Alethea Kontis is the New York Times best-selling co-author of Sherrilyn Kenyon's The Dark-Hunter Companion.Alethea was a student of the science-fiction greats Andre Norton and Orson Scott Card, and she has worked in a number of book-related jobs. She lives in Ashburn, Virginia. Visit her at www.aletheakontis.com.
A Kirkus Best Teen Book of 2012 A World Book Night Selection An ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection An Andre Norton Award Nominee * "A fabulous fairy-tale mashup that deserves hordes of avid readers. Absolutely delectable."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review * "Kontis delivers a fairy-tale mash-up that outright sparkles."--School Library Journal, starred review "Fantasy readers will undoubtedly enjoy the . . . mash-up of these famous stories, spiced with comedy, romance and magical powers."--VOYA "A wonderful mix-up of fairy-tale tropes, a clever love story, and a delightful tale all on its own!"--Tamora Pierce "A charming tumble of fairy tales, spiced with humor and sprinkled with true love." --Sharon Shinn, best-selling author of the Samaria series "If Neil Gaiman and the Brothers Grimm had a child who grew up to weave fairy tales, she would be Alethea Kontis. Read this book--it's an absolute winner."--J.T. Ellison, best-selling author of Where All the Dead Lie "As mischievous as a garden full of fairies and twice as clever, Enchanted proves there's more than life left in the oldest genre in the world--there's a lot of heart, too." --Sean Williams, New York Times best-selling author "Kontis is a born spell-caster and her work is spellbinding. In the style of great fairy tales, Kontis has created a delightful, heartfelt new classic that can charm the sun out from behind the clouds." --Leanna Renee Hieber, author of the Strangely Beautiful and Magic Most Foul series "Alethea Kontis's debut is full of inventive whimsy. Take your favorite fairytale and spin it to the side, throw in a half-dozen other tales all dancing, and you get this Enchanted ball."--Mary Robinette Kowal, award-winning author of Shades of Milk and Honey "It's the relaxed humor of Kontis' presentation that not only ups the realism of characters unfazed by talking frogs and fey characters but also gives this offering its sweet, distinctive stamp."--Booklist --
Gr 7-9-Sunday, the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter in the Woodcutter family, has six older sisters also named after days of the week. They all have characteristics from the rhyme "Monday's child.." Sunday's fairy godmother gave her a name-day gift-the ability to write stories that all come true. She visits the woods to write in her journal and meets a frog who listens to her tales. They fall in love and one day, after Sunday kisses her frog goodnight and leaves, he turns from Grumble into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland and a man her family hates due to his involvement in the disappearance of Jack, Sunday's oldest brother. The process of the prince getting back to the castle and getting Sunday to fall in love with him as a man takes many chapters and includes fairy tale mash-ups, such as The Frog Prince, Cinderella, The Goose Girl, and Jack and the Beanstalk. Katherine Kellgren's amazing narration draws listeners into Kontis's tale (Harcourt, 2012). Her characterizations and voices are compelling, especially that of Grumble. Kellgren varies her pacing and succeeds at raising the suspense level to maintain listener interest. If there is any flaw to the story, it's that listeners may be distracted while trying to decipher which fairytale is being added to the mix with each new bit of action.-Ann Brownson, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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