Fairy Tale

by Cyn Balog

Morgan Sparks and her boyfriend Cam have been best friends since they were children, but just before their shared sixteenth birthday Cam confesses that he is a fairy who was switched at birth with a human child, and now the fairies want to switch them back.

• ISBN10: 1299256139
• ISBN13: 9781299256132
• Publish Date: 13 June 2014 (first published 23 June 2009)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 17 February 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

Fairy Tale is super cute! It’s a super, duper quick read. Like, one minute I’m starting it and then suddenly I was finished! It as a fun way to spend a hot morning though. The story is all about Morgan, who just wants to be with her boyfriend Cam. They’ve been together since they emerged from their mothers’ wombs on the same day sixteen years ago. But now, Cam is acting weird, and a strange “cousin” named Pip also appears. Turns out that Cam was a changeling and now his fairy family wants him back as he’s heir to the throne. Neither Cam nor Morgan want that to happen, so how can they stop destiny?

Fairy Tale is super predictable! But I don’t necessarily think that was bad thing in this case. It’s not a very serious story, and there’s not too many ways it could have ended. Morgan is also psychic so she knows what’s coming even though she’s hoping to change it. That does take away a bit of the suspense, but oh well. I still really enjoyed reading it, because it was just cute and funny. Morgan has a definite voice and Pip was adorable. Then there’s Dawn, who is Cam’s fairy guide to prepare him for returning to the Otherworld. She’s like if Regina George was a fairy (i.e. scary, blonde, and on Wednesdays she wears pink).

That’s all I’m going to say about Fairy Tale. It was just too quick and short for me to really develop much more of an opinion. I liked it a lot. Yes, I knew exactly what was going to happen before I even started, but that’s fine with me since I just wanted a light read for the day. That said, I’d still recommend it because it is one of those feel good reads that just give you warm, tingly feelings.

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[ladygrey]

This book had a more unique premise and resolution than a lot of young adult books. The heroine was kind of pedestrian. She was obstinate and foolish and maybe that's what a teenage girl is, shortsighted and resistive. But being realistic isn't enough to compel me to like her. And it's hard to really enjoy a book when it's written in first person of someone I don't actively like.

Her boyfriends were also kind of bland. They were super handsome and great football players and not much else which isn't really enough. They were both so passive it was like they barely had personalities of their own. But I kind of feel it wasn't their fault because none of the characters, other than maybe Morgan, were especially well developed. Pip was the next closest and was sweet and actually had something of a good character transformation and got stronger.

But there was nothing in this book to inspire any strong emotion - it wasn't great and it wasn't horrible. I didn't hate any of the characters or the story but I didn't love them either. I liked that the heroine wasn't the super-powered, super-special one. It was a nice change in that way, which is something. But overall I was just unimpressed.