Unenchanted: An Unfortunate Fairytale
By Chanda Hahn
Ebook: pgs. 233
Series: An Unfortunate Fairytale Book 1
Rating: 2 stars (2.4)
From KoboBooks:
Mina Grime is unlucky, unpopular and uncoordinated, but it
all changes when she learns she is descended from the Brothers Grimm and has
inherited all of their fairytale unfinished business. To break the storybook
curse on her family, Mina must relive all of the fairytales…until the very
Grimm end.
My Review:
I was going through the Kobo website looking to see what YA
books they had. Basically I had some time to kill. I came across Unechanted. It
was free so I said what the heck. I liked the concept of the story. As the
title and cover (clue #1) suggest this is a fairytale retelling. I am not going
to say what of because what would be the point of reading the book.
I didn’t even feel annoyed by Mina insecurities like I
usually do because of her mother. Mina never understood why when anything the
least bit weird. During a field trip to Babushka (clue #2) Bakery Mina saves
one of her classmates from falling to his death which starts her family curse.
The Grimm curse: (she also learns for the first time that her name is Grimm not
Grime) a family member must complete all 200 fairytales. If the person doesn’t
succeed they die and the curse starts over from story one with a new family
member.
I just had to finish this book. The concept had me hooked.
I’m actually looking forward to the second book, Fairest. With all this said,
time should have been spent editing and then editing some more. If you are a
stickler for a well edited book, you will indeed be unenchanted. However, if
you can over look Mina’s winey, annoying, insecure personality as well as the
typos it’s an entertaining story.
Plot: 2* Writing:
2 Character: 2 Other 3**
Overall Feel 3***
*There were some things left unexplained. Like the guy who
helps Mina. It is never explained who he is and why he is there. The ending of
the relationship between her and Brody (the classmate she saved) was
unsatisfying.
**The retelling concept is good.
**I couldn’t put it down.
Challenges:
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