Utterly Charming

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Summary: Utterly Charming was utterly delightful!
Review: Can I give a book 6 stars? I just finished reading Utterly Charming - a book I bought and couldn't put down! I read it in one night. It's about a modern day woman who's a lawyer and her client turns out to be THE prince charming! He's in a bit of a fix and needs her help. This story has tons of magic, a magician with a snake for a familiar and of course the requesite wicked witch! Oh yeah - sleeping beauty too! It was fantastic and she has a sequel coming out called Thoroughly Kissed that I can't wait to get! The characters were so dynamic and as a reader, I could feel the heroine's attraction for the hero, and MAN, I love a feisty heroine! If any of you like stories with magic, humor and fairytales, you'll really enjoy this book!

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Summary: This book is utterly charming
Review: I couldn't put it down. She made me fall in love with the characters. I even brought the book to work to read it.

Very well written. Very Funny. This story itself is Utterly Cherming.

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Summary: Utterly Charming
Review: I found the title of this book right on target. This book is utterly charming. If you want blow by blow sex (boring!) this book is not for you. If you like a little fantasy, a fun book this is. A thoroughly modern lawyer mixed with characters out of mythology and a lot of laughs.

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Summary: whimsical but not romantic
Review: I was looking forward to this book because the premise seemed so original. It just didn't deliver. Blackstone spends the whole book trying to figure out which woman (Nora or Emma) he really wants. He doesn't have a relationship with either one of them. Emma has been asleep for 1000 yrs and Nora was his lawyer for 1 day and he doesn't see her again for 10 yrs. Nora has a lawyer-sharp mind with a fantasy-believing personality that I just couldn't buy. It became ridiculous when she was facing down a powerful wizard and witch with "I'm not afraid of you, I'm a Lawyer!" Then ordering them out of her house! If your looking for a witty fairy tale this is OK (Love Me Tender by Sandra Hill is better), but if your looking for a romance (of any kind) this isn't it! KCS

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Summary: Utterly Charming is just that
Review: Not often does one come upon a book that has an intriguing plot, likable characters and a cast of secondary character who are not only zany but actually interesting.

Kristine Grayson has given the reader a modern new spin on some old myths and fairy tales with a struggling young lawyer suddenly finding for herself a client who not only vastly rich, but who also happens to be a 1000-year old wizard hellbent on 'rescuing' his fated soulmate from the clutches of the evil wizard-ess.

The writing is fast-paced with loads of snappy dialogue, my favorite. Ms. Grayson has me hooked and I definitely look forward to Thoroughly Kissed.

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Summary: Utterly, Thoroughly, and Competely Smitten
Review: This book is just as the title says...Utterly Charming. The story of Alex and Nora is as classic as you can get. Hello - TRUE LOVE! When you read at least 20 books a month and have them all turn out to be so cookie-cutter it can get a little mundane. But, to FINALLY find a book that is so classic and yet adds that something special! It's a very rare gift indeed. Kristine Grayson takes on the lives of classic fairytale characters and Greek mythology and "kicks it up a notch"!
Each book in the series is such an easy read you'll never want to put it down. But be aware that if you're into steamy love scenes that knock your socks off this book just doesn't cut it. But, you'll get hooked into the story line of Alex and Nora and you wont even miss it! I promise! Enjoy!

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Summary: Delightful fun!
Review: Throw away your concept of romance, if it includes heaving bosoms and frail heroines. Nora Barr, Esq, isn't frail and her bosoms don't heave. She's a very real woman, with some pretty unusual problems - including a client who's THE prince charming, a wicked witch, and a really angry Sleeping Beauty. (You would be, too, if you'd been put to sleep for 1000 years!)

Grayson puts these characters through their paces, and the result is warm, witty, silly, romantic - and utterly charming.

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Summary: Wonderful Story
Review: What an interesting spin on the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. This was an enjoyable novel from start to finish. I loved it. A guilt ridden Alex Blackstone tries to make things right after casting a magic spell which puts his girlfriend, Emma to sleep for one thousand years after he kisses her and she falls into a deep coma which comes from a spell cast on her previously by her evil "mother" (mentor), Ealhswith. Alex misinterprets the "Fates" (the rulers of the magic world) believing Emma is his soul mate but after meeting attorney, Nora Barr his views on who his true soul mate is slowly becomes clear. After sleeping for one thousand years Emma awakes angry, confused and is truly lost in this modern new world. Emma has to learn everything from scratch (she has no clue as to what a shower is, what a car is, etc.) as if she were a child even though she is the equivalent of a 20 something year old young woman. If you believe in fairy tales, this novel is a must read, filled with lots of humor and the belief that dreams can really come true.

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Summary: This is a Romance?
Review: When I first read this book I found it to be absolutely enchanting, I never wanted to put it down! Kristine Grayson does a wonderful job of giving you the feeling of a fairy tale in reality. It made my heart long for a love and a life that may only be in books. And I can't wait for the next one to come out!