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Title ~ Froggy Style
Series ~ A F****ed Up Fairy Tale, #2
Author ~ J.A. Kazimer
Publisher ~ Kensington
Published ~ 26 February 2013
Genre ~ Fairy Tale Retelling | Fantasy
Pages ~ 312
My Rating ~ 3 bites and a nibble out of 5
Prince
Jean-Michel Grenouille spent the first eight years of his life as a frog until
the day a slobbery four-year-old princess came along to his pond and tried to
eat him. It wasn’t exactly a kiss, but it worked to turn him back into a boy.
Fast forward to a few weeks before his 30th birthday and he must
marry his One or turn back into a frog. Forever. His drunken fairy godmother
insists that Beauty is his One even with her sleeping problem and nasty
attitude, so the wedding is planned. But when Jean-Michel goes out with his
cousin RJ for his bachelor party he accidentally, while quite drunk, hires a
hit man to kill Beauty. Oops. He may not
want to wed the slobbery sleepy Beauty, but he doesn’t want to be a frog for
the rest of his life either. Now, he must stop a hit man and resist the
beautiful Lollie Bliss he meets while searching for said hit man. If Beauty is
supposed to be his One then why does he feel as if Lollie is the one he should
marry? Poor Jean-Michel. He’s got some serious problems including his tendency
to croak at the most inopportune time and his extreme dislike of the color
green. Is he doomed to a lily pad forever or will he get things sorted out?
Curses are such inconvenient things.
Book
2 in the F***ed Up Fairy Tale series is definitely not for reading to the
children. This fairy tale retelling is funny and entertaining, but I didn’t
find it quite as good as the first one. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a wild
ride with laugh out loud moments and total creativeness regarding the fairy tale
rewriting, but there was something missing and I tend to think it was the whole
assassin thing that seemed off. It didn’t make a lot of sense, but then when do
drunken actions make sense? Anyway, I did enjoy myself and look forward to Book
3, so if you want an afternoon of light-hearted entertainment then I suggest
picking this one up.
I've never heard of this series, but it sounds like a lot of fun :) I'll have to check out the first book.
ReplyDeleteIt is! I bet it was a blast to write. :D
DeleteThis sounds like a lot of fun. I'll have to look for it.
ReplyDeleteThis is perfect if you've just finished a heavy murder mystery, suspense or thriller. Definitely fun.
Deletelol this one looks entertaining, I love the cover and the title haha
ReplyDeleteIt was fun and the cover cracks me up. :D
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