A captivating and witty dark fantasy that will have girls lusting after it.
Morgan Sparks has always known that she and her boyfriend... read full description
Morgan Sparks has always known that she and her boyfriend... read full description
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Sep 06, 2011
Cara
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Oddly surprising, and I'm still debating if that is necessarily good or bad. I'm leaning towards good though.
Morgan and Cam have been together basically their whole lives. They live next door to each and even share the same birthday. All feels right in Morgan's world. She helps people by being able to foresee the future, but as any gift it has its limits and sometimes causes people some pain, herself included. Her boyfriend is the star quarter-back of the football team, and right now More...
Morgan and Cam have been together basically their whole lives. They live next door to each and even share the same birthday. All feels right in Morgan's world. She helps people by being able to foresee the future, but as any gift it has its limits and sometimes causes people some pain, herself included. Her boyfriend is the star quarter-back of the football team, and right now More...
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Feb 27, 2011
Fairy Tale is Cyn Balog's debut novel. I must admit that I loved the original title Fairy Lust, but novel was fantastic no matter the title. I'm a huge fan on the fairy/fae genre, so I'm always on the lookout for fairy related literature. Fairy Tale is in the lighter side of the genre compared to say the darker content of Melissa Marr & Holly Black. I'd group Fairy Tale with Wondrous Strange by Lelsey Livingston and Lament by Maggie Stiefvater.
This novel was addicting. I absolutely l More...
This novel was addicting. I absolutely l More...
Dec 13, 2008
Karin
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Morgan and Cam have always been together. Their fun and easy friendship naturally transitioned into a comfortable and loving relationship. Everything is perfect. They seem to be a match made in heaven. They even share the same birthday and Morgan and Cam have been planning a big sweet sixteen-birthday bash for months.
A week before the big event things start to change. A stranger named Pip moves in with Cam and there seems to be secrets surrounding the reason for his appearance. More...
A week before the big event things start to change. A stranger named Pip moves in with Cam and there seems to be secrets surrounding the reason for his appearance. More...
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Feb 14, 2009
Yan
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Summary: Morgan and Cameron have been together since birth. But a week before their joint birthdays, Cam’s “cousin” Pip appears out of nowhere. To add fuel to the fire, he’s here to take Cam’s place in the life. Why? Because for Cam’s 16th birthday his present is to take over the throne as Fairy King. Slowly Cam transforms into a winged fairy and Pip is turning, well hot. With the help of Dawn, Cam’s guide to the other world but also his betrothed, he learns to accept his destiny. But where does
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Jan 08, 2010
Annalisa
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Most ya fiction captures the deep emotion of teenage life without the drama queen narcissism. This book is not one of them. If you can imagine a gaggle of self-absorbed girls jabbering away in high-pitched squeal, you'd have a good grasp on the voice. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me. By the end of the first chapter I was ready to gag and chapters two and three were even worse. I nearly gave up at that point; it's hard to read a book in a POV you cannot relate to. Fortunately, there is some
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Nov 07, 2011
Cyn Balog wrote, posted and eventually deleted the following morsel from her blog:
"Hi, there! I posted on twitter something that went a little like this: "PSA to aspiring authors: Do not rate books on review sites unless 1)the author is dead or 2)you like things to come back to bite you in the ass".More...
I got a lot of comments for that one. People asked, "Positive reviews?" and to that I say, well, positive reviews are okay, but DO NOT RATE THE BOOK. I
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Apr 05, 2009
J.E.
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Fairy Tale is a quick read mainly because it's a page turner!
You quickly fall into the story of Morgan and Cam, and by the time you meet Pip and Dawn you're completely caught up in their world.
To me Fairy Tale is an unexpected story, lighter and funnier and quite different from the darker tales about fairies also on the market right now. The writing is clever, the story is original and intriguing and has unexpected twists that keep you reading to the end. It has all the More...
You quickly fall into the story of Morgan and Cam, and by the time you meet Pip and Dawn you're completely caught up in their world.
To me Fairy Tale is an unexpected story, lighter and funnier and quite different from the darker tales about fairies also on the market right now. The writing is clever, the story is original and intriguing and has unexpected twists that keep you reading to the end. It has all the More...
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Aug 06, 2008
Mandy
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Whether you read fantasy or not, you'll want to read this book-- FAIRY TALE is about a girl who thinks her boyfriend is turning into a fairy.
Seriously. A Fairy.
But it's not so funny when Morgan realizes that her soul-mate, Cam, is going to leave her forever in order to return to the fairy world. How can she get him to stay? How far will she go for true love?
This one will keep you glued to the pages and guessing until the very end. Well-written, funny, and tou
Seriously. A Fairy.
But it's not so funny when Morgan realizes that her soul-mate, Cam, is going to leave her forever in order to return to the fairy world. How can she get him to stay? How far will she go for true love?
This one will keep you glued to the pages and guessing until the very end. Well-written, funny, and tou
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Aug 15, 2009
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If I had to describe FAIRY TALE in one word, I'd probably say amazing or unbelievable or stunning, because that's what I'm constantly thinking about it.
FAIRY TALE is about Morgan and Cam. They've been best friends and in love with each other their whole lives. Then, almost suddenly, everything changes. Cam is distant and losing his energy. When Morgan has just about had enough, because she loves him too much and wants to help him get through whatever his problem is, he tells her. Or More...
FAIRY TALE is about Morgan and Cam. They've been best friends and in love with each other their whole lives. Then, almost suddenly, everything changes. Cam is distant and losing his energy. When Morgan has just about had enough, because she loves him too much and wants to help him get through whatever his problem is, he tells her. Or More...
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Nov 09, 2010
Princess Bookie
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My Thoughts: Hmm, how shall I start this review? I really wanted to love this. I had been looking forward to it for a long time. It just lingered on my TBR and finally made its way to the top. I started off not knowing what to expect. By about 40 pages in, I almost stopped. We are introduced to Morgan and Cam who have been together since they were kids. Heck, they wore in diapers together. They have always known each other and known they would end up together. Morgan is a little bit of a psychi
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Jul 13, 2009
Karina
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Aug 25, 2011
Jacqueline
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This novel is sweet, enchanting, and puts a unique twist on the young adult love story. However, what really makes this one standout for me is Cyn Balog's great sense of humor.
Morgan is a pretty typical teenager, if you ignore the facts that she has psychic abilities and a rare bond with her neighbor, best friend, and boyfriend, Cameron. It's her intelligence and wit though that make her such fun character to experience the story through. Her observant and dry commentary is what prop More...
Morgan is a pretty typical teenager, if you ignore the facts that she has psychic abilities and a rare bond with her neighbor, best friend, and boyfriend, Cameron. It's her intelligence and wit though that make her such fun character to experience the story through. Her observant and dry commentary is what prop More...
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Jul 07, 2010
Teen
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This book just makes you feel warm and fuzzy after reading it. At times you laugh out loud and at other times you'll be biting your nails. The story could be a little to perfect for some, but I like happy endings and fairy tales.
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Sorry, but I had to offer a counter-point…It was a fairly enjoyable read, but I had problems with some aspects of the main character, mainly her willingness to let someone suffer a horrible fate so she could keep her boyfriend. There was never really More...
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Sorry, but I had to offer a counter-point…It was a fairly enjoyable read, but I had problems with some aspects of the main character, mainly her willingness to let someone suffer a horrible fate so she could keep her boyfriend. There was never really More...
Aug 08, 2009
Crystal
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This book was just ok for me. It was a quick read and kept me interested but I never felt connected to the characters. Even though I understood why Morgan chose her path I think she flip flopped to fast. The ending felt rushed IMO. I have so many questions and from what I read on the authors website she is not planning a sequel so I fear they will never be answered. I don't think this book should be classified as "fairy" since you really don't get to see into that world very much.
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Jul 31, 2009
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Mar 10, 2009
Angela
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Jan 09, 2010
Shannon
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This book was horrible. The main character had every bad female characteristic I could possibly imagine; it actually made me angry. She was sarcastic, selfish, and a cry baby. The only reason I finished the book was that I was praying she would redeem herself in the end and make me feel better. Actually, it only got worse. The only good thing associated with this book was that my 13 year old daughter, who was reading it at the same time as me, hated her even more (if that is possible) and could
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Apr 13, 2009
Stacey
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I was taken off guard a bit at the love triangle-ness of this book, but in the end really really enjoyed it. I don't think I gave it 5 stars because it didn't wow me, but it was awfully close. 4 1/2 I'd say. I was happy with the way it ended. It was what I was rooting for all along.
Now I want to know what happens to the characters after this whole thing!
One thing I am wondering about is the title. For those of you who don't know it has changed. I for one really More...
Now I want to know what happens to the characters after this whole thing!
One thing I am wondering about is the title. For those of you who don't know it has changed. I for one really More...
Nov 29, 2011
Michelle
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Cam and Morgan were born on the same day and grew up next door to each other, so maybe it was inevitable that they would fall in love. But a few weeks before their sixteenth birthday party Cam begins to act strangely and weird new boy comes to stay with him. Pip doesn't fit in, but Morgan takes pity on him and helps him out at school. Then she realizes that Pip knows what is going on with Cam. She finally gets them to confess and is stunned to discover that Cam is actually a changeling left
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Nov 07, 2011
Kate Strawberry
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While this book was unusual, I wasn't sure it actually had a point. It's not exactly that things happened for no reason; I just didn't entirely feel that the story itself had a reason. Normally books like this one will have themes of sacrifice or love or making difficult choices. The theme of Fairy Tale seemed to be something like "high school relationships are fickle." Which is true but not really something to base a story on. I'm ironically flailing around here for a way to describe
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Jan 04, 2012
Shweta's Book Journal
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I happened to come across this book when I was browsing through the book store with no intention of buying anything ( read it as book buying ban ) but the cover and the dust jacket summary made me want to read it.
The ease with which Cyn Balog made us a part of Morgan's world was the first thing I noticed in this book. Morgan is the narrator but I think I have seen better narrators than her. She was sweet, very much in love with Cam and totally confident of her psychic abilities but she More...
The ease with which Cyn Balog made us a part of Morgan's world was the first thing I noticed in this book. Morgan is the narrator but I think I have seen better narrators than her. She was sweet, very much in love with Cam and totally confident of her psychic abilities but she More...
Dec 27, 2011
Tinakim
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I read this book a while ago, and let's just say that it was one of the most disappointing books I have read in my entire life (yes, because even children picture books are better then this).
Spoiler, read at your own risk:
The book is about a pair of neighbors who have been with each other their entire lives. Morgan, the female protagonist claims that Cam is her love throughout the entire thing. Yet her love for him seems so superficial. Did she really love him? Or was i More...
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The book is about a pair of neighbors who have been with each other their entire lives. Morgan, the female protagonist claims that Cam is her love throughout the entire thing. Yet her love for him seems so superficial. Did she really love him? Or was i More...
Dec 14, 2011
Liyana
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Fairy Tale was a light read. Unique, it was somehow more realistic for me. This is due to one factor: when Cam changes into a fairy, he shrinks. I like reading everyone's perceptions of fairies but this is the one form that strikes with me. Cam's transformation from a human teen to a fairy king is barely noticeable. Other than one part about his commaniding gaze and the fact that he orders Dawn (his advisor/future wife) around, he's still the same lovable Cam.
Morgan, as a narrator, was More...
Morgan, as a narrator, was More...
Nov 17, 2011
Mary
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I've never read fairy stories before, unless you count The Mortal Instruments in which fairies don't appear much. This is the first book that the fey were the main characters. I liked the book. I liked Morgan's wit and humor. Chick Lit combined with stories of the fey.
I cried in the end of the book, when Cam left something for Morgan and she still remembers, even though it's a distant memory. I liked how Pip's and Cam's character changed throughout the story. I felt the transitioning p More...
I cried in the end of the book, when Cam left something for Morgan and she still remembers, even though it's a distant memory. I liked how Pip's and Cam's character changed throughout the story. I felt the transitioning p More...
Sep 22, 2011
Stacey
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I really enjoyed this book! It started and ended with one book! Authors don't do that to much even though I would love. Book 2 where book 1 left off, don't want to spoil the book for everyone. Morgan our main female character is dating and has been dating Cam since there were 5, they are the perfect couple. He is star quarterback for the high school and she is always in the stands watching. Then a week before their 16 birthdays (they have the same birthday) Cam turns distance and almost sic
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Jul 02, 2011
Fairy Tale is Cyn Balog’s first novel.
Morgan Sparks is a sophomore and goes to Stevens High. She is a psychic and often tells people at her school what will happen later on in their life when they ask. Her boyfriend, Cameron Brown, is a quarterback that seems to have a bright future in football, but in the last game, he confides in Morgan that he blacked out right before the game was over. She can tell he is stressed, so she decides to try to see what Cam’s future will be. What s More...
Morgan Sparks is a sophomore and goes to Stevens High. She is a psychic and often tells people at her school what will happen later on in their life when they ask. Her boyfriend, Cameron Brown, is a quarterback that seems to have a bright future in football, but in the last game, he confides in Morgan that he blacked out right before the game was over. She can tell he is stressed, so she decides to try to see what Cam’s future will be. What s More...
Apr 16, 2011
Annie
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This novel is completely addicting. I brought it to school today and was reading it hidden under my desk all day. I had to know what happened.
I loved the fact that the book was written from the human's point of view. Morgan is seeing the change but not actually experiencing it. I'm surprised that Morgan being psychic isn't talked about in the blurb. Especially because she bases a lot of what she thinks on what she sees in her visions. Morgan's character is also very captivating a More...
I loved the fact that the book was written from the human's point of view. Morgan is seeing the change but not actually experiencing it. I'm surprised that Morgan being psychic isn't talked about in the blurb. Especially because she bases a lot of what she thinks on what she sees in her visions. Morgan's character is also very captivating a More...
Mar 23, 2011
Rachel
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I have read dark and tortured fairy stories, evil pixie stories, misunderstood fairy stories, and fairies as plants stories. I've loved them all. But Cyn Balog's version, FAIRY TALE, was so beautifully different that I now have a new favorite.
FAIRY TALE was Ms. Balog's debut, and finaled for the Romance Writer's Association of America's RITA Award in 2010. Heck of a way to begin her writing career! The story takes place in an average American neighborhood, with your averag More...
FAIRY TALE was Ms. Balog's debut, and finaled for the Romance Writer's Association of America's RITA Award in 2010. Heck of a way to begin her writing career! The story takes place in an average American neighborhood, with your averag More...
Mar 07, 2011
Cheryl
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1.5 stars
Maybe it is the short length, of this novel, maybe Cyn Balog just didn't give her characters enough time to develop and grow, no matter the reason I thought this book was terrible.
Morgan and Cam have know each other their entire lives. They have grown up living next door to each other, and have fallen in love. One day Cam's cousin Pip shows up and changes their world forever. Turns out Cam is heir to the Fairy throne in Otherworld, and he must leave Morgan's world, More...
Maybe it is the short length, of this novel, maybe Cyn Balog just didn't give her characters enough time to develop and grow, no matter the reason I thought this book was terrible.
Morgan and Cam have know each other their entire lives. They have grown up living next door to each other, and have fallen in love. One day Cam's cousin Pip shows up and changes their world forever. Turns out Cam is heir to the Fairy throne in Otherworld, and he must leave Morgan's world, More...
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Feb 05, 2011
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Review by Andrea @ Reading Lark
What would you do if you woke up one morning and your perfect life was starting to unravel? Everything that you thought would always be a constant is ripped away from you in a single instant. This is exactly what happens to Morgan Sparks on the eve of her 16th birthday. She thinks this is supposed to be a magical day and in truth it will be, but not in the way she wants because Morgan finds out that her long time boyfriend, Cam, is a fairy king. Morgan More...
What would you do if you woke up one morning and your perfect life was starting to unravel? Everything that you thought would always be a constant is ripped away from you in a single instant. This is exactly what happens to Morgan Sparks on the eve of her 16th birthday. She thinks this is supposed to be a magical day and in truth it will be, but not in the way she wants because Morgan finds out that her long time boyfriend, Cam, is a fairy king. Morgan More...
