Summary: Meet Danielle. You might know her better as Cinderella. She's married the prince and she's living the happily-ever-after lifestyle. That is, until her stepsister tries to kill her, the handsome prince is kidnapped, and Danielle discovers she's about to be a mother... and a widow. I guess life in fairy tale land really isn't all it's cracked up to be. With the help of martial arts master Talia (aka Sleeping Beauty) and super-flirt Snow (White, naturally), Danielle is off to rescue her prince and save the day. My review: This book wasn't exactly what I expected. Based on the style of the cover art and the back-cover blurb, I thought it would be pretty funny. And it definitely has its moments. Picture a lecherous gnome trying to pick up three princesses in a pixie bar. But the tone of the book is definitely more serious than I would have thought.
I enjoyed this book. I thought it was fairly well written, if a little choppy at some points. And the characters were enjoyable; I liked the twisted take on the fairy tales we all know and love. Danielle's post-traumatic cleaning flashbacks are pretty funny, and Talia never sleeps (I guess she's all caught up on her beauty rest). This is not exactly a "fairy-tale retold" type of book so much as a "fairy tale warped and extended" type of book.
The final word: I'm going to rate this book a 3, as in 3 ninja princesses out of five. A good summer read to pass the time when you don't want to invest a lot of energy in the storyline or characters, but in my opinion not worth bumping to the top of the to-be-read pile.
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2 comments:
I still have to read this book! I thought it'd be more funny...but thanks for the heads-up!
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to add it to my list.
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