History Literature / TheLeagueOfPrinces

* BadassPrincess: Lila, and eventually Snow after some time as a freedom fighter.

*** TheChicks: Snow White and Rapunzel

* BabyOfTheBunch: Lila's the youngest of the heroes, but hardly anyone except her big brother is doubtful of the fact that she's capable.

* LiteralGenie: One that gives the heroes a good deal of grief near the end of Book 3's second act.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: An orchestrated incident with a circus tiger effectively kick-started Frederic's agoraphobia.

* TookALevelInBadass: Lila and Frederic especially; the former already starts off as a go-getter kid who by the third book [[spoiler:leads a band of bounty hunters against a royal coup]], and the latter goes from being afraid to ride a horse [[spoiler:to outsmarting a would-be usurper to his throne and being a WillingChanneler for Zaubera's ghost, convincing her to finish off Rundark.]]

* AbusiveParents: In the case of Cinderella and Rapunzel, it's sort of a given (Rapunzel's birth father in this version is actually so horrible that he doesn't care about trading off his young daughter to a witch). Frederic's father emotionally abused his son into being an obedient, over-coddled doormat, and Liam's parents only pay attention to their children when it's for their own selfish benefit.

* AlphaBitch: Briar Rose is one of the most transparently mean and entitled characters in the books, and unlike Zaubera and Rundark (who are mainly occupied with their own villainous methods on a grander scale), she specifically aims to give Liam (and by association, the League) loads of personal grief for dumping her.
** LovableAlphaBitch: Briar's parents are probably the only people she doesn't look down upon, and over time [[spoiler:she begrudgingly grows fond of the League and comes around as an ally]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Frederic especially, who goes from being afraid to ride a horse [[spoiler:to outsmarting a would-be usurper to his throne and being a WillingChanneler for Zaubera's ghost, convincing her to finish off Rundark.]]

* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Gustav and Jerica. Liam and Ella]] try to be one as well, but they initially butt heads constantly before resolving themselves to work more fluidly.

* TookALevelInBadass: Frederic especially, who goes from being afraid to ride a horse [[spoiler:to outsmarting a would-be usurper to his throne in the head and being a WillingChanneler for Zaubera's ghost, convincing her to finish off Rundark.]]

* SpoiledSweet: By contrast, Frederic is a genuinely nice, docile guy, despite being pampered to the teeth.

* FracturedFairyTale: With ''IntoTheWoods''-levels of mish-mashing stories, mainly combining ''{{Cinderella}}'', ''SleepingBeauty'', ''{{Rapunzel}}'', and ''SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', along with dashes of ''TheBraveLittleTailor'' and even a subtle hint of ''BeautyAndTheBeast'' in the series epilogue.

* AlphaBitch: Briar Rose is one of the most transparently mean and entitled characters in the books, and unlike Zaubera and Rundark (who are mainly occupied with their own methods of world domination), she specifically aims to give Liam (and by association, the League) loads of personal grief for dumping her.

* AbusiveParents: In the case of Cinderella and Rapunzel, it's sort of a given (Rapunzel's birth father in this version is actually so horrible that he doesn't care about giving his infant daughter away to a witch). Frederic's father emotionally abused his son into being an obedient, over-coddled doormat, and Liam's parents only pay attention to their children when it's for their own selfish benefit.

* JerkAss: Briar Rose is one of the most transparently mean and entitled characters in the books, and unlike Zaubera and Rundark (who are mainly occupied with their own methods of world dominations), she specifically aims to give Liam (and by association, the League) loads of personal grief for dumping her.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Briar's parents are probably the only people she doesn't look down upon, and over time [[spoiler:she begrudgingly grows fond of the League and comes around as an ally]].

* HeroWithBadPublicity: The League after Book 1, [[spoiler:after Deeb robbed their celebration parade right under their noses]]. Early on, Liam had to actually run away from Erinthia and Avondell after trying to break off his engagement with Briar.

* LiteralMindedGenie: One that gives the heroes a good deal of grief near the end of Book 3's second act.

* FracturedFairyTale