Source: Netgalley – Many thank to the publisher!!
TL;DR: An unexpectedly fun little fairy tale twist. Look forward to princesses with attitude and fair godmothers who hate their jobs.
Plot: Rosamund must figure out this new place she’s in and why, and figure out how to escape the Uponatimes. It has some unexpected twists along the way!
Characters: I did enjoy figuring out who each princess was as they went by actual names instead of titles. They didn’t get a lot of depth but they were fun in the moment.
Setting: Again, fairly vague in setting. A school near a pizza place, but not that important to the overall story.
Magic: A very soft, fairy tale type of magic with no clear rhyme or reason. Appropriate to the book & level.
Thoughts:
What a surprise this was! I was expecting to enjoy this, do not get me wrong. The surprise came to me after reading the first 25%, think ‘Oh this is cute’, then the last half happening and twisting everything on it’s head.
Rosamund is Sleeping Beauty, awakened by the chapped lips of Prince Charming she (naturally) freaks and makes a run for it and ends up running through a Door to our world. There she finds herself at an academy dedicated to protecting Princesses who fight against their stories. She makes friends with familiar princesses (and a prince) and makes some very shocking discovers while she searches for the answer to ‘why?’
I was genuinely impressed with the twists in this one. Looking back, yes I can see Alex London laid the groundwork, but I was impressed nevertheless. A very quick, fun and quirky novel (the unicorns are everything) I really recommend this for middle grade readers. This will likely be one that ends up on my daughters shelf I enjoyed it so much.
4 out of 5 unicorns
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