A recipe for true happiness.Ī princess in a fairy tale who encounters all the road blocks and and dead ends of contemporary dating life as she is forced willy-nilly into self-realization. Not one that I might pick up again, but others might love it.Ī modern fairy tale for the contemporary woman. I understand what the author was trying to do, but it was not my cup of tea.Īll in all, it was an alright read.

The author went from 'Princess', to 'Her Royal Highness' to 'pampered imperial', well, you get the picture. I kind of felt like that was the case when I was reading this. High who would not let us use the same word twice in one paragraph. The message was clear, and even somewhat refreshing, of a woman finding her own value, instead of needing someone else to 'complete' her, it was more the delivery that I struggled with. The first page started out promising 'This book isn't any ordinary 'Once Upon a time'.' And it was not. And even though this was different from any fairytale that I have read so far, I cannot say that I loved it. I LOVE fairytales, and read almost any that I can get my hands on. I really really wanted to like this book. Thanks to NetGalley and Greenleaf Book Group for my copy of The Enchanted Truth. Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, from the publisher Greenleaf Book Group. I found the story didn't have enough substance to it even for a light read. It's a fairly quick read, anywhere from about 10-20 minutes at most, and depending on whether the final version of the book has illustrations or such (as compared to my galley version), it might be worth collecting on a coffee table read, but it wasn't personally my cup of tea. The story doesn't really have a sympathetic heroine, and the message the story sold was a bit too overemphasized, rather than allowing the story to show these values within the context of the tale. Ultimately, the story's morale centers on the Princess finding value within herself, and that's a cute concept, but I'm not sure if I was fond of the execution of it. The Princess's expectations are that she wants to find the perfect prince, after having many unsuccessful attempts. The story centers around a modern day, spoiled princess who's visited by a fairy godmother. I'm usually all for cute chick-lit, fairy tale stories with a positive message behind them. I really wish I could've liked Kym Petrie's 'The Enchanted Truth' a little more than I did.

The Enchanted Truth by Kym Petrie