Enchanted
Enchanted Alethea Kontis Harcourt Children's Books This book started out wonderfully- it was well-written, engaging, and the characters were interesting and likable. However, as the story went on, it began to lose my interest. It seemed purposefully dragged out, and some of the plot twists were a little confusing. Sometimes, it seemed like the author was just trying to shove as many fairy tale references in there as she could. Also, there were a few uses of the word d**n and a couple times I thought something might have been an innuendo, but it went over my head because, well, I’m me. Of course, there was also your typical fairy-tale magical content, with fairy godmothers and vengeful fairies and a conglomeration of enchantments from familiar stories. As a retelling of The Frog Prince , it would have been great. I think if the author had kept this book shorter and focused more on the heroine, Sunday, and her prince, this book would have been better- as it w...