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A review by calistareads
Dangerously Ever After by Dashka Slater
4.0
This story was a pleasure to read. The fanciful artwork delights the eye and the princess and her dangerous garden are interesting.
The princess's hair is done up in a do that looks like a scorpion tail. She loves dangerous things like plants with spikes and terrible smells and walking blindfolded at the edge of the moat. There is a line later where she is on her own away from her castle where she says that she loves dangerous things when she knows her home is safe. It's a great idea and part of growing up.
She meets a prince who is normal and that bores her, but after hurting one of her grenade plants he brings her roses. She doesn't like the smell, but she loves their thorns. She has the prince send her some seeds and they turn out to be these weird flowers that are noses and they don't like bad smells, so they have allergies at the princesses.
I love the imagination of flowers that are noses. There are wonderful ideas in this twisted little story. There is a love story, but its between the nose flowers and the roses, funnily enough, which that twist makes me happy.
This has all the elements of a known fairytale, but they are all twisted and given a big spiced dose of girl power. I had fun reading this and do think it will be enjoyed by kids.
The princess's hair is done up in a do that looks like a scorpion tail. She loves dangerous things like plants with spikes and terrible smells and walking blindfolded at the edge of the moat. There is a line later where she is on her own away from her castle where she says that she loves dangerous things when she knows her home is safe. It's a great idea and part of growing up.
She meets a prince who is normal and that bores her, but after hurting one of her grenade plants he brings her roses. She doesn't like the smell, but she loves their thorns. She has the prince send her some seeds and they turn out to be these weird flowers that are noses and they don't like bad smells, so they have allergies at the princesses.
I love the imagination of flowers that are noses. There are wonderful ideas in this twisted little story. There is a love story, but its between the nose flowers and the roses, funnily enough, which that twist makes me happy.
This has all the elements of a known fairytale, but they are all twisted and given a big spiced dose of girl power. I had fun reading this and do think it will be enjoyed by kids.