The Fairy's Tale

The Pathways Tree, Book 1

De: F. D. Lee

Narrado por: Eilidh Beaton

The Fairy's Tale is the first novel in The Pathways Tree series.

With surprising plot twists and compelling characters, The Fairy’s Tale is a whirlwind adventure into the sinister world behind classic folk tales and myths.

Bea is a lowly cabbage fairy, but she dreams of being an official Fairy Godmother. So when she is finally given a chance to prove her worth, Bea is determined to make a success of it. Besides, how hard can a Happy Ever After story be? Every girl wants to be rescued by a handsome man, don’t they? Apparently not.

Bea's heroine doesn't want to be in her story, and her hero is much more interested in the ugly sister. The same ugly sister who is trying to overthrow the Kingdom. Suddenly, Bea must confront the fact that her characters are as real as she is - and just like her, they are determined to go their own way. The problem is, if Bea fails to finish the story, she faces a fate much worse than being put to sleep for a hundred years.

©2015 F. D. Lee (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd

The fairy’s tale

I liked the book. I just wish there were English captions to really emerge self in reading. I am happy it didn’t go over fairy tales as predicted

Really good book!!

Amazing story h teller!!! Hands down my favorite fairytale remake.. Can't wait to finish the series!!

Very whimsical and fun

This book was s great adult fairytale.. the story was very original, entertaining and fun to listen to.
It was lighthearted and you can get lost in the story for a few hours,

A lot of funand not everything I expected

I am a sucker for the subverted fairytale, I admit. I love this. It's got fun characters and odd twists and a rich well crafted world.

Couldn't put it down

I really enjoyed the story. It takes it time in showing you everything from all perspectives. The characters have a believe able relationships and their chemistry is well balanced.

Some of the characters are not yet fully developed so I can't wait to learn more about them in the next books.

Hating on fairy tales

How could such a pro-feminism story give a FMC like Bea? It was hard to get behind Bea, a cabbage fairy determined to fit in with the fairy tale order, because she succeeded in everything by happenstance.

In a book that disdains fairy tale tropes, and sees other characters raging against the patriarchy and misogyny, I lowkey resented Bea for not being smarter, braver, and more colorful.

A twelve hour kids book needed vibrant characters, cheeky dialogue, and sharp satire. Sadly, the darling narration was the only standout in a long, dull, and heavy handed morality tale. Even with book 2 being free, I won’t be moving on.

blah meh

Interesting premise but the heroine is insufferably incompetent. So am returning this one.

The way it's written tries too hard to be funny but only achieves being cute and shallow. The performance is unremarkable. Not enough nuance. Characters blend too much with each other.