The Four Kingdoms Box Set 1

Three Fairytale Retellings, Books 1, 2 & 2.5

By: Melanie Cellier

Narrated by: Esther Wane

The first three interconnected stand-alone fairy tale retellings from the Four Kingdoms series

Book 1 - The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea: This retelling of the classic fairy tale The Princess and the Pea reimagines the risks and rewards that come when one royal family goes searching for a true princess.

Book 2 - The Princess Fugitive: A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood: In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, the girl in the red hood has been swallowed up by the wolf and must decide if she's willing to fight for her freedom, no matter the cost.

Novella 2.5 - Happily Ever Afters: A Reimagining of Snow White and Rose Red: Sarah and Evelyn have already risked everything to help Ava win a crown. But they soon learn that a coronation is a beginning, not an ending. Not everyone in Rangmere is happy to see the young queen on the throne, and intrigue and danger lurk all around.

The cousins find themselves fighting not only for their new kingdom but also for their own survival in the royal court. When a new threat emerges, the two girls must defeat it to both save the crown and secure their own happily-ever-afters.

©2016 Melanie Cellier (P)2021 Tantor

Love!!

 The last few books, I have listened to have been dark!  This book is sweet and leaves you with good uplifting feelings

Loved it!

All the fun of romance and mystery and I loved that it was a sort of re-telling of some classic stories. It didn’t make it too predictable too. I loved that it was clean, I would totally let a pre-teen read these. No smut! I will definitely be looking up more Melanie Cellier books now! I loved the first book and the third. The middle book was good too but not my favorite I had a hard time liking the main character. Still, all in all, a great read!

One of my favorite fairytale retellings

If you enjoy romance, fairytales, magic, and happily ever afters, these are for you. The characters are beautifully written, the world building is superb, and the stories, though based on timeless classics, are fresh and seem almost new. The narrator is excellent and I have relistened to these several times.

How Lovely and exciting

I was So sad when the books stopped! What a joy to listen to romantic, exciting, thrilling stories.
I’d never heard these versions before and oh how they have made my heart sing. I wish I could listen to such books forever and ever 💖

Love this series

This is such a fun series. I love the story telling/writing of Melanie Cellier. It's so refreshing to have a story teller who doesn't need to write sex scenes into a story. These stories are immensely creative and fun, Esther Wane does a fantastic job narrating these books.

If you love entertaining, enchanting clean HEA stories I highly recommend this series, you wont be disappointed :)

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I absolutely enjoyed the "redemption arc" and how it added depth and ability to change perspective and relationships in the stories.... I also enjoy the ability the author uses to weave the many fairytale together...
the narration is enjoyable to listen to.

Clean, suspenseful fantasy romance!

I love how the author has recreated the classic fairy tales. The stories are well written and suspenseful, but still clean. Easy to listen to and I highly recommend!

Truly wonderful fairytale retellings

I absolutely love the series and as soon as I'm done with this message will be moving on to the next set of books. The love between friends and companions is incredible. It made me feel like I was falling in love all over again. The books just flow right into each other progressing the story deeper and deeper. Truly well done.

Male character voicing was bad, but the storyline was good!

A genuinely good 2.5 book series! I actually really loved the continuity from book one into book two and then book 2.5. Can’t wait to read more! Narrator needs to work a bit on the male voicing though.

Really enjoyed

Slow start, but I really enjoyed these books. I wouldn’t say they are a retelling, more of a spring board. I loved that all the books were interconnected.