A Beautiful Curse by Kenley Davidson

A Beautiful Curse
by Kenley Davidson

Kindle: 198 pages
Publisher: Page Nine Press
Released: February 26th 2018

Source: Rented through Kindle Unlimited.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
When a bumbling fairy godfather gifts a humble woodcutter’s fourth child with extraordinary beauty, she spends the next eighteen years trying to hide it—behind a book. Now, Elisette is ready to follow her dreams and become a scholar, but her admirers keep getting in the way of her ambitions. Ellie knows better than to rely on her fairy godfather, but she’s desperate enough to risk asking him for help. The trouble is, Mortimer isn’t feeling very helpful. In fact, he’s downright irritated…

After a bit of vengeful fairy magic, Ellie discovers that webbed feet and green skin are even harder to manage than beauty. No one cares what happens to a frog, except maybe quiet, unassuming Prince Cambren, who has enough troubles of his own. Will Ellie find a way to break her curse and live happily ever after? Or will she spend the rest of her life eating flies and living in a pond at the back of the palace garden?


My Review:
A Beautiful Curse is a twist on a fairytale. Elisette was given a fairy gift of extreme beauty. When she travels to another kingdom to become an apprentice at a library, not only is she fighting the prejudice of a woman taking such a job but she disrupts the library because so many people come there only interested in looking at her. When she complains to her fairy godfather, he makes her into a talking frog. A sympathetic prince vows to help her break the curse, but he has problems of his own. He and his brothers have been challenged by their father to solve a series of riddle challenges to determine who is best suited to become the next king.

I liked how Prince Cambren could empathize with how Eli felt, and he was kind. They became friends while helping each other out and encouraging each other. And that friendship was put to a hard test. The challenges that they faced were interesting, and they reacted realistically to events. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable fairytale retelling.


If you've read this book, what do you think about it? I'd be honored if you wrote your own opinion of the book in the comments.