Review: 4.5 MODERN FAIRY TALE STARS!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2012
I am going to say it.Disney you need to read this little gem.I can sooooo see this book loved, nurtured and published by Disney.... even a movie.Oh , yeah! I went there!!I mean no offence to the cover designer, but the cover does not give any....any..... inclination to the story within. I see a more fairy tale cover.This is a most refreshing modern fairy tale with all the right ingredients. Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, I love you all, you are classics, many versions have made it to the big screen.  I love what Kristy has done with her little story, it is this quiet little achiever, I think it's time to stand aside and let another modern day fairy tale play out.This little gem comes complete with a Wicked Queen, her minion, a Prince, a girl ( Kiera) ,a vortex ( cause you have to have a vortex) , a pit of restless souls lost in nightmares, rings, some song ( as you need that) , hot boys....a goth boy and a dog named Terrence to name some. ( well, if I told you everything, no point reading it)The tale told is different and original.I was pulled in from the beginning. Now I don't want to spoil it, but what Kristy did with the Prince, I loved!! Nice and fresh and fun .Kiera and Maddy aka speedy and weedy, we aren't sure who is who , cause nobody wants to be weedy...hehe...like to go blading.  Daz, he's the goth boy, and Joe, he's crushing on Kiera , they make up the happy foursome of friends.Kiera lives with her Uncle Tom and attends school , her life was fairly normal, but then things change....... enter Zakk.I love how much fun Kristy has with her writing. This book is only 75pages long , but you feel like you have been inside her story, longer.I love the names of her characters and how they leap off the page at you. The teacher named Miss Ing......get it...missing....ha!! I missed it first time, lol!!The Wicked Queen is an absolute hoot! I had this voice in my head, she spoke to me when I was reading her dialogue. I loved her! Kristy's take on a Wicked Queen was fresh and made me laugh with her actions.I think chapter one should possibly have been a prologue, but who cares, I loved this book. It was fresh and fun and entertaining. I could so see Selena Gomez or one of the other young chickens in Hollywood breathing life into Kiera.Get ready to step inside a fairy tale with a difference, will there be that Happy Ever After at the end of this book, or will Kiera be on a quest to fight for her HEA? I hope so as I had such fun reading this one.Well done Kristy:)Michelle