The Frog Princess

THE FROG PRINCESS

By: E.D. Baker

  FIRST SENTENCE

“Even as a little girl, I had thought that the swamp was a magical place where new lives began and old ones ended, where enemies and heroes weren’t always what one expected, and where anything could happen, even to a clumsy princess.”

SUMMARY

from goodreads

Princess Esmeralda aka Emma isn’t exactly an ideal princess.  Her laugh is more like a donkey’s bray than tinkling bells, she trips over her own feet and she does NOT like Prince Jorge, whom her mother hopes she will marry.  But if Emma ever thought to escape her troubles, she never expected it to happen by turning into a frog!  When convinced to kiss a frog so he might return to being a prince, somehow the spell is reversed and Emma turns into a frog herself!  Thus begins their adventure … a quest to return to human form.

REVIEW

I enjoy reading twists on classic fairy tales.  They tend to be very creative and often have some nice surprises.  The Frog Princess is one of those books that offers a little spin to a well-known tale.

I liked the main idea of the plot where the princess turns into a frog when the frog prince kisses her.  Very unique idea!  Although I suspected that everything would work out in the end (it’s a fairy tale after all), I did not know HOW it would happen.

Princess Emma was an average girl.  She had a crazy laugh and she was very clumsy.  Just because she was a princess did not mean she was perfect and beautiful.  Prince Jorge was basically a jerk.  He did not pay attention to Emma, his intended bride.  Prince Eadric, the frog, had an off-and-on relationship with Emma.  Sometimes they would bicker like a brother and sister.  Other times they were sweet to each other.

The setting was very much what you would expect in a fairy tale.  I liked how Baker described the marsh and all the creatures there.  The castle sounded enchanting with its moat and turrets. 

This book is the first in a series.  The eighth and final book, A Prince Among Frogs, will be released in September.

RATING

4        Plot

4        Characters

4        Attention Grabbing

5        Girlie Meter

4        Ending

21      TOTAL

5        STARS