Characters who don’t live a heroic story become forgotten and fade from memory and existence. The story definitely takes on a “life is what you make it” kind of attitude, but also emphasizes the value of heroism and good deeds. The Storymaker has the ability to write stories, but he’s not a purely benevolent force. Rexi swears in fairytale words, shouting things like, “Spell no,” or “Glam it.” I think it would appeal to fans of the School for Good and Evilbooks, too. There were moments I was like, okay, does Rexi actually like anything? But ultimately her deep desire to be wanted, to be valued by others and even loved totally won me over.įans looking for something a little older than the Ever After High books, but with much the same twisty-but-silly fairytale quality should definitely give this a read. The whole story has a pretty snarky voice, which sometimes grated on my nerves. Rexi’s just-roll-with-it attitude made some of these unexpected shifts pretty funny. Instead of a gorgeous mirror mounted on the wall, the magic mirror has become a compact whose rhyme is broken. I also really loved the whole mixed up fairytale situation in Wanted.
They were very tongue-in-cheek references to fairytale stories and characters. I think the best part about this book, for me, were the quotes opening each chapter. Rexi vows to do whatever it takes to break the curse that binds her to chipper princess Dorthea and rewrite her own story, to become a hero. But all that has to change now that Rexi is faced with becoming Forgotten, erased from Story forever. That’s sort of the problem, though: no matter what Rexi does, everything ends up an even bigger mess. Rexi, Robin Hood’s daughter, scrambles to make amends for accidentally releasing the wicked witch from her prison and mucking up everyone’s happily ever after. Available FebruAmazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads
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