#lauramorrison

Entertaining satire of high-fantasy and fairy tale novels. Our protagonist, Julianna, is an unloveable, soulless (literally) and exiled princess with a sarcastic demeanor—the opposite of what a “good” princess should be. She has as retinue consisting of a ghosts and guardians and they go on a quest to find a prince that can break her curse (but she doesn’t want it broken). All standard parts of the fairy tale canon. Throw in an evil wizard with dashing good looks, sprinkle in some women’s rights movements, pirates, and you have the Chronicles of Fritillary.

The omniscient narrator has a quick, dry humor reminiscent of Good Omens but alas not as funny. His humor and the characters were often very similar so it was hard to discern who was speaking.

I would recommend this for fans of Shrek and Disenchantment who are looking for a nonstandard adventure.

3 stars for How to Break an Evil Curse

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Susan