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Desperately Ever After
by Laura Kenyon
Years after turning her husband from beast back to man and becoming his queen, Belle finds out she’s finally going to have a child. But before she can announce the wondrous news, she catches him cheating and watches her “happily ever after” go up in flames. Turning to her friends for the strength to land with grace, she realizes she’s not the only one at a crossroads:
Cinderella, a mother of four drowning in royal duties, is facing her 30th birthday and questioning everything she’s done (or hasn’t) with her life.
Rapunzel, a sex-crazed socialite and one-woman powerhouse, is on a self-destructive quest to make up for 20 years locked away in a tower.
Penelopea, an outsider with a mother-in-law from hell, is harboring a secret that could ruin everything at any moment.
My thoughts:
Fairy tales being retold in an adult way is something that I have really enjoyed. Desperately Ever After starts a little slow with Belle’s story. I found myself putting it down and walking away to do something else, but still getting pulled back having to know what happens with Belle and the rest of the characters in their “happy ever after” life. The fact that the princesses all lived in their own realms, yet managed to keep up their friendship and support, was a huge plus for me. I loved that this was not the story of just one of the princesses, it is a story of all the well known princesses from the stories I loved growing up.
Desperately Ever After gives a different view to the lives of princesses and the kingdoms they live in. It is an easy and light read that I will certainly recommend to other fairytale lovers.
Cinderella, a mother of four drowning in royal duties, is facing her 30th birthday and questioning everything she’s done (or hasn’t) with her life.
Rapunzel, a sex-crazed socialite and one-woman powerhouse, is on a self-destructive quest to make up for 20 years locked away in a tower.
Penelopea, an outsider with a mother-in-law from hell, is harboring a secret that could ruin everything at any moment.
My thoughts:
Fairy tales being retold in an adult way is something that I have really enjoyed. Desperately Ever After starts a little slow with Belle’s story. I found myself putting it down and walking away to do something else, but still getting pulled back having to know what happens with Belle and the rest of the characters in their “happy ever after” life. The fact that the princesses all lived in their own realms, yet managed to keep up their friendship and support, was a huge plus for me. I loved that this was not the story of just one of the princesses, it is a story of all the well known princesses from the stories I loved growing up.
Desperately Ever After gives a different view to the lives of princesses and the kingdoms they live in. It is an easy and light read that I will certainly recommend to other fairytale lovers.