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Date read: November 17, 2019
Cosmic Fairy Tales
The Hunchback
The Lion and the Mouse
The Frog Prince - Paperback | Kindle
The Ugly Dukeling
Contaminated
Jackie and the Giant
Escaping Wonderland
Rampion
Tracy Lauren
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Cherishing flawed childhood memories and clinging to a past that are tinted by years of longing and loneliness can make a person less than receptive to what they have in the present. Madison wasn't ungrateful, really. She was confused and lonely and had been held back by her mother's fear of what could happen and it all combined to make her seem cold and unlikable when, really, she was warm and sweet when she got a chance to unburden herself.
(No lie, her later interactions with her mother got me a little choked up. While I completely understand where her mother was coming from when she went into overprotective mama-mode and basically locked Madison down because of her past experiences, it was hard to watch them both come to terms with it. But that's another story for another day.)
Meanwhile, we have Kethian and his lie of omission that nearly cost him everything. The lie sucked, but I can see why he hid the truth from her. Having someone see him and treat him like a real person instead of a product of his lineage was freeing. Plus, he liked her and grabbed onto every chance he could to spend more time with her.
The princess who didn't want to be and the frog prince. They went together far better than I expected them to and I liked it!
Date read: November 17, 2019
Cosmic Fairy Tales
The Hunchback
The Lion and the Mouse
The Frog Prince - Paperback | Kindle
The Ugly Dukeling
Contaminated
Jackie and the Giant
Escaping Wonderland
Rampion
Tracy Lauren
| Facebook | Amazon |
Synopsis (Goodreads):
Madison was hardly more than a child when stolen from Earth—a fact that she resents to no end. Ripped away from all she ever knew, she’s reluctant to be the princess her family expects her to be. Tired of living out someone else’s happily ever after, Madison reaches her breaking point when kidnapped by another kingdom. She’s done with spaceships, done with otherworldly planets, and she sure as hell is done with aliens. She spent years dreaming of Earth, never daring to believe it to be anything more than a childish fantasy. But all that changes when a cocky guard comes to her rescue.Thoughts on The Frog Prince: Confession: I didn't love Madison when we first met her. Actually, it was when we first met her as an adult. She came across as immature and ungrateful and it was hard to see where she was coming from. But then...the more Keth drew her out, the more her loneliness and sense of not belonging began to unfold and suddenly I wasn't disliking her.
She strikes a deal with the green-skinned alien, and while it might not be a completely honest one, what does it matter when he holds the key to finally making all her dreams come true?
Kethian isn’t exactly honest himself. Intrigued by the aloof princess with a reputation for being spoiled and ungrateful, Kethian can’t help but make a deal at the expense of his kingdom. He tells himself it’s just another adventure, but that’s a lie not even he believes.
One last journey through space and Madison is home free. Will Earth be all she remembers, or will it pale in comparison to the bond she discovers in The Frog Prince?
Cherishing flawed childhood memories and clinging to a past that are tinted by years of longing and loneliness can make a person less than receptive to what they have in the present. Madison wasn't ungrateful, really. She was confused and lonely and had been held back by her mother's fear of what could happen and it all combined to make her seem cold and unlikable when, really, she was warm and sweet when she got a chance to unburden herself.
(No lie, her later interactions with her mother got me a little choked up. While I completely understand where her mother was coming from when she went into overprotective mama-mode and basically locked Madison down because of her past experiences, it was hard to watch them both come to terms with it. But that's another story for another day.)
Meanwhile, we have Kethian and his lie of omission that nearly cost him everything. The lie sucked, but I can see why he hid the truth from her. Having someone see him and treat him like a real person instead of a product of his lineage was freeing. Plus, he liked her and grabbed onto every chance he could to spend more time with her.
The princess who didn't want to be and the frog prince. They went together far better than I expected them to and I liked it!
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