Friday, September 13, 2013

{Audio Book Review} Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Series: Woodcutter Series #1
Publication Date: May 8th, 2012
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Narrated by: Katherin Kelgren
Duration: 7 hours 51 minutes
ISBN-13: 9780983632931
Synopsis
The child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay
This was to be Sunday's fate, to be forever blithe and good and gay. But it is a hard fate to fulfill when Sunday is the youngest in a full house and easily overlooked by her loved ones.
On a day where she was trying to get some time for herself Sunday meets a frog who asks her for stories and as a friendship is born the gate for something more opens up leading one night to a kiss.
That night the frog ceases to exist, breaking a curse while leading up to more complications and the resurface old skeletons from the proverbial closet. As things change rapidly can Sunday distinguish friend from foe?
Review
This book in a way reminds me of an infomercial with all the "but wait there’s more". The mix of ingredients make this story full, complex and really enjoyable for those who know some of the stories that surround Enchanted it enriches the story itself. From the retelling of "The frog prince", mixed with the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child", godmothers and enchantments you can't wait to see what new story will jump into the mix.
The audio book is one of those that I fell in love fast and it’s all thanks to the combination of a great story with a great narrator. Katherin Kelgren gives this story a homey fee; and the way she gives each character a unique voice helps the listener stay on track with the story.
I would recommend this book for people that like retellings, this one makes a really complex world where several of the stories we all know are interconnected in interested ways, that left me wondering what story she would add into the mix next and how it will change the story for all of us.

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6 comments:

  1. Oh I remember seeing this book over a year ago when it was about to be published. I wanted it like crazy now one year later I still haven't read it and I have it somewhere on Kindle. It happens too often. Anyhow this sounds like a really great and magical story - just the way I like them. Great review :)

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  2. I hope you do enjoy it when you get a chance to read it and that Enchanted soon gets liberated from the e-reader limbo :P

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  3. Great to hear! I might check out the audiobook now.

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  4. Oh Lil, you are so right it is like an infomercial! You made me burst out laughing with that statement...but it worked, and I enjoyed it!

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  5. hahahaha glad the infomercial reference worked for you too :D

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