Friday, June 7, 2013

Enchanted / Alethea Kontis / 308 pages / Fairy Tale Challenge

This book definitely falls into the fairy tale retold category.  Amazingly Ms. Kontis has cleverly interwoven most well-known, beloved fairy tales into this original fairy tale about the magical seventh daughter in the Woodcutter family.  Sunday's stories are legendary and often come true.  Sunday falls in love with an enchanted frog who was once a prince.  (No one knows but the enchantment is closely related to Sunday's brother, Jack, and his presumed death.)  Sunday's love transforms the frog into Rumbold, the Crown Prince of Arriland, who is believed to be responsible for her brother's death.  Several storylines entwine with the central plot to make for a captivating read.

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