violetpeanut
Written on Jul 30, 2014
I'm not your average hero. I actually wasn't your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help his mom make ends meet. But a little magic changed it all. It all started with a curse. And a frognapping. And one hot-looking princess, who asked me to lead a rescue mission. There wasn't a fairy godmother or any of that. And even though I fell in love along the way, what happened to me is unlike any fairy tale I've ever heard. Before I knew it, I was spying with a flock of enchanted swans, talking (yes, talking!) to a fox named Todd, and nearly trampled by giants in the Everglades. Don't believe me? I didn't believe it either. But you'll see. Because I knew it all was true, the second I got cloaked.
- ISBN10 0062069616
- ISBN13 9780062069610
- Publish Date 1 February 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Collins
- Format eBook
- Pages 368
- Language English
Reviews
KitsuneBae
Written on Jun 25, 2014
If you want a bajillion of fairy tale retelling in one book then you better run to the bookstore and buy this book. My problem with Cloaked is that I have a hard time connecting with the characters. And as I've said earlier, Flinn was trying to mix a lot of fairy tales in this book that it resulted to a very disorienting story.
Kelsenator
Written on Jul 13, 2012
ohn (Johnny) is the only son of a poor mother, who owns a shoe repair shop. Their father left when he was young, and now Johnny works hard to keep the business going and pay the bills. It’s a desperate time and they need the money, so when he’s offered ten thousand dollars from a princess to find her brother, he’s all for it at first. Until he’s told that the prince was turned into the frog by a witch, and that he will need to use a magic cloak and find the prince and then have him kissed so he can become normal again. He thinks she’s crazy at first, but after testing out the cloak and finding that it can transport him anywhere he wishes, he goes for it.
There are a bunch of smaller myths inserted in here that you would have read as a kid, like the Seven Swans, the Golden Bird and many more from the Brothers Grimm. The author fits all these little things in here seamlessly, and I was so excited when I recognized some of them.
Johnny’s journey takes him all over, finding clues and talking to animals who were once human, using another magical device given to him, hoping it will eventually lead him to where the frog prince is. The other kingdom who helped turn the prince into a frog, wants to take over and make the princess marry their own son, and are out to kill the prince before Johnny can get to it. So while escaping them, his best friend Meg joins in and helps him as best she can. She’s madly in love with him, but he’s clueless of course.
I loved this fairytale mash up of different myths, it was a great little read, full of action and magic and secret love. If you loved her Beastly book, you definitely need to try this one out.
Recommended for young adult fans of fantasy and fairy tale retellings.
tellemonstar
Written on Jul 19, 2011