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Twice Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold #2)
by
Jean Ferris
Since Queen Olympia's fateful fall into the river, newlyweds Christian and Marigold have been living happily ever after. And they had every intention of keeping it that way--until they find out that Olympia may not be as gone as they thought. Turns out Olympia is alive and well in a faraway village, having lost her memory after her ill-timed tumble. But one day she ...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
April 6th 2009
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published May 1st 2008)
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Part comedy, part tragedy, part two. A year after they started living happily ever after Queen Marigold and King Chris are at odds with each other for no reason and so are the five dogs who all want the same blue dog toy. Queen Olympia who suffered amnesia and turned into a decent person called Angela after falling in the river and being swept away at their wedding regains her memory and meaness and returns to the palace with Lazy Susan, Sleeping Beauty’s sister. Sending King Swithbert? (already...more
So, there were things that I really liked about this book, but unfortunately, one of them was not the plot. I love Jean Ferris and I love the way she writes. She has lots of little fun devices that keep you giggling the whole way, and she has a TON of great one-liners! She understands life and helps the reader to understand it better as well.
The problem is that this fun little sequel just didn't grab me. I didn't like the evil queen, didn't want her to come back, and the charac...more
The problem is that this fun little sequel just didn't grab me. I didn't like the evil queen, didn't want her to come back, and the charac...more
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I can't say how disappointed I was in this book. The one thing that caught my attention in a negative way in the first book, became the plot line for this entire sequel.
The evil mother queen, who was pitched into the river at the end of the first book, comes back to take over the kingdom of Beaurivage in the second book. Her evil aura disrupts the peaceful life there and sets everyone into plotting mode. The light-hearted themes of new love and discovery are long gone in this piece, a...more
The evil mother queen, who was pitched into the river at the end of the first book, comes back to take over the kingdom of Beaurivage in the second book. Her evil aura disrupts the peaceful life there and sets everyone into plotting mode. The light-hearted themes of new love and discovery are long gone in this piece, a...more
Is a fairtale twist kind of book. Was a good quick read with some good lesson to be learned. It is a continuing story and is best to read them in sequence because the characters are already created and established in the first and it continues from there. Lessons: bad attitudes can only hold on to us if we let them by not doing more good to counter act. We have to act to make a situation better otherwise all we are doing is whining for nothing. It is good to be seen for what we do and not for wh...more
This book, like the first, is a very cute story with a cute ending. I was really suprised when I found out that Ferris came out with a second one (mostly because I haven't visted the kid book section in FOREVER) and was super happy to start reading it, because the first book was great. I have mixed feelings about it, though.
Pros: Like I said, this book is very cute (like the first one). It's pretty much the same writing style as the first one, so it's very easy to get through. I can'...more
Pros: Like I said, this book is very cute (like the first one). It's pretty much the same writing style as the first one, so it's very easy to get through. I can'...more
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On the back book flap of this book, it says that Ferris wasn't even planning on a sequel until the huge amounts of mail she received requesting one. Bad decision. This entire sequel felt like just that, that the author had no desire to write it and it just felt forced.
The book starts off where the last one ended, which I loved by the way, with Queen Olympia being rescued from the river. A year later, her memory returns and she begins her quest to take over her previous throne. Good
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I finished the book late last night, and I still haven't entirely gathered my thoughts about it. While I really liked Jean Ferris' writing style, and while I found a lot of the things she had to say cute and uplifting, this book just really didn't measure up to the first. Both books are supposed to be light and fluffy and over-the-top, but somehow this one seemed (at times) almost shallow. I liked the idea of having a sequel (the cutie-patootie ending of Once Upon a Marigold certainly allowed fo...more
Olympia, marigold's adoptive mother has returned again. She brings this weird wave of bad luck with her. She's spoiled and has to much power. Chris, marigold, the king, and the rest of the kingdom is trying to get rid of her. This seems easy because you can just kill her but they don't want bloodshed. The king's doesn't have the guts to exile the queen. This book is a true fairytale. Sometimes there can't be a happily ever after.
This book was okay. I liked the first book better. Althought ...more
This book was okay. I liked the first book better. Althought ...more
Why is it that the sequels are never better than the first? Don't answer. I already know. The first time is always the charm, I guess. I simply LOVED the first book; it even inspired to read Ferris' other works, most of which I really liked as well.
Twice Upon a Marigold wasn't a that much of a disappointment. I liked it. I loved the references to Sleeping Beauty, and how she has a half sister called Lazy Susan. I also liked the twist on Stan Lucasa - his name actually is an anagram ...more
Twice Upon a Marigold wasn't a that much of a disappointment. I liked it. I loved the references to Sleeping Beauty, and how she has a half sister called Lazy Susan. I also liked the twist on Stan Lucasa - his name actually is an anagram ...more
Another enjoyable, quick read book. The plot gives the reader a chance to think about those evil people that mess with our lives and that we have a choice to get revenge or to move ourselves above that. I loved how Jean Ferris threw in tidbits of fairy tales.
Favorite quotes:
"No matter how good somebody else's life looks from teh outside, you can be sure there's something about it you wouldn't want to have in your own life".
"It's important to do more...more
Favorite quotes:
"No matter how good somebody else's life looks from teh outside, you can be sure there's something about it you wouldn't want to have in your own life".
"It's important to do more...more
The follow up book to Once Upon a Marigold was just as cute and fun as the first. Queen Olympia is not dead like everyone had hoped, she just had amnesia and came to after a year. Christian and Marigold are rulers of the neighboring kingdom, Zandelphia and everyone is happy. Enter the wicked, evil Queen Olympia. People and animals are fighting more and there is just unhappiness in the air. The people, including Swithbert, Ed, Magnus, Marigold and Chris, plan a rebellion and take the kingdom back...more
I did like this one, but not quite as much as the first one. It felt like the whole plot line took place in a dark dungeon ... which it pretty much did. I liked the first one, where we were introduced to lots of settings are characters. However, I loved the development with Magnus ... the relationship between Marigold and Chris, however, I found sort of lacking. It was almost a drag from fight, make-up, fight, kiss, get annoyed and get angry, get annoyed and don't act on it. I can't even remembe...more
liking it i am 3 4ths into it. it is pretty good, not as good as the first. it seems that author ran out of things to say.:(
11-14-10
SPOILER ALERT
I am on page 269 out of 297 and things are starting to rev up!!!!! King Swithbert, Magnus, and Ed were about to be hung by ROLLO!!!!! Is he betraying them?? NO he isn't. Then Chris comes in on Wendell's elephant, Hannibal. The revolt began and they won(!!!!!!), but Hannibal dropped Olympia on her head and she became...more
11-14-10
SPOILER ALERT
I am on page 269 out of 297 and things are starting to rev up!!!!! King Swithbert, Magnus, and Ed were about to be hung by ROLLO!!!!! Is he betraying them?? NO he isn't. Then Chris comes in on Wendell's elephant, Hannibal. The revolt began and they won(!!!!!!), but Hannibal dropped Olympia on her head and she became...more
Queen Olympia got shoved into a river just before she was able to do any real damage, but unfortunately, she made it through: she's just had memory loss for the past year. Once she remembers who she is, she's back to stir up all kinds of trouble--and she brings her ferret along, too.
Granted, it's been quite awhile since I read the first one--several years, in fact. However, from what I remember, it was a bit more whimsical. This one tackles slightly more serious topics (marital di...more
Granted, it's been quite awhile since I read the first one--several years, in fact. However, from what I remember, it was a bit more whimsical. This one tackles slightly more serious topics (marital di...more
I did not enjoy this book nearly as much as Once Upon a Marigold. While I found the first book to be cute and charming, I found this one to be rather ridiculous and silly. I found myself constantly irritated by a number of things and didn't feel that it was very well-written. If it wasn't such a quick read, I probably would have just given up on it altogether. Too bad the author leaves us hanging at the end of the first book and makes us feel like we need to read this one...I would have rath...more
I'm still trying to figure out what the point of this book was.
I'm a lifetime fan of the first book, Once Upon a Marigold, but I couldn't even bear to finish this one. Just because your fans write to you and ask you, "What happens next?" doesn't mean you have to write a sequel!
The plot was stupid, why bring back Olympia? Just create a new villain! No one would have subjected themselves to her when she came back! They would have just kicked her in the rear and s...more
I'm a lifetime fan of the first book, Once Upon a Marigold, but I couldn't even bear to finish this one. Just because your fans write to you and ask you, "What happens next?" doesn't mean you have to write a sequel!
The plot was stupid, why bring back Olympia? Just create a new villain! No one would have subjected themselves to her when she came back! They would have just kicked her in the rear and s...more
Pages: 297
Content: PG
Sequel to "Once Upon a Marigold>/i>
Synopsis: Queen Olympia is back, and after recovering from her memory loss she is worse than ever. She has locked up the fathers of both Marigold and Christian and she has also taken it upon herself to rewrite the constitution. What's worse is that Olympia's bad mood seems to be spreading because Christian and Marigold can't stop having disagreements.
Content: PG
Sequel to "Once Upon a Marigold>/i>
Synopsis: Queen Olympia is back, and after recovering from her memory loss she is worse than ever. She has locked up the fathers of both Marigold and Christian and she has also taken it upon herself to rewrite the constitution. What's worse is that Olympia's bad mood seems to be spreading because Christian and Marigold can't stop having disagreements.
Another cute story. I must admit that I preferred the first book. Not to say that this isn't a good book.
I think that it is more entertaining to read about falling in love rather than being in love. I think it brings back good memories for many of us.
This book is about how life is not always "happily ever after". Marigold and Chris begin to realize after a year of marriage that love isn't all "wine and roses".
There is of course the adde...more
I think that it is more entertaining to read about falling in love rather than being in love. I think it brings back good memories for many of us.
This book is about how life is not always "happily ever after". Marigold and Chris begin to realize after a year of marriage that love isn't all "wine and roses".
There is of course the adde...more
Twice Upon a Marigold was a great sequel and was really worthy of being so.I thought at first i would not remember the characters i fell in love with so long ago but i did. i remember them with hardly no difficulty at all (Jen Ferris just that good). I laughed and smiled a lot during this book. i turned the pages with the same good feeling and never found myself feeling bored at all.in fact i had only put it down twice and on the second time i did, i finished it. i do have a favorite part that s...more
This book was aimed more towards younger kids, but I having read and loved the first book really wanted to read this one. I read the first book about 4 years ago though so this book seemed kind of childish. The problem is the author waited so long to put out the next book in his series all of his fans of once upon a marigold have grown older. It really was a clever cute book though. The plot was cute and smart and in it's own little way page turning. I know if this book would've come out a year ...more
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Marigold and Christian are living out their happily ever after, but they aren't perfectly happy. Little spats and hurt feelings have started creeping in. Could Olympia's evil be influencing their lives? And what about the rumors of a woman who washed up in a village downstream not too long after their wedding? It can't be Olympia. Can it?
This was still cute, it just wasn't quite as cute as the first book. My biggest problem was just letting go and enjoying the story. As an adu...more
This was still cute, it just wasn't quite as cute as the first book. My biggest problem was just letting go and enjoying the story. As an adu...more
Jackie
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those who had read ONCE UPON A MARIGOLD
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Maddie
I bought ONCE UPON A MARIGOLD thinking that the author was the British Jean Ferris, whose work I like. But she's American...
I read the first book with my daughter and we both enjoyed it -- a light fantasy, lots of humor, minor fairy tale parodies, a cute romance. So when I saw that there was a sequel, I picked it up for my daughter. She didn't want to wait to read it together, and read it herself quickly. She recommends it, so I'm in the midst...
I found this sequel far less int...more
I read the first book with my daughter and we both enjoyed it -- a light fantasy, lots of humor, minor fairy tale parodies, a cute romance. So when I saw that there was a sequel, I picked it up for my daughter. She didn't want to wait to read it together, and read it herself quickly. She recommends it, so I'm in the midst...
I found this sequel far less int...more
Once Upon a Marigold, the awful Queen Olympia fell in the river and was rushed out of her family’s lives, much to their relief. Now though, she’s back. After spending a year with amnesia and a far more pleasant personality, she’s regained her memory and wants her kingdom back.
Christian, Marigold, and everyone else, on the other hand, are quite happy with the lives they’ve been living in their happily ever afters, and they’re ready to use any (non-lethal) means necessary to be rid of ...more
Christian, Marigold, and everyone else, on the other hand, are quite happy with the lives they’ve been living in their happily ever afters, and they’re ready to use any (non-lethal) means necessary to be rid of ...more
This book was a pretty good book in my opinion, it was very funny but kind of predictable but overall it was a good book. I gave this book three stars because the characters were very funny and had a lot of personality. I liked the fact that they weren't typical princes and princesses. I also liked that the villan was so ridiculous but at the same time it was easy to see that she was truely intent on harming the "good guys". In the end as with most fairy tales it ended with a ...more
Maybe not quite as good as the first because the world-building was one of the best parts of it and now that's done. But what impressed me was that everybody is an intelligent person capable of insight and growth. Ferris didn't resort to iconographic stereotypes. And the clever word-play and side jokes just made it so much fun. And while how they dealt with Olympia is contrived, it's utterly charming. I'm so glad to have read it, even though I generally do not like sequels and series.
The New Maria
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I was a bit dissapointed. After reading and loving the first book I expected this one to be just as good. It wasn't.
I'm a die hard romantic and was sad when this was focused much less on Chris's and Marigold's relationship. It also wasn't that much of a thriller, totally predictable. I also hated how the moral of the book was stated right inside of it . There was no guessing upon the moral, no it was clearly written down for you. Much too obvious for my liking.
I'm a die hard romantic and was sad when this was focused much less on Chris's and Marigold's relationship. It also wasn't that much of a thriller, totally predictable. I also hated how the moral of the book was stated right inside of it . There was no guessing upon the moral, no it was clearly written down for you. Much too obvious for my liking.
I read this aloud to my 8-year-old daughter, so I let her rate it. And any book with a princess in it will automatically rate high with her. But this was definitely an enjoyable read, being the sequel to Once Upon a Marigold. Some new characters are added - which adds to the fun - such as Lazy Susan, half-sister to Sleeping Beauty. Of course, the evil Olympia is back and no longer an amnesiac, and wants the throne all to herself. The story contains light-hearted humor but some good life les...more
It was cute, if someone was in need of a book for young girls with a lot of morals in it, this would be a winner. Part of me left like it was a little much to have this second book, but it wasn't really just gold digging. I had a hard time remembering what plot happened in book 1, and what plot didn't happen, but did happen in Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale. My brain was throughly confused for quite a lot of the plot, because Goose Girl and Once upon a Marigold had melded in my mind to form one boo...more
I really liked this book, but compared to the first one, I felt like it was lacking. The first one was so funny and original and light-heartedly fun. This one wasn't quite as original, and there was a certain hollowness in the plot that kind of bugged me. I felt like it was pretty much a repeat of the first book with a lot more dungeon time. However, I love Jean Ferris' characters, and I wasn't disappointed with the ones in this book. I loved the whole Santa Clause twist, too, and I like th...more
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“And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.”
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“I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. We all get cranky, or impatient, or worried, or careless enough to do or say things that hurt someone else. Like it or not, that's normal. We can't blame it all on Olympia's bad energy. The important part is that we feel sorry about what we've done and make up for it. That's something Olympia never did.”
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