Charmed

By: Jen Calonita

Narrated by: Kristin Condon

Gilly must face the most evil villain of all in the second installment of this twisted fairy tale series.

Gilly's gone from zero to hero at Fairy Tale Reform School, but it's still not smooth sailing. Her new villainous professor is the infamous pirate Blackbeard, and her newfound cool factor might be making her act a bit more royal than she'd like to admit. When The Wicked One, aka Sleeping Beauty's nemesis, breaks the Evil Queen out of the dungeon, Gilly realizes the kingdom is still far from safe. Gilly and her friends must figure out who is trading secrets in the castle and how to stop Alva from terrorizing Enchantasia - before she comes after the ones Gilly loves the most.

©2016 Jen Calonita (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC

I loved the book

Best book ever ;-) love the adventure.

The above is my 11year old daughters review. We listened to both books together, she says couldn't focus in school because she was so excited to finish the book. I had to find out how it ended, too! Love both books, can't wait for the next one!!!!!

for fairy tale lovers

If you want more like Colfer's Land of Tales, etc and if you aren't ready to tackle Harry's wizard-school stories, this and it's following stories are a good rainy afternoon listen.The weird school stories sub-genre does seem popular these days, as are heroes whose flaws make the rest of us feel good. But did Gilly really need to be so insensitive towards her roommate? At least after Harry achieved fame, he was able to resist Prof. Lockhart's charms. And Will Stronghold got the message about Sidekicks much more easily (Sky High).

Take what you want, choose your own destiny, don’t let institutions like school define you - themes that pop up repeatedly, but may or may not be the intended take-away message. One of my favorite lines is "Misunderstood is just code for prone to be bad." Intended interpretation?

I do wish that writers, when cashing in on notoriety, there would be some connection to historical roots. In this case, gargoyles (other books abuse alchemy, for example). Also, I wish that the innocent victims would get more sympathy - eg apple, patty cake and pottery vendors as the ubiquitous innocent and unappreciated victims of chase scenes and theft.

Great!!!!!!!!!

I really love the story, the characters, and the way it is told. It’s just the only thing I don’t like are the HEAS, other than that A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!

Riviting

It had a perfect balance of action, suspense and a few heart wrenching moments. Also the characters were loveable and you could easily relate to some problems.

Great story! Great message about teamwork!

I loved this book, the reader read it beautifully and I highly recommend it! A must read by any fairytale fan! It was sweet and has a great plot!