Once Upon a Marigold

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Summary: Awsome book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The humour in this book is phenomenal. Some would say that I am a bit "grown-up" for faerie tales, but I loved this story.
A boy named Chris runs away from his family, and is found by a troll in the forest. They live in a cave together for 12 years while Edric (the troll) works on his campaign against the tooth faerie, and Chris watched the Princess Marigold through his telescope.
Across the waterfall, in the castle, lives a royal family. Queen Olympia is absolutely horrific. She tries to find a groom for her youngest daughter so that she alone can rule the kingdom. Young Marigold doesn't want to marry any of the suitors, which angers her mother. Marigold then begins a correspondence with the boy across the waterfall, by "p-mail" (pigeon-mail). They finally meet when Chris sets off to get a job at the castle. Their love is a forbidden one, but they vow to make it work. When Olympia sets up a marriage between Marigold and Mangus, everything that could go wrong does.
My favorite characters in this story are Marigold's father, the king, for his wonderous sense of humor, and Cate, one of Chris's dogs, for her sense of pride and loyalty. I would absolutely reccommened this book for all ages.

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Summary: An Amazing romantic fairy tale
Review: This book is truly one of a kind. Unique, anything farther away than horrible. Jean Ferris did an amazing job on this book. I know you don't want to listen to may say how great this book is and you want to know what it is about so I will tell you what it is about.
Ed, is a troll that must live in a cave for 100 years, but he good the better one. Amazing chrystals in every room with different colors, better then what his brothers got. One day while exploring he finds a little boy named Christian. He is dressed in nice clothes, but he ran away from his home. Ed, takes him in, even though at first he doesn't want to. Now about 11 years later he realized that it was a great idea to take care of him, and see his childhood. Well, Ed is an exlporer so he finds many things including a telescope. Ed and Christian live near the kings castle and Chris watches the princess marigold every day with the telescope.
One day Christian gets a bright idea, and you have to read the book to find out what.
I personaly loved this book, and I think you will too. I'm a fantsy reader, but definitely not a romance novel reader, but this books combines adventure, fantsy, realistic, and romance into one amazing book that has the perfect amount of each one. I hope you take my advice and read this book. It is one of the best books I've ever read.

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Summary: Once Upon A Predictable Book
Review: This book seemed to flow strangely. The family acted as though it was impossible to stop Queen Olympia in the beginning, but then, all of a sudden, the family fights back. I thought that was weird, and it was strange that Marigold's family risked everything they did for someone they did not know at all, Christian. I could predict all the endings for this book, and I could not stand the ending where huge things occurred in nigh on four pages. The ending was sloppy, predictable and too quick. It was too perfect of an ending, most true fairy tales don't end so perfectly. The one thing about this book that annoyed me the most was how Christian and Marigold, children themselves, fell in love so quickly and acted like spouses. If you want a story that is complex in nature, worth your time, or realistic, you should not read this book.

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Summary: The Perfect Ending
Review: What a cute, fun story! I loved how author Jean Ferris let the characters talk like people nowadays, and it gave the book a funny, irreverent tone. When Chris and Princess Marigold start "p-mailing" (that's pigeon mailing), Chris knows he really has no chance with her. But things start to look up when Chris gets a job working in the castle to get closer to his best friend and love interest. Marigold soon figures out that he's her p-mailing partner and is thrilled, but she's about to be forced by her evil mother, the queen, to marry a guy she has no feelings for. Can Chris and Marigold foil the queen's dastardly plans? Just maybe, with the help of an ailing king, a lovesick troll, and 2 devoted dogs!
This is an hilarious book with predictable, but always fun, twists and turns! I throroughly enjoyed the plot, but the characters were the best part. Marigold is the anti-princess, being only somewhat pretty, interested in books and bad jokes. Chris was found in a forest when he was young by his "foster father," the highly amusing troll, Ed. Ed is staging a showdown against the tooth fairy, Queen Mab, who he claims has an unfair monopoly over the tooth business and is incompetent in her job. Even Ed's dogs are full of personality! This is a light-hearted, topsy-turvy fairy tale to treasure!