Spelled


Spelled

Author: Betsy Schow
Publication Date: June 2, 2015
Source: Netgalley
Summary from Goodreads: Fairy Tale Survival Rule #32: If you find yourself at the mercy of a wicked witch, sing a romantic ballad and wait for your Prince Charming to save the day.Yeah, no thanks. Dorthea is completely princed out. Sure being the crown princess of Emerald has its perks—like Glenda Original ball gowns and Hans Christian Louboutin heels. But a forced marriage to the brooding prince Kato is so not what Dorthea had in mind for her enchanted future.
Talk about unhappily ever after.
Trying to fix her prince problem by wishing on a (cursed) star royally backfires, leaving the kingdom in chaos and her parents stuck in some place called "Kansas." Now it's up to Dorthea and her pixed off prince to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz and undo the curse...before it releases the wickedest witch of all and spells The End for the world of Story.




Rating: Did Not Finish

Review
The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie (I mean, my blog is named after it), so of course when I saw this on Netgalley with its fabulous cover and summary, I had to have it.

Unfortunately, this book was entirely too cheesy for me. The writing style was elementary and the cliche puns were cute at first and then annoying. There are so many fairy tale references jam packed and it was overpowering. With the high level of cuteness, think this book would be great for a young audience, but unfortunately it just wasn't for me.

4 comments:

  1. I'm sorry to see that you DNFed this one because it was too cheesy. :/ Everyone seems to really look forward to reading this one! I may still give it a read though.
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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    1. no worries, I can easily see how a certain audience would enjoy it and I hope you get to give it a try.

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  2. Once again I'm so glad to see that you were unable to finish another book I couldn't! I loved Dorothy Must Die, and so thought I'd love this retelling, but no, I didn't like it at all, and you are so right about the cheesiness! yay! Feeling so vindicated after checking your blog out today. :-)

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    1. I was almost scared to start Dorothy Must Die because of this book, I'm glad to know you loved it and had similar feelings about Spelled

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