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A review by rjlee89
Saving Fable by Scott Reintgen
5.0
Ooo this was so unexpectedly good! I absolutely loved the premise - the world of Imagination and the Real World - and how it played out was so original and creative! Basically, the world of Imagination has all the characters for every story for the Authors in the Real World. But, the characters have to go to school with majors and minors (protagonists go to Fable and antagonists to Fester). In this story, the focus is on protagonists, the popular ones, and side characters, the less popular (and the cameos are even less so), but the worst fate is to be an "unfinished character". Their mentor/guidance counselors are the "brainstorms". Like I said, SUCH a cool premise.
We get to follow Indira Story as she works to get into Fable, gets into Protagonist Prep, adopts a family (which was ALSO neat, since the FAMILY is also separating auditioning to be part of a story too), makes friends, and uncovers a dark plot/global threat (where are the Editors and Grammar Police?! Haha).
I highly recommend this story and am excited to read the sequel. I also appreciated the author's encouragement in the acknowledgements after the story - the importance of being the protagonist of your own story, while also being the best side character in others stories, while also appreciating the side characters in your own. So good. So true.
We get to follow Indira Story as she works to get into Fable, gets into Protagonist Prep, adopts a family (which was ALSO neat, since the FAMILY is also separating auditioning to be part of a story too), makes friends, and uncovers a dark plot/global threat (where are the Editors and Grammar Police?! Haha).
I highly recommend this story and am excited to read the sequel. I also appreciated the author's encouragement in the acknowledgements after the story - the importance of being the protagonist of your own story, while also being the best side character in others stories, while also appreciating the side characters in your own. So good. So true.