This story even has a perfect ending to Sunday’s tale (and a perfect beginning for the next Woodcutter Sisters book).
With adventure and magic and not one but three royal balls, Enchanted is guaranteed to have something for everyone. The heavy focus on the importance of family–especially the obvious affection the Woodcutters have for each other–was a delightful part of the story. Kontis’ writing is seamless as she effortlessly brings together many beloved fairy tale elements to create a story that is both sentimental and exciting. Working with so many different pieces of source material, you might expect a story like this one to feel forced. With a sprawling cast, this novel is filled with characters that are as amusing as they are endearing. Rumbold is as charming as one would expect a fairy tale prince to be. Sunday is a winsome heroine who is steadfast, brave, and just the right amount of stubborn. Happily, Enchanted is a fine addition to the world of fairy tale novels. (Half the fun is catching all of her references.) The second book in the Woodcutter Sisters series, Hero, is due out later in 2013.Įnchanted is part retelling and part fractured fairy tale as Kontis works in every fairy tale trope, convention and character imaginable into this volume. Rumbold will have to try to win Sunday’s heart all over again amidst a whirlwind of balls, fairy godmothers and true danger for himself, Sunday and the entire kingdom in Enchanted (2012) by Alethea Kontis.Įnchanted is Kontis’ first novel. Even if it does mean he is once again Prince Rumbold–a man Sunday’s family has long hated.īut love and magic can be complicated things. Rumbold is more than happy to be human again thanks to Sunday’s love. The real surprise comes when he shows an interest in Sunday’s stories and quickly becomes her dear friend. In a land as ripe with magic as Sunday’s, it isn’t particularly surprising to meet a talking frog. All is well in their crowded hope near the enchanted forest.
She has her notebook to fill with stories (that have a slightly disturbing tendency to come true). Blithe and bonny and good and gay? That’s a lot to live up to. It is also almost impossible for Sunday to live up to her own name. She is not hardworking like her sister Saturday, or unfailingly kind like her sister Friday. She is not destined for greatness like her oldest brother, Jack Jr.
Sunday Woodcutter is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter.
0 kommentar(er)
