The subtitle of this book is: Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms. Harlequin has published this book under the Luna imprint and it is currently available for sale in your local bookstore.
I always enjoy any book that Mercedes Lackey has a hand in writing. She uses humor, silliness, and a fantastic imagination to weave a wonderful story that always draws me in and leaves me sighing happily at the end - wishing there was more...
Elena had the wicked stepmother and the normal useless stepsisters, but she wasn't destined to put on a glass slipper and find herself a prince to marry. Nope, not her.
When her family leaves her home alone, her only thought is to find a way to escape the life she has been living and become a servant in someone else's house. When the debtors strip the house of anything the stepmother left behind, she can't live there with no income. So she goes to the fair hoping to be chosen as a general servant. Lord knows she has lots of servant skills developed from serving the family. Unfortunately, everyone else knows what kind of woman her stepmother is and won't choose her. Just when she's so discouraged she's about to give up, this strange little lady in eye-catching clothing comes up in a strange carriage pulled by an even stranger horse and asks her if she'd like to serve her. Anything is better than having to live with her stepmother again, so she says yes. But she didn't realize she was being recruited to be the new Fairy Godmother!
You follow along with her as she does her lessons, and learns about brownies, fae folk, and other creatures of the woods. Her first "job" as a Fairy Godmother is not easy either and presents a new problem. What shall she do with this arrogant, ignorant prince who is now a donkey and lives on her farm? Traditional fairy tales have an idea, but she refuses to follow that tradition because it doesn't have a happy ending. Can a new Fairy Godmother create a new fairy tale?
There's quick wit, pratfalls, good bantering between the cottage members, and the story is fairy tale like, but a nice change from the same old tale of Cinderella.
I really liked this one and I'm sure there will be more books coming in this series. After all, it is five hundred kingdoms - this was only one. If you like fantasy or fairy tales, visit your local bookstore and grab a copy of this one. It's a great read!
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