Review: Modern take on classic fairy tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
*Warning: might contain a spoiler or two...*Pretty girl = damsel.  Damsel = distress.  Distress = need rescuing by "Prince". Got it?  Good.This is a modern spin on a classic fairy tale.Alexandria Greyson had a curse placed on her when she was born. She can't walk down the street without a guy offering to help her with something or another, and it usually ends with someone dying. Let me tell you while no one has ever died offering to help me (that I know of) it is kind of annoying that just because we're women guys think we're helpless.Now don't get me wrong, it's polite to offer assistance. What is NOT polite is insisting or not letting a woman do something for herself. But this particular story is just that. Guys fall all over Alex, and I mean literally. No one ever wants her to love, they want sex. Violently. Like an animal. Literally. And to kill for her or even kill her just so no other male can have her. If you're a woman in this world you probably have a feeling that if there weren't laws against such things, that kind of cave man behavior would still be happening.Finding her Fairy Godmother-yes really- Alex is told things she must do to proceed with a quest that will remove the curse. One of them is the heart of a dragon, which she finds indirectly via her helper, Sam.Her mother seems eccentric and annoyingly pushing her toward finding a husband. Hey ladies, sound like anyone else's mom here? LOL. It seems as though she's just your typical mom, until you learn just what she REALLY is.Her mother really IS wicked, her fairy godmother is a few fries short of a happy meal, "Prince Charming" -who's supposed to be immune to the curse - tries to attack her, and the only man she lets in to her heart is the only one who really can help save her. He also happens to be the one that has to sacrifice...I loved the part about the "choice" Alex had to make. I'm not sure I would have been wise enough to make the choice she did. I also didn't know that dragons represented rebirth, so I was happy to learn that. It took on a whole new meaning.What I also enjoyed about this book is the way it tells what it's like to be a woman in this world. Albeit it's facetious, the point is still made.