The Enchanted Book Review

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	• Ella Enchanted (Trophy Newbery) Gail Carson Levine HarperTrophy, 1998 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 1141 reviews view larger image
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The Enchanted Book Review

Being one of my favorite books, Ella Enchanted has to be one of the most well written fairytales I have ever read. Through out the story Ella, the protagonist, has to go through a series of adventures to undo a curse laid upon her at birth.
Ella, who is the protagonist, has a curse of obedience that has been cast upon her from a fairy named Lucinda, and her mother and her cook have spent her whole life looking out for her so that she is not told to do something dangerous. For example, if some tells her to go jump of the tallest structure in the world, she would do it, she can't help it because of her curse. Unfortunately, her mother dies early one in the story while she is only a teenager, from being extremely ill. At her funeral Ella meet the young, smart, talented, funny, and extremely dashing Prince Charmont (Prince Char for short) They both end up becoming friends, and a little more than that later on in the story, but let's not get in to that shall we.
Sir Peter, Ella's father meets a lady after her mothers' funeral, named Dame Olga. He finds out that her two daughters will be going to finishing school. This is a place where girls get sent to become proper young ladies. Now Sir Peters wants to send Ella there too along with Dame Olga's daughters. Before leaving for school, Mandy the cook gives Ella two presents. One present is a magical fairytale book which shows things that are happening in real life. The second gift is a necklace that Ella's mother used to wear.
At finishing school, Ella makes a new friend named Areida. But after only a few months, Ella gets tired of being in finishing school, and runs away. On her journey, Ella finds out from the fairytale book that there will be a wedding, for a giant. At this wedding, Ella knows there will be many magical creatures there, including fairies. So now Ella hopes that she will find Lucinda so she can undo the spell. Unfortunately, at the wedding Ella finds out that Lucinda cannot undo the curse, only she can.

So now what happens in the book is for me and everybody who has read it to know and for you to find out, so buy this book and start reading, because you will live this book so much, you won't want to stop reading it, and won't want to put it down.

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A True Fairy Tale... =D

I think this book qualifies as a true fairy tale. It's definately up there with Little Red Riding Hood an The 3 Little Pigs. There is the traditional "handsome prince" but the twist is that instead of the princess being some ditsy, graceful, perfectly flawless girl ( no effence to the princesses out there ), she is an average girl who is beautiful on the inside. Isn't that how all princesses should be? I loved this book so much I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. Really. Ella Enchanted is a romantic comedy, fantasy, filled with magic, a curse, colourful characters- Just pick up the book. It was amazing from page 1.

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Fun and thought-provoking

This is one of my absolute favorite books of all time. It's one of my comfort books--I can always pick it up and become lost in it when I want to read my troubles away.

Though the reading level is such that younger readers can read it comfortably, it is not so patronizing that older readers are bored by it. Add to that an interesting, thought-provoking and clever twist on one of the Grimm Brothers most well-known fairytales, this is a novel I'd reccomend to anyone and everyone!

(If you liked this book, Once Upon a Marigold is a novel with a similar world and mood you might enjoy. If you like re-tellings of fairy tales, Beauty by McKinley and The Goose Girl by Hale are other good books to try.)

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great for all ages

In this twist on Cinderella, Ella was put under a curse a birth that makes her always obedient. No matter what the command is, she must obey it. Now her mother has just died, and her father is marrying the odious Dame Olga, and sending Ella away to finishing school, despite prostests from both her and Prince Charmont, whom she befriended at the funeral, that she doesn't need to be "finished." The other girls at school makes life horrible for her there, so she runs away. At home, Dame Olga and her new stepsisters, Hattie and Olive, never tire of ordering Ella about, since her father is away on business, and Ella must live as a servant in her own house. But unless the curse is broken, there is nothing she can do about it. This was one of my favorite books eight years ago, and I still enjoy it today.

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I Couldn't Put It Down

The first time I read this book I couldn't put it down. Literally. It was the best book I'd ever read and still is. I have read so many times I could tell you the story by heart. I recommend this book to everyone, even if you hate reading.

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