Cinderella's Prince Charming is divorced and at a dead-end. The new owner of a bookstore, Charming has given up on women, royalty, and anything th...
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May 19, 2011
Melindeeloo
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Many years after the happily ever afters in their stories, Snow White's 'wicked' step-mother, Mellie, is trying to change things for others who have received the same bad rep she's been saddled with and Prince Charming, now known as Dave Encanto, is struggling on after his divorced from Ella.
I really enjoyed this offbeat tale of two middlish aged faery tale characters who are living in our world. There are parts early in the story that are a bit bogged down by Mellie's angst and her More...
I really enjoyed this offbeat tale of two middlish aged faery tale characters who are living in our world. There are parts early in the story that are a bit bogged down by Mellie's angst and her More...
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Feb 17, 2012
Andrea
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This was among a bunch of free Kindle books that I downloaded awhile back. I was a bit surprised when I noticed it in my Kindle library (the cover is . . . well, not the kind of book I would typically read). I hesitated deleting it right off because I was pretty sure the site that recommended it was a site of a lady with high morals. So, I looked up what it was about.
A modern day story that tells about the people who our Fairy Tales are based upon. They lived in another kingdom(/world) More...
A modern day story that tells about the people who our Fairy Tales are based upon. They lived in another kingdom(/world) More...
Dec 15, 2011
Jaimey
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Oh my. I seriously didn't expect to enjoy this story but lately, I've been interested in fairy tale retellings. This one was hard to put down (even while using Kindle for PC) and made me laugh quite a bit. I really enjoyed Ms Grayson's style, even with the multiple "brackets-within-parentheses" in the story. I loved the characters even when I wanted to slap them all, just to wake them up a little. I loved the feel-good quality of the story. It left me with a happy sigh. There were typo
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Jun 06, 2011
Amy
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I am a huge fan of fairy tale remakes and was excited to jump into the story of Prince Charming and The Evil Stepmother. Who would think that Cinderella would get rid of that handsome Prince and that The Evil Stepmother actually had a decent bone in her old body?
If you are looking for some sexy and steamy scenes, then look elsewhere. There isn't much in the steamy department. While I enjoyed the attempt of creating a new fairy tale long after the original ended, I wasn't a huge fa More...
If you are looking for some sexy and steamy scenes, then look elsewhere. There isn't much in the steamy department. While I enjoyed the attempt of creating a new fairy tale long after the original ended, I wasn't a huge fa More...
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Jun 01, 2011
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Wickedly Charming by Kristine Grayson
Contemporary Fantasy Romance - May 1st, 2011
3 ½ Stars
Wickedly Charming is a new take on the traditional fairy tale stories. The hero and heroine of this story are classical well-known fairy tale characters with a twist. What happens to them after the fairy tale has ended?
The story's hero is Cinderella's Prince Charming who is now divorced and living in the real world as a bookstore owner. After his disastrous marriage the last th More...
Contemporary Fantasy Romance - May 1st, 2011
3 ½ Stars
Wickedly Charming is a new take on the traditional fairy tale stories. The hero and heroine of this story are classical well-known fairy tale characters with a twist. What happens to them after the fairy tale has ended?
The story's hero is Cinderella's Prince Charming who is now divorced and living in the real world as a bookstore owner. After his disastrous marriage the last th More...
Feb 21, 2012
Elizabeth
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Generally speaking, I don't read romances (they're just not my thing). I am, however, generally unable to resist re-told fairy tales. So, a plot that promised to bring together Cinderella's Prince Charming (now a divorced bookstore owner going by "Dave") and Snow White's "Wicked" Stepmother, Mellie (founder of PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Archetypes) was more than I could resist. (Especially after the Google Preview feature in the Frisco Public Library catalog
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Nov 22, 2011
Tracy
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Fairy Tales seem to be the new vampires in the landscape of popular culture. From tv and Broadway shows to literature and movies the retelling of these classic stories has become the thing to do.
Wickedly Charming tells the story of Cinderella's Prince Charming after they have divorced and his interest in someone unexpected and misunderstood. He has left the Kingdoms and come into our world to open a bookstore and get away from his overbearing father and his outdated views on things lik More...
Wickedly Charming tells the story of Cinderella's Prince Charming after they have divorced and his interest in someone unexpected and misunderstood. He has left the Kingdoms and come into our world to open a bookstore and get away from his overbearing father and his outdated views on things lik More...
Jul 23, 2011
Becky
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I loved this book! I've read Grayson before, but not for several years--just happened to find this at our local Borders yesterday, and since it was 30% off (they're closing :-(), I picked it up. A clever story about what happens after the fairy tale ending is over, this one just confirmed for me why I've never quite warmed up to Cinderella throughout the years. (I never suspected she was as bad as all this, mind you; I just resented that she always got to wear the blue dress when everyone kne
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Oct 20, 2011
Deborah
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I really liked the premise behind this book, with all the fairy tale characters having different relationships than we know after all this time. And the idea that shy, bookloving Prince Charming, aka Dave Encanto and formerly married to (Cinder)Ella, and Snow White's (not-evil) stepmother Mellie would work together to write a book to change people's perceptions about stepmothers (like Wicked did for the Wicked Witch of the West)--and fall in love--was a neat one. But this book got bogged down
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Jun 07, 2011
Miki
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I like this book!
What happens when Prince Charming gets older and starts - gasp!- losing his hair? What if an Evil Stepmother was only trying to do her best by her step-kids but everything went wrong?
This book takes a look at "happily ever after" through the eyes of an aging Prince, and a not-so-very-evil-after-all stepmother. His marriage went wrong, so now he's divorced, his kids are unhappy at school, and his father, the king, makes fun of him for reading to More...
What happens when Prince Charming gets older and starts - gasp!- losing his hair? What if an Evil Stepmother was only trying to do her best by her step-kids but everything went wrong?
This book takes a look at "happily ever after" through the eyes of an aging Prince, and a not-so-very-evil-after-all stepmother. His marriage went wrong, so now he's divorced, his kids are unhappy at school, and his father, the king, makes fun of him for reading to More...
May 13, 2011
Sarai
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This is a fairytale retake on the traditional HEA. First off the wicked step-mother is ticked off that we here on Earth think that she is wicked. I mean after all we never got to hear her own story did we? And what about those Prince Charmings we heard all about growing up as a little girl haven’t you ever wondered about their marriages? Did they really get a HEA? I know I was always curious as a child and would ask my mother the HEA questions with a follow up yes I unders More...
This is a fairytale retake on the traditional HEA. First off the wicked step-mother is ticked off that we here on Earth think that she is wicked. I mean after all we never got to hear her own story did we? And what about those Prince Charmings we heard all about growing up as a little girl haven’t you ever wondered about their marriages? Did they really get a HEA? I know I was always curious as a child and would ask my mother the HEA questions with a follow up yes I unders More...
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May 28, 2011
Staci
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My Thoughts: This book was WICKEDLY charming and oh so original! I hate that cover because it's so stinkin' misleading....there's such a great story behind this cover!! I loved the whole concept of a wronged wicked step-mother wanting to tell the world that the Grimm Brothers and Disney got the whole story messed up!! I absolutely fell in love with Charming...he's a book nerd and doesn't want anything to do with being a Prince! I had a fun time reading this story and the author kept my attentio
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May 04, 2011
Michelle
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Wickedly Charming is a Romance Novel by Kristine Grayson from Sourcebooks Casablanca.
Book Blurb:
He’s gives up on happily-ever-after...
Cinderella’s Prince Charming is divorced and at a dead end. The new owner of a bookstore, Charming has given up on women, royalty, and anything that smacks of a future. That is, until he meets up with Mellie...
But she may be the key to happily-right-now...
Mellie is sick and tired of stepmothers being misunderstoo More...
Book Blurb:
He’s gives up on happily-ever-after...
Cinderella’s Prince Charming is divorced and at a dead end. The new owner of a bookstore, Charming has given up on women, royalty, and anything that smacks of a future. That is, until he meets up with Mellie...
But she may be the key to happily-right-now...
Mellie is sick and tired of stepmothers being misunderstoo More...
Oct 12, 2011
Donna
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This is a fairy tale about a fairy tale, if you read it as such it is a good afternoon read.
Cinderella's Prince Charming is divorced and at a dead-end in his career, so he opens a bookstore and travels the land ordering books and discovering new authors. Still handsome and still charming, he has given up on women, royalty, and anything that smacks of a future.
Mellie is sick and tired of being called the Evil Stepmother. She did her best by her stepdaughter Snow White, but th More...
Cinderella's Prince Charming is divorced and at a dead-end in his career, so he opens a bookstore and travels the land ordering books and discovering new authors. Still handsome and still charming, he has given up on women, royalty, and anything that smacks of a future.
Mellie is sick and tired of being called the Evil Stepmother. She did her best by her stepdaughter Snow White, but th More...
Aug 15, 2011
Nancy
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Premise is good. Cinderella's ex-Prince Charming meets Snow White's evil stepmother. The Prince is even a book nerd! The stepmother is on a quest to improve the image of the much-maligned stepmother across the world. They fall in love (I think) and so on and so forth. What should have been a fun fairy tale story turns into the tale of an ex husband with kids and a bitter ex wife, and a twice widowed lady. Snooze! And somewhere along the way they write a book. Who wants to read about real
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Apr 27, 2011
Kristina
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What I Loved
Retold Fairy Tales
The fairy tale doesn't stop with 'happily ever after' in fact it is just the beginning of the story or in the case of our prince an the end of a hasty marriages and unhappily ever after. I love any version of retold stories be it fairy tales, Greek mythologies, or just revamped tales using characters from other classics like Shakespeare, Jane Austen etc... When I won an ARC of this book from Casablanca Authors I was so excited. Happy endings didn't really More...
Retold Fairy Tales
The fairy tale doesn't stop with 'happily ever after' in fact it is just the beginning of the story or in the case of our prince an the end of a hasty marriages and unhappily ever after. I love any version of retold stories be it fairy tales, Greek mythologies, or just revamped tales using characters from other classics like Shakespeare, Jane Austen etc... When I won an ARC of this book from Casablanca Authors I was so excited. Happy endings didn't really More...
Nov 16, 2011
Deanna
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This is NOT a book for people who want the fantasy rather than the reality. It just isn't. It's more of a stepfamily/survivor kind of book featuring people who are middle-aged and not necessarily perfect, physically, emotionally, etc. Also, I wouldn't read the book if you're not interested in the publishing world; there's a lot of detail on publishing in here, which I found enjoyable, but I like that kind of thing.
My only criticism is that after all the roundabout misunderstandings More...
My only criticism is that after all the roundabout misunderstandings More...
Oct 19, 2011
Debbie
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I wasn't too sure about this book in the beginning. It took me a little while to get into it, there was just something about the writing that didn't sit well. Never did figure out what it was because as the book moved along it really drew me in.
It was a great premise, I liked how the fairy tale world was trying to get their true story told. I also really liked how Charming used the vampire fascination as well as the story of Wicked to show Mellie how books could be the answer to revam More...
It was a great premise, I liked how the fairy tale world was trying to get their true story told. I also really liked how Charming used the vampire fascination as well as the story of Wicked to show Mellie how books could be the answer to revam More...
Jan 22, 2012
LP
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This is one of Kristine Katherine Rusch's (writing as Grayson, her romance pen name) adult takes on fairy tales and mythology. She uses characters from those story lines and brings them into today's world, in sweet romances aimed at lovers of an off-beat mix of fantasy and romance. There's lots of magic, a comforting Star Trek ethos of not disturbing the mere mortals in the "real" world, and always a feisty heroine and a to-die-for hero.
This particular novel introduces us to More...
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Feb 04, 2012
Laura
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Reviewed for www.bookchickcity.com (6 out of 10 on the blog)
This is an imaginative and fun take on a fairytale. Our two main characters are Charming, the Prince Charming of Cinderella fame. Who is now a beleaguered father of two, middle aged and bespectacled. Who has reinvented himself in the Greater World as a bookseller and renamed himself Dave. He is also the father of two girls who have been abandoned by their selfish mother and Charming's ex Ella. Our heroine is Mellie, Snow Whi More...
This is an imaginative and fun take on a fairytale. Our two main characters are Charming, the Prince Charming of Cinderella fame. Who is now a beleaguered father of two, middle aged and bespectacled. Who has reinvented himself in the Greater World as a bookseller and renamed himself Dave. He is also the father of two girls who have been abandoned by their selfish mother and Charming's ex Ella. Our heroine is Mellie, Snow Whi More...
Jan 08, 2012
Diana
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Mellie is Snow White's evil stepmother--except she's not so evil. Sick of the label, she is crusading to redefine the role of stepmother. Cinderella's Prince Charming (Dave Encanto) is now divorced and a bookseller as he raises his two daughters. When their paths cross, Dave suggests that Mellie write a book that would shed new light on stepmothers and erase the "evil" label.
I have to admit, this was a highly creative take on several of the classic fairy tale stories! Many ch More...
I have to admit, this was a highly creative take on several of the classic fairy tale stories! Many ch More...
Jul 05, 2011
drey
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Ah, fairy tales. Ever read them and wondered what happened after the Prince marries the girl? Did they really live happily ever after? Well, here's one version where it didn't. Divorced with two children, Prince Charming now runs a bookstore. A man after my own heart--he reads! *wink*
One thing about the cover. The dude on it is delicious--the parts we can see, anyway! *grin* But the book describes him as slightly paunchy, and "paunchy" doesn't equal yummy abs to me.
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One thing about the cover. The dude on it is delicious--the parts we can see, anyway! *grin* But the book describes him as slightly paunchy, and "paunchy" doesn't equal yummy abs to me.
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Aug 10, 2011
Jen
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Mellie is the Evil Stepmother from Snow White, but she hates the Grimm brothers for writing their fairy tales and making her wicked. They clearly don't know everything that happened between her and Snow, and she's tired of the sterotypes these fairy tales perpetuate.
Charming's life with (Cinder)Ella didn't turn out to be happily ever after, after all. She's not interested in their two daughters and is selfish and spoiled. Charming would much rather spend time with his girls, or at More...
Charming's life with (Cinder)Ella didn't turn out to be happily ever after, after all. She's not interested in their two daughters and is selfish and spoiled. Charming would much rather spend time with his girls, or at More...
Jan 29, 2012
Book Chick City
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Reviewed by Laura for Book Chick City.
This is an imaginative and fun take on a fairytale. Our two main characters are Charming, the Prince Charming of Cinderella fame. Who is now a beleaguered father of two, middle aged and bespectacled. Who has reinvented himself in the Greater World as a bookseller and renamed himself Dave. He is also the father of two girls who have been abandoned by their selfish mother and Charming's ex Ella. Our heroine is Mellie, Snow White's evil stepmother, More...
This is an imaginative and fun take on a fairytale. Our two main characters are Charming, the Prince Charming of Cinderella fame. Who is now a beleaguered father of two, middle aged and bespectacled. Who has reinvented himself in the Greater World as a bookseller and renamed himself Dave. He is also the father of two girls who have been abandoned by their selfish mother and Charming's ex Ella. Our heroine is Mellie, Snow White's evil stepmother, More...
Apr 29, 2011
Blodeuedd
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I found this book charming and sweet. It was fun to read, and I liked her takes on fairytales and what isn't always told in them.
It takes place in our world, but what we do not know is that there are more magical kingdoms in another dimension of some sort. Prince Charming left his kingdom, because what else was there to do than to wait for his dad to die. These "fairy-tale" characters also live for a long time. He went through a painful divorce with his Ella More...
I found this book charming and sweet. It was fun to read, and I liked her takes on fairytales and what isn't always told in them.
It takes place in our world, but what we do not know is that there are more magical kingdoms in another dimension of some sort. Prince Charming left his kingdom, because what else was there to do than to wait for his dad to die. These "fairy-tale" characters also live for a long time. He went through a painful divorce with his Ella More...
Dec 31, 2011
Claire
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I really enjoyed this one! Much more than I anticipated! It actually reminded me a little of the show Once Upon A Time because fairy tale characters are living in our world. I'm not sure the characters were ones I would choose to read about but it ended up working really well. I was a little annnoyed with the fact they were second guessing the actions of the other and the motives but I guess we all do that in relationships. I just could not put this book down!
Oct 20, 2011
Kathryn
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Wickedly Charming does for the Evil Stepmother what Wicked did for the Wicked Witch of the West. But it's not "weird" like Wicked.
I was worried about reading it because usually I don't like books that try to alter the reality of the original stories. I really liked Wickedly Charming though.
It's about Mellie, Snow White's Evil Stepmother, who is really not evil and Prince Charming, Cinderella's ex-husband. Mellie wants to change the image of Evil Stepmothers and Ch
I was worried about reading it because usually I don't like books that try to alter the reality of the original stories. I really liked Wickedly Charming though.
It's about Mellie, Snow White's Evil Stepmother, who is really not evil and Prince Charming, Cinderella's ex-husband. Mellie wants to change the image of Evil Stepmothers and Ch
Aug 17, 2011
Laura
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An interesting twist on the fairy tales we all know. Mellie is Snow White's stepmother and is out to promote a better image for misunderstood stepmoms all over. Charming is Cinderella's ex-husband and a bit of a nerd who loves books. Together they come up with a plan: a book from the stepmother's point of view.
Grayson nicely pokes at the story stereotypes we all know, thanks to the Brothers Grimm and Disney. I stayed up way past my bedtime getting to the end of this one. Worth a loo
Grayson nicely pokes at the story stereotypes we all know, thanks to the Brothers Grimm and Disney. I stayed up way past my bedtime getting to the end of this one. Worth a loo
Oct 04, 2011
Kelly_kpb
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was looking for more satire on the fairy tale, but not quite as bizarre as Gregory Maguire. Stumbled across this, and what a hoot. Ella (as in Cinder-) is a haughty and snooty no good woman, leaving the prince and two daughters behind, while the stepmother of Snow White is determined to make the world realize that the Archetype of "evil stepmother" is a misnomer and should be rebranded. A fun, quick read.
Jan 21, 2012
Kimberly
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What a wonderful story! This was my first time reading a Kristine Grayson book & I can't wait to pick up another one. This charming take on fairy tales is fresh and entertaining. I also love how the character of Charming (aka Dave) is a huge book lover. Avid readers will see much of themselves in him. I also loved the look inside the publishing industry.
A sweet, whimsical book. Definately worth it!
A sweet, whimsical book. Definately worth it!
