editorial blunder, I would recommend reading this not only as entertainment but also a good source to further one's thoughts. The characters are generally well defined without becoming one dimensional and the author avoids typical arc to arc storytelling making the world seem alive instead of a mere necessity for the story to progress.
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Sadly I feel like the intention mentioned in the Foreword is greatly deminished when Dawn and Aidan are given seperate personalities.Because from there on it is much more like two people being linked and forced to share they're thoughts than actually having a single person experience both sides.
Also at the end of book two there is an important piece of the story missing between Lumina waking up and the party leaving such as "How much was revealed to King Helios and Lucien about Dawn" "When did Astromelicus return/Did he return". We know that there is a complete week missing from Dawn promising Lumina to be a dress up doll for a week yet nothing is mentioned, altough things relevant to the story happend. I simply find cutting corners of a story aggravating and wish for this to be known.
Even though I have listed a few complaints in the spoiler this is still one of my more memorable and well-liked books on Royalroad and hope more people will read and enjoy this story and maybe find inspiration to be an author themselves.
e g JamesonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
As of 60 postings / April 2019
I came here from reading another story by this author about a troll. I sometimes get annoyed when characters get so OP there isn't anything to challenge them anymore. That is not a problem for our princess here.
Somehow we find a situation where even with a character with an almost li witless mana and another who is simply a genius of spellcraft, and still everything is a challenge. That's not to say there aren't some obvious handicaps applied, but the struggle is important. Struggle and conflict are what make drama, and too many fantasy stories forget that in their rush to fulfill the authors marysue dreams.
These characters struggle, and it's fun to watch. The world building is mostly flat and cliché, though there is an interesting take on the reality of hero summoning that is incredibly entertaining.
All in all, worth some time to explore. I think you might find yourself enjoying this little tale.
NeedzHelpRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Interesting slice of life from a different perspective. Felt like it was like "her and my adventure in a fantacy world" (that title doesnt sound right...) but better. There are a few ups and downs but I thought it was good and am looking forward for more.
Thanks for the story!
levitysoulwitRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
So I got a message this morning that my previous review of this story got the ban hammer from a mod because I mentioned
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that a character died.
I gave no context for this other than
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this character was brought back to life.
I was commenting on how
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character death
was an important part of a viable story and how I was disappointed this story would do something like that because it cheapens a character and their emotional impact.
What I disagree with the most is I was given no warning and I have come to find RR has no form of arbitration concerning content. RR is essentially a message board where the only form of protection is the whims of a moderator, and moderators only side with the loudest voice, not with the one who is correct.
Anyway, my review of this story is that it is good and fun. Princess has great characters and clever prose, but it is clear the story should have ended instead of left to peter out with a vague continuation at a later date. MDW is a gifted author who's only fault is a lack of planning in outline or story structure. Decompose is currently getting a rewrite for this very issue, so I am happy MDW is taking this criticism to heart and trying to make a complete story instead of JJ Abrams-ing it.
CelinorRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Having read 'Reincarnated as a troll' by the same author, I almost didn't recognize his work: this story is so much better!
The focus on the characters instead of the blue boxes fixation makes all the difference.
For constructive criticism, if I need to find a minor fault, it is the lack of contrast in the characters of the antagonists so far, but it stays bearable. Still, I hope it won't get worse, and they stay more natural than cartoonish.
Keep up the good work!
Thomas Z.Royal Road
★★★ 2.5
Could have been better. Could have been worse. Mc is overpowered, gathers a harem, honestly the story was at its strongest in the first half. Once they solved the main conflict problem (body/soul swap), it should have moved onto the next big problem (the evil gods)? You're only just hinting at it, still. If it's supposed to be a mystery, it's one I wasn't paying attention for - oh well.
Otherworlders were cliche, but the murderhobo was fun. Too bad they went down so fast.
Political marriage to evil prince who was lolevil.. why? What did that accomplish? The mc may as well have farmed goblins, as far as I care about this subplot.
The archmage dying and then being saved by time traveling, all in the same chapter - again, what did that accomplish? Yes, I know in that chapter they solved the biggest conflict of the story, but that particular scene felt pointless. And I haven't seen him use the time travel abaility ever again, either!