Showing posts with label Alex Flinn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex Flinn. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

In My Bookbag (9, 10, 11, 12)...

STILL CATCHING UP!!!!

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by
The Story Siren. Every week you are to share the books you received that week. It could either be ones you bought, or gotten at the library, and ones that you'd receive to review on the blog. I am calling it 'In My Bookbag' because I am always taking books out of the library!

Bewitching by Alex Flinn

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Goddess Interrupted by Aimée Carter

Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Cloaked...

I'm not your average hero. I actually wasn't your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help his mom make ends meet. But a little magic changed it all.

It all started with a curse. And a frognapping. And one hot-looking princess, who asked me to lead a rescue mission.

There wasn't a fairy godmother or any of that. And even though I fell in love along the way, what happened to me is unlike any fairy tale I've ever heard. Before I knew it, I was spying with a flock of enchanted swans, talking (yes, talking!) to a fox named Todd, and nearly trampled by giants in the Everglades.

Don't believe me? I didn't believe it either. But you'll see. Because I knew it all was true, the second I got cloaked.



Alex Flinn never disappoints!!!

Cloaked is mainly a retelling of "The Princess and the Frog." But there is a special appearance by "The Elves and the Shoemaker." This is the other HUGE part of the plot. Other fairy tales that are in it...
1)"The Six Swans"
2)"The Golden Bird"
3)"The Valiant Tailor" (Disney has a version with Mickey - "The Brave Little Tailor.")
4)"The Salad" (A tale about an old woman that gives a magical cloak in exchange for his kindness.)
5)"The Fisherman and His Wife"

This story has elements from all these stories to make a beautiful, perfect story. This story is now just one of my favorite "Happily-Ever-After" stories!