![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In true fairytale fashion, villains emerge and it is up to Sunday and Rumbold to save the day. Of course, to complicate things even further, Sunday does not know of the curse’s end so when she meets the Prince at the ball and falls in love with him, she questions both her loyalty to her family as well as to the enchanted frog she believes dead. Slowly, or rather quickly actually, their friendship deepens and after a true love’s kiss, the frog transforms back into Prince Rumbold of Arilland, someone Sunday’s family blames for her brother’s death. Sunday Woodcutter, the youngest of seven daughters in this fairy tale mash-up, is a writer and storyteller with a terrible catch: everything she writes ends up coming true.įeeling like she is in the shadow of her more magical and accomplished sisters (one of which became a Pirate Queen and another sister a princess thanks to a prince’s sneaky pea), Sunday enters into the woods and meets our romantic, bewitched frog. RELATED YA Book Review: Spindle’s End – Robin McKinley’s Retelling of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ With a well-versed pen, Kontis creates a bewitching and delightful world with characters that will keep you spellbound until the final chapter closes. ![]() Almost immediately I knew I had discovered something special. So, I was thrilled when I came across Alethea Kontis’ first installment of the Woodcutter Series. Reading fractured and retellings of fairy tales never get old in my book. ![]()
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