Oh, this book was so much fun. As you can tell by the title,
this is not your average book. I enjoy
fairy tale retellings, and this book was just that, but also much more.
RJ (better known as Rumple Stiltskin to the rest of us) has
recently taken over the apartment of an investigator. As such, he is mistaken
for said investigator when Asia, stepsister to Cinderella (yes, that
Cinderella) comes hoping to solve Cindi’s murder. Poor, sweet Cinderella was
recently run over by a bus, you see, in New Never City. Asia is convinced that
it was murder, and RJ, recently suspended from the Villains Union, and forced
to be nice, is compelled to help the
distressed princess. (As you can see, there’s a lot happening here.) So RJ goes
to the kingdom of Maledetto to help Asia find Cindi’s killer. In doing so he
encounters quite the cast of characters, falls for the princess, and is
constantly in danger of being murdered.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It featured some very
memorable characters, including Prince Charming, who is a closet homosexual,
and determined to marry one of the Maledetto family in order to become king.
Another great one was Dru, the other stepsister, who is cursed by having one
heck of a unibrow. My favorite though was Asia, who the reader cannot quite
figure out right until the very end.
The book reminded me of a campy, fast-paced movie, in the
vein of The Princess Bride and Robin Hood Men in Tights. The book threw
in random fairy tale characters here and there (including Cross-Stitch, Captain
Hook’s cousin) and there were lots of great one-liners as well.
This book was a mix between mystery, fantasy, and humor
(heavy on the humor), and was thoroughly enjoyable. Others like it are The Princess Bride (book) by WilliamGoldman and Werewolf Smackdown by Mario Acevedo. Both of those feature magic, humor, and a riff on a fairy tale.
~Cailey W.
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