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Charming
by Jade Linwood
This is a campy fairy tail retelling mashup where Prince Charming is a con man. It reminds me of Flynn Ryder from Disney's Tangled if he never got his redemption arc.
This started out pretty funny and campy. I enjoy the idea of Prince Charming out there swindling princesses into marriage only to leave them jilted at the alter while he runs off with their fortunes.
However, I never felt like my interest ever moved past that initial concept. I found each princess had a very mediocre backstory, and I didn't care at all that they'd gotten duped. It would have been nice if the duping was even just a little funny, but not even that. So when they plotted their revenge, I was just very uninvested.
It wasn't bad persé, it unfortunately didn't catch my interest either.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to review this advanced copy.
This started out pretty funny and campy. I enjoy the idea of Prince Charming out there swindling princesses into marriage only to leave them jilted at the alter while he runs off with their fortunes.
However, I never felt like my interest ever moved past that initial concept. I found each princess had a very mediocre backstory, and I didn't care at all that they'd gotten duped. It would have been nice if the duping was even just a little funny, but not even that. So when they plotted their revenge, I was just very uninvested.
It wasn't bad persé, it unfortunately didn't catch my interest either.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to review this advanced copy.