Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Review: Crimson in the Very Wrong Fairy Tale


Title - Crimson in the Very Wrong Fairy Tale

Author - Liz Jasper
Genre - Urban Fantasy
Series or Standalone - possible series (I Hope)
Published - August 1st 2012
3.5-4 out of 5



Synopsis



From the award-winning author of the Underdead books...

Crimson has a strategy for surviving high school. Blend in. Don't cause trouble.
It works pretty well—until her sixteenth birthday when her long-lost father shows up and all hell breaks loose.
Literally.
It turns out that he is a demon king, which makes Crimson…a princess. Of Darkness.

Her castle is a sulfur-reeking cavern underground. Her Princess Training has nothing to do with tea and crumpets. Prince Charming isn't rushing in to save her. And, to top it off, she still has to go to high school. 

She can't tell anyone the truth, not even her best friends. To survive, she will have to risk everything and use a cunning she didn't know she possessed. And even then there's no guarantee she or anyone she cares about will be alive tomorrow—for neither Hell nor high school comes with a manual.


Sentence Teaser


It started innocently enough. 



Review


I received this book in return for a honest review from the author. The book starts off right before Crimson is about to turn sixteen and her mother is acting weirder than normal. Suddenly all the house is covered in crystals. Crimson has no idea why her mom is acting strange until the night of her sweet sixteen party where they are attacked by two henchmen and a dark stranger who sends her mother away and takes her to another world. A world where Crimson learns she is a Princess but instead of flowers and unicorns she's a princess in line to the devil himself. 

Crimson has to deal with her evil cousin and his parents taking over her training to be a Princess of Darkness while her dad sits by and watches. As she learns more about what is to be expected of her, training to use her fire magic and learning more about her mother. She can't tell her best friends Hayley or Todd about what's going on for fear that her cousin will burn them up.  Crimson's world is quickly turning full of secrets, and hopefully she will survive what her family has in store. 

For the most part I enjoyed the story, it's started a little slow, but once I got into it I had to finish it this afternoon. I liked Crimson she's a smart girl when things got bad she kept it together and I like that. I liked the character development I had a good idea who everyone was, and I liked the concept for the story. I liked that the story had twists I didn't see coming I always like to be fooled. Overall it's a good book, I had a few moments that I was a little nervous but it worked out so I found it enjoyable. I really hope that we see a second one because I want to know what happened next.


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