| Genre | Gay / Fantasy / Curses / Fairy Tales / Magic / Royalty/Nobility / Erotic Romance / Humor/Comedy / Action/Adventure |
| Reviewed by | Serena Yates on 18-August-2016 |
Modern day fairy-tale princess Taylor Hatfield has problems. One: he’s a guy. Two: he’s Sleeping Beauty, the most useless princess in existence. Throw in his true love, Corentin Devereaux, a huntsman descended from child-eating witches, and Taylor’s younger brother, Atticus—this generation’s Snow White—who tried to kill him. That didn’t go so hot.
For two years, Taylor and Corentin live their Happily Ever After. But Corentin is cursed to lose his memory every seven days, including his life with Taylor—a painful reminder that he can’t provide for the man he loves. Taylor insists Corentin has the strength to succeed, and when Taylor discovers a way to break the curse, he is more than willing to pay the cost.
When an enchanted blizzard devastates Corentin’s hometown of New Orleans, Taylor is convinced Atticus is to blame and grows desperate to find him amid the Big Easy turned frozen wasteland. Corentin believes Taylor is chasing a ghost while he chases the ghosts of his own past. Old tensions scratch open scars, leaving both to wonder if they have each other’s best interests at heart. The clock is ticking until Corentin loses his memory and the rabbit hole goes so deep they may never come out.
“Look. Enchant history is not what a cartoon mouse drawn by some advertising genius would have you believe. It’s messy. It’s twisted. And it’s not all that beautiful or magical. There is no f*cking ‘wishing upon a star’ shit.” Corentin Devereaux, Huntsman
The above quote is from the first book in this fantastic series, but it very accurately describes the “feel” of these books. Yes, there is magic and there are princesses, but just like the entire fairy tale world has been modernized and moved into an alternate version of today’s reality, so have the villains. And the darker turn the plot took at the end of book one continues in this second volume. Taylor and Corentin may have decided to retire from the business of saving the world and are pretending to be mundanes, living the quiet life, but Fate, the powers that be, and the Storyteller seem to have other ideas. A few chapters into the second installment there was more than one hint about major new trouble brewing, and a few pages later the sh*t hit the fan, and another action-packed adventure took my breath away.
Taylor may have figured out which princess he is – and if you have not read book one and don’t want to see any spoilers for that part of the trilogy, stop reading HERE – but things are not exactly what he expected. Sleeping Beauty, or so he thinks, is a useless princess, but I totally disagree with that assessment. Some of his magic is cool, he has a hidden part of his heritage that comes in pretty handy as well, and his deep love of Corentin may just be what they all need to save the Enchants from extinction and the mundanes from more than one major catastrophe.
Corentin faces his own set of challenges. He still forgets everything he ever knew once a week and has to start from scratch over and over again. His diary helps him remember, as does Taylor, but he can’t be the man he wants to be for Taylor while the curse destroys all they have every seven days. His past could be coming to haunt him – and it does – and he wouldn’t even know what the problem is. The real question for him is whether he can accept the price Taylor is willing to pay to save him…
If you think you’re ready for the second part of this exciting trilogy, including a secret organization, enchanted blizzards, and betrayal at almost every level, if you want to know what happens next in the epic battle between good and evil in the world of the Enchants, and if you’re looking for a read that is creative, tension-filled, surprising, and deeply emotional, then you will probably like this novel as much as I do. It’s a worthy successor to ‘Americana Fairy Tale’ in every way – and nicely sets the stage for the final volume of the trilogy. I can’t wait!
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| Format | ebook and print |
| Length | Novel, 294 pages/93558 words |
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| Publication Date | 19-October-2015 |
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