I love how Alethea continues to include pieces and references to other fairy tales. I loved the plot! It was unexpected in many ways and entertaining. Did romance have to be a part of the adventure? It just seemed so unnecessary and distracting. Kissing had no place there.Īnd yet, Saturday couldn’t bring to mind a tale about Jack in which he’s banished evil or bested a beast without winning the heart of some girl in the end. So far, that life had been full of swords and witches and life-or-death decisions. She had only just begun to live her life outside the towerhouse. Love and marriage and family would mean the end of her adventuring. To Saturday, falling in love was a nonsense never hoped for. The interactions between these two were fabulous! I loved how Saturday didn’t want anything to do with him and how he got under her skin. He has a role he must play and he is willing to do it in order to survive. I also really loved Peregrine! He is a little awkward under the circumstances in some ways, although he has become used to his skin after wearing it for so long. She finds out that she is much more than she thought she was.

I loved that she isn’t dramatic, but rather sarcastic. She’s not sure how she fits in this new world and she’s tired of being treated as the little sister.

Her life drastically changed after her sister saved the kingdom in the last book. Saturday is such a great character! She is struggling with figuring out her place in the world and who exactly she is. This story is really all about Saturday, as it should be. Most of the times when they appeared in the story were for very short periods of time, but Alethea did such a great job in conveying each of their characters really well in those small moments. Even though I didn’t remember specifics, I didn’t mind because I enjoyed getting to know them again. We see or hear about all of them at one point or another.

It took me a little bit to remember who each of Saturday’s sisters and brothers were. Of course, that just means I am highly anticipating the next book even more.

It is a little more serious and the ending was more open. I do have to say that this second book definitely has a different feel to it than the first one did. I was definitely ready to hang out with the Woodcutter family again in Hero. I fell in love with Enchanted, the first book in this series, last year. I love them as originals and retellings in just about every setting, as long as they’re written well, of course.

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