Read Oct 5, 2013
YA - fairy-tale retelling (part of a retelling-series called "Once Upon a Time" by Simon Pulse, most by Dokey)
Jack and the Beanstalk meets Robin Hood and the
Golden Arrow meets the evil usurper medieval Duke. A bit of a smush, and the
choice to use solid, practical, feet-on-the-ground Gen as the POV
character is odd considering the fanciful and fairy-tale nature of the
story, most of which even takes place in a country above the clouds (in
true fairy-tale fashion, NO time is wasted dealing with how that even
would work out).
Characters appear and then vanish (some do get dealt
with in the epilogue, but not all) and insta-love makes quite a few
appearances. A weak bad guy with no real visible impact on the kingdom
doesn't help matters seem more serious. There's no doubt from the start
that everything will work out, just a question of how pat the solution
will be (answer: very pat).
Not terrible, but doesn't make me want to rush out and see what she does with other fairy-tales either.
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