Fairytales, Romance & Boys

Today's letter comes from Pity Princezz

Hi there Mrs. Librarian Lady!

I love a good romance book that has a fun plot with lots of cute boys in the mix! Sometimes I go for the Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot when I am looking for a book in the library but I would like to try something new in 2011. Do you know of a few good books that have romance, cute boys and are fairy tale like?

your friend,

Pity Princezz


Hello Hello Pity Princezz!

Well you know most of us girls just love a good romance and of course there has to be cute boys involved. I really love Meg Cabot too, she has so many great books and one of my favorite happens to be Avalon High which has just been made into a television show on the Disney Channel. If you are looking for some new books to read in 2011 I have a couple that I think you might just fall in love with. They are full of magic, romance and are definitely fairy tale worthy. Hope you like them as much as I do!

Happy Magical Reading!!

Mrs. Librarian Lady

My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison (Walker & Company, 2009)

Review: Not having a date for the prom can be a grim experience! After her boyfriend dumps her for her older sister, sophomore Savannah Delano wishes she could find a true prince to take her to the prom. Enter Chrissy (Chrysanthemum) Everstar: Savannah’s gum-chewing, cell phone–carrying, pink haired, sun glass wearing Fair Godmother. The funny thing is she's only a Fair Godmother because she wasn't a very good student, only a fair one. When Savannah wishes that she could have a real princely guy take her to the prom, Chrissy sends her back to the Middle Ages, first as Cinderella, then as Snow White. Then when Savannah says she wants to find a princely guy in her own time, Chrissy sends Tristan, a boy in Savannah’s class, back to the Middle Ages to turn him into a prince. Savannah feels horrible about Tristan being sent back to the Middle Ages so she goes back to help him get back home to their time. Great laughs are in store after she kisses the Black Knight, runs from a maniac goat, and beats up some robbers. Finally Savannah and Tristan must team up to defeat a troll, a dragon, and the mysterious Black Knight. A trip through time to experience life as a medieval fairy tale character is a great twist especially when it's mixed with romance and comedy.

This story is a nice twist on the old Cinderella/Fairy Godmother tale. It offers up new ideas by adding into the mixture the element of time travel. With time the travel addition, the reader is able to imagine what a real Cinderella or Snow White would have had to live like. This additive is very delightful and makes this book an extremely fun read. The ditzy Fairy Godmother is really funny and adds quite a bit of humor into the storyline.

The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2010)

Review: Elizabeth Rue gave up her shoes and has a real nose for magic. If that doesn't rhyme that's ok because there's plenty more rhymes in this magical mystery. Elizabeth is not so popular and mostly keeps to herself until her social studies professor recommends her as a page at the New York Circulating Material Repository downtown that let's borrowers check out magical objects for a short loan period. She is interested in the Grimm collection, which houses all of the magical objects that we've heard about in fairy tales. There is a dark side to working in the repository because there is a gigantic bird kidnapping pages and someone is stealing the magic from the objects in the Grimm collection. Elizabeth loves working at the repository and she gets to be very close to the gorgeous Marc Merritt, but at the same time take insults from Snow White's stepmother's mirror, which is truly not big on compliments. She has no idea who to trust and who is on her side like the elusive Aaron who just happens to show up unexpectedly almost all the time. And the cool things is that she has a real sense of smell that leads her to the magical objects she needs to help her save her friends. Shulman creates a magical world that is a step beyond the mundane and keeps the magic fresh by adding friendship, kindness, and love.

I absolutely love fairy tales and this book brought many of my favorite ones to life. I enjoyed reading this book, it keep you captivated all the way through. Elizabeth’s adventures are fun and captivating. Her friendship with Anjali, Marc, and Jaya is really nice and her uncertainty of Aaron offers an intense romance between the two. After reading this book I really wished there was such a thing as a magical material repository!