Author: J.A. Kazimer
Genre: Fantasy,
Source: Library Paperback
Rating: 2 out of 5 paws.
RJ is pulled into a mystery surrounding the death of a princess: Cinderella. Her sister: Asia asks RJ for his help in finding her killer, and he cannot help but assist her. But RJ is a villain who has been suspended from his villain duties. Once RJ begins his search he discovers too many family secrets and mysteries for one villain to solve including a curse placed on each of Cinderella's step-sisters. This is not your average fairy-tale.
I admit there were times when I struggled to get through this book. I love fairy tale retellings and I thought this one would be a funny one to read, a villain gone good or sort of good. interesting right? Wrong, so very wrong. I was disappointed in this book and wanted to give up on numerous occasions but stuck with it to the end.
There were a lot "humorous" things (not laugh out loud humor, more like...oh ha that's cute humor) that ended up getting played out too much and there was too much emphasis on RJ wanting to get Asia into bed. I get it he's a villain and she's a pure damsel princess who needed help, but it was overdone way too much. The readers are consistently reminded that Asia is fat, but RJ still finds her beautiful...um really? It was mentioned that she weight about 150 lbs...if that is fat in this author's mind, many a female readers will be offended, this one included. And Dru is ugly, we get that, but it is drilled into the reader and the idea that no one could love her based on her looks...is that all that matters? We are also reminded time and time again about how he is a villain forced to be good...but we never actually see it other than his desire to swear or get Asia into bed.
I expected more of a mystery, but the novel was more about him trying to get to Asia and win her over so he can get her into bed. Don't get me wrong, sometimes i indulge in the steamy romance, but this wasn't even steamy, it was more stalkerish creepy than sexy. The author seems to try hard to be witty and raunchy, but falls epically short. How many times can one reader read the words "villain, fat, and ugly" before it becomes annoying and trite? Tthere were things included in the story, that didn't fit with the tale or made no sense why they were included such as red riding hood towards the end, it had no baring on the story nor did it supply anything worth while to the plot...but the plot wasn't really there either.
I am glad I borrowed the book rather than buying it. I wouldn't recommend it.
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