Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The Wishing Spell


The Wishing Spell  by Chris Colfer   304 pgs.

The Wishing Spell is book one in The Land of Stories series penned by actor Chris Colfer—yes, Kurt from the T.V. show Glee. It is the tale of twins Alex and Conner who through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic, coming face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. The only way to get home is a convoluted scavenger hunt that requires them to collect eight tokens from various fairy tales—Cinderella’s glass slipper, a lock of Rapunzel’s hair, etc. The ending is never in doubt, but it’s a difficult journey as the twins meet the Big Bad Wolf Pack, are enslaved by trolls, and kidnapped by Snow White’s evil stepmother.


I listened to the audio version because it was narrated by Colfer--very enjoyable.  I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys varied slants to fairy tales.

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