Review: Enchanted

Enchanted
by Alethea Kontis
Hardcover
305 pages
Published May 8th 2012
by Harcourt Children's Books

Summary from Goodreads:

It isn't easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.

When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland—and a man Sunday’s family despises.

The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction for this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past - and hers?

Thoughts:
I absolutely love this book and maybe that's because I'm a big fan of fairy tale retellings. The main storyline is a twisted version of The Frog Prince and the girl who actually fell in love with the prince is Sunday the seventh daughter whose eldest brother has been punished by the prince years ago for killing his beloved pup.

Without realising that she has fallen in love with the same prince that is despised by his father, Sunday and her sisters then were invited to a ball being held by the now cured prince with the intention of finding out the girl who has freed him from the spell.

What makes this book so adorable is not only the romance which is pre requisite in any fairy tale but also Sunday's colourful  family where each character has their own story. All of the sisters have different traits and has their own twisted fairy tale. Even the male sibling have their own part.

So it's not only the story of Sunday and her prince but it's also the wonderful story of the Woodcutter's family and their adventures. Delightfully entertaining!Thrown in a whole bunch of fairy tales, cute characters, obsessive fairy godmothers, sibling love and rivalry then you will get this book. It's funny, whimsical, light hearted and made me smile constantly.

Recommended for: fans of Princess Academy and fairy tale retellings
Verdict: 5 stars.

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