Book Review: A Girl’s Guide to Fairy Tales by Laurey Buckland

I received a copy of A Girl’s Guide to Fairy Tales by Laurey Buckland in exchange for an honest review. I am sucker for all things fairy tales, I love Disney princesses, so even though the book wasn’t quite in that realm, the title and cover still sparked my appeal. The novel follows four friends – daydreamer Maddie, obsessive compulsive Clare, over dramatic Isobel, and happy-go-lucky Sophie. I know everyone thinks Sex and the City when you hear about four girlfriends, but I really didn’t think that for a second while reading. I thought the plot and the characters were very unique, as well as the author’s voice. I liked each individual character and that she got her own time in the spotlight. I found myself leaning on Sophie more because she had a lot of drama with her live-in boyfriend that I thought was really intriguing. I do wish there would have been some sort of heading when the POV’s changed, because it took me a while to get in the sync of things and that would have helped me out personally. But overall, a cute chick lit read from a new author that I very much enjoyed.

[Rating: 4]

2 Comments

  1. December 20, 2012 / 3:36 am

    Thank you so much for your review Samantha! I’m also a sucker for all things Disney…probably why I embarked on the project in the first place.
    Great website btw!

  2. Samantha
    Author
    December 20, 2012 / 9:21 am

    Thanks Laurey, love it 🙂