The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

Really fun and humorous take on traditional fairy tales. Instead of following the usual princessss, we follow the adventures of 4 different Princes Charming. I loved their personalities and shortcomings, as well as how they related with each other. Duncan was by far my favorite of the group. It's a silly but fun and heartfelt story. A little repetitive. However, the characters are everything, and a few of the princesses have pretty big roles as well. This is light, feel-good reading and made me laugh out loud often. ( )

Great book talk book. Funny and well written, but I think it just went on a bit too long for my taste. But I did appreciate the wonderful illustrations and the diverse mix of characters. ( )

I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. It was funny, sarcastic and an absolute joy to listen to. I loved the way it played on all the Prince Charmings from the fairy tales and made them into people. This had me laughing as the fairy tales I grew up reading had a totally new and fun light shed on them. ( )

I just couldn't finish . . . .

First, I didn't like how nearly all of the princes were made into namby-pamby goofs, and the princesses were strong, capable, and able to save themselves. My sister (who finished it) tells me it got better in the end, but nonetheless, it was the theme throughout the first 34s and I did not like it. It felt very feministic to me.

Also, the crudityviolencewitch-stuff made me cringe a few times, and this is NOT something I would give to my middle-grade aged brothers! I am becoming increasingly disappointing with the kind of content you can put into a middle grade novel. :

While there were funny parts, and I found myself chuckling a few times, and the story had an interesting premise, this just didn't cut it for me. I had a hard time getting into the writing style, and barely was able to make it halfway through before I quit. Not my thing, I guess. ( )

This was everything I was hoping for and more. The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kindom has the adventure, humor, and some great backstories for the princes and princesses. Each character had their own quirk or side to them I didn't expect. I loved the transformation of all the princes and the personalities of their princesses. I really want to see how their lives unfold and what adventure they are going to get into next. ( )