Can Evie find true love, or will she be stuck as an ogre for the rest of her life?
Evie
Evie was just an average fifteen-year-old healer who has seen what comes from marrying the first guy that you think you love. Instead, she would rather be alone with her best friend, Wormy, coming by to visit her and to help him with his ailments. However, Lucinda came by and turned her into an ogre for saying no to Wormy.
The story follows Evie as she is trying to come to terms with being an ogre and trying to get someone to love her. She goes through a lot of things and trying to get two people to ask her to marry them. None of them do.
I like Evie because she only knew what she has seen in her town and didn't know if she could be around humans for long. Evie is a good character, and I like how she went through everything before realizing that maybe she does love someone more than just as a childhood friend.
Lucinda
Lucinda is the fairy that turned Evie into an ogre because she wouldn't say yes to a marriage proposal. She is well known for handing out terrible gifts. Everyone knew this, but everyone also hoped that Lucinda wouldn't stop by with presents for them.
Lucinda popped into Evie's apothecary, sensing a proposal. Lucinda wants to be there to congratulate the happy couple and to give them a gift. Well instead her gift turned into making Evie an ogre. Eventually, she also gave a gift to another engaged couple. That turned out to be very horrible, indeed, but that is a tale for another story.
I like Lucinda since she is trying to spread cheer and is trying to do the right thing. The one thing that I dislike is that Lucinda doesn't think about what her gifts do to the person that received it.
Five Stars
Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine sets a good backstory for the lovely novel of Ella Enchanted as it gives us the tale of how her parents got together while also having it be about totally different people. Evie doesn't think that love is for her because she cares so much about her patients. Five stars seem right for this lovely book, along with recommending it to anyone that loves to read fairytale retellings and middle-grade stories.
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This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove