Charming by Jade Linwood

Pages: 336

Publisher: Solaris 

Released: 18th of July 2023 

9 to 5 with fairy tale princesses in a delightful comic fantasy revenge/heist!

Brave, Resourceful, Deceitful, Double-Crossing... Charming.

Prince Jean-Marc Charming Arundel, known to friends and enemies alike as "Prince Charming," is handsome, well-mannered, brave, a peerless swordsman, a cunning tactician – and a liar, a con man and a fraud. For years he has been travelling from one kingdom to the next, rescuing endangered princesses and maidens, securing their troths and his place in their fathers' palaces, then looting their treasuries and having it away before dawn.

Until a chance meeting of three of his victims – raven-haired Marie Blanche de Neige, the sorceress Doctor Emilia Rapunzel and the long-slumbering Bella Lucia dei’ Sogni – suggests a course of revenge...

What I Have to Say 

This was such a great new imagining of fairy tales. I loved the fresh angle and the way they explained how Prince Charming is in every fairy tale. It was interesting to see a modern take on it with three strong women looking to take him down. 

The fairy tales themselves were the main event for me. Sleeping Beauty was briefly skimmed over but Snow White and Rapunzel were told in full. I really liked the Snow White one and the Snow White character was my favourite, but I found the Rapunzel one strayed a little too far from the original tale. It was basically a brand new story. 

The ending was satisfying, playing into the main characters' skills and bringing it to a really satisfying conclusion. 

A must read for fairy tale fans. 

4 stars 

 My thanks go to Netgalley and Solaris for providing me with this copy for review.