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| Original Title: | The Fairy Godmother (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0373802455 (ISBN13: 9780373802456) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Five Hundred Kingdoms #1 |
| Characters: | Elena Klovis, Prince Alexander of Kohlstania |
| Setting: | Five Hundred Kingdoms |
Mercedes Lackey
Paperback | Pages: 479 pages Rating: 3.97 | 16955 Users | 991 Reviews
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In the land of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can't carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale...Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella--until fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! So she set out to make a new life for herself. But breaking with "The Tradition" was no easy matter--until she got a little help from her own fairy godmother. Who promptly offered Elena a most unexpected job...
Now, instead of sleeping in the chimney, she has to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who keep trying to rise above their place in the tale. And there's one in particular who needs to be dealt with...
Sometimes a fairy godmother's work is never done...
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| Title | : | The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms #1) |
| Author | : | Mercedes Lackey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 479 pages |
| Published | : | October 25th 2004 by Luna Books (first published January 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Magic |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 16955 Users | 991 ReviewsEvaluate Epithetical Books The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms #1)
This series is pretty much ideal for my tastes - a world of blended fairy tales. I really, really love new takes on fairy tales. The romance aspect in this, while a bit cloying, is at least well done in that the lovers are compatible. And I very much like the world that is introduced, with the Tradition hovering over and steering everything, turning girls into Cinderella or Fair Rosalinda or Ladderlocks (Rapunzel, obviously). There was one passing reference to a story that I didn't recognizeElena is a fairy godmother-in-training. She drinks dragons blood (only onceyuck!), has a magic wand (basically for show), and learns how to fight The Tradition. The force in the five hundred kingdoms that insists upon replaying fairy tales over and over, no matter how many kings die, or princesses are locked in towers, or questers fail.Alexander is one of those questers. The second son to be exact. In the story where there are three sons and the first two fail. But they dont all fail as
Since I have been reading this series out of order, this one was actually the third book that I read. I loved The Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Werewolf, which were the last two in the Five Hundred Kingdoms' series. So I was pretty excited to finally get my hands on the book that started it all! Eh. It was ok. It just... I don't know. Since Elana is featured in almost all of the other books, it was worth it to find out more of her story, though.I guess I was just expecting too much.
I love fairy tale-based novels as much as the next person, but I thought I'd enjoy this one more than I did. For all its length it's written in a rather superficial, breezy style, more like a YA book. But it was an enjoyable twist on several fairy tales and I was thinking that my 12-year-old daughter would really like it when - surprise! explicit sex scenes. The sex just seemed like an odd mismatch with the rest of the text. Not a keeper for me in any case.
Loved the story, the story-telling, the warm little moments that brought a blush to my cheeks!
This is one of the most exciting stories I have read in a long time. Set in a alternative universe, where The Tradition imposes fairy tales into the peoples lives, any fairy tale superfan is going to get goosebumps about the possibilities. The story starts with Elena - a failed Cinderella story heroine. In her case, her prince is only 7 years and completely unsuitable for sweeping her off her feet. So instead, she gets an opportunity to reform her own destiny as a Godmother. And so, she enters
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