The Wishing Spell

"Very kid like, lots of cliche phrases, but cute story and interesting read."

"I bought this one on the airport for my daughter since it was cheap and looked like a light reading, unfortunately it was light enough to have 0 calories in it's content, sweetened with artificial sweetener. <br/><br/>Also somebody please tell this poor lad that novels and screenplays cannot be done the same way. Only after buying the book and adding it to the list of 'to read' did I found that this guy is actually an actor in a tv show and it is noticeable that their true intentions was exactly to eventually make a movie or a series of movies from these bunch of books so it is very depressing to read something that is so obviously half assed.<br/><br/>The concept is very common by today standards, a pair of kids fall into a book (conveniently called 'The Land of Stories') where all fairy tale stories are real. And that by itself could have a well developed story, the problem here is that this book is too shallow on every single aspect of it.<br/><br/>Sleeping Beauty rules the Kingdom of Sleeping Beauty. The Fairy Council lies at the Fairy Kingdom. All princes Charming are related by blood and their names all star with a 'C': Chase Charming, Chandler Charming, etc. situation that I find irritating at most because of it's dullness and lack of imagination. The kids are always 'at grave danger' for like a minute or two and then go back to their merry journey along the continent (which is not really that big, if they managed to cover the whole thing in less than two weeks). In the story they are supposedly running 'against the clock' trying to gather several items that the Evil Queen is also searching for but they all gather everything without even moving a muscle so there was never a feel of hurry. Heck, had I been the Evil Queen it would've been easier to just keep an eye on them and capture them as soon as they had gathered everything.<br/><br/>But what annoyed me the most was the constant use of stupid comercial movie cliches, an 'all A's' bookworm and her 'worst in class' brother, a hero and a thief deep in love that cannot see each other, a queen that is the fairy tale equivalent of a brainless Kardashian, a warrior girl that is a badass untill you put in front of her her boyfriend and suddenly is able to start a catfight for any stupid thing. By far the only decent story was the background of the Evil Queen and even that could have been worked a lot more.<br/><br/>In general, I would only recommend this for someone who has never actually read anything in their lives and need to see the name of a famous tv artist on the back of the book to actually even think of starting to read anything at all."

"it was cute"

"I had a hard time choosing between quotes and I ended up choosing- "The world will always choose convenience over reality, It's easier to hate, blame, and fear than it is to understand. No one wants the truth; they want entertainment." <br/>"The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer is a middle school age book that follows twins Alex and Connor Bailey as they discover the Fairytale land after they fall into their grandmother's book "The Land of Stories." <br/><br/>I would give "The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer a 5-star review because, 1; this one of my fav series 2; I love how the author integrates the modern world and the fairytale world 3; the story is highly entertaining 4; while reading I found so many great quotes that I loved 5; I like how this story gives a different view of fairytales and 6; I love the character of the Evil Queen in this story because; I love the fact that we get to hear a new story of how she became the villain known as the Evil Queen."

"Love, love, love. This book is an adventure filled fantasy middle grade that just makes you smile forever! I read bits of this book many times throughout my early years in school, but I never actually got to it. It’d been on my tbr for quite some time, so eventually I picked it up when I was feeling a bit down. Omg! This book did not disappoint. I loved it! #fantasy #comedy #kids #middlegrade #love "

"It was wonderful book and i love how he added the real fairytale that were originally written@"

"Part of what drew me to this book was Chris Colfer. I enjoy him on "Glee," and have enjoyed seeing his tweets from his book tours. I didn't really know much about this series going in, except the basic premise: Kids from today get sent to fairy tale land.<br/><br/>I thought the story was predictable, but since I am an adult and it's meant for children, I can't really say that's a fault. Kids might guess what will happen, and I think that could be a great opportunity to talk about predictions and foreshadowing (but maybe that's just the teacher in my talking). I thought it was fun to get a different perspective on all the fairy tale characters we know and love. It reminded me of "Once Upon A Time" for kiddos. <br/><br/>The only thing I can think of that might count as a "criticism" from me would be Colfer's over-explanations of the setting. I feel like it was a little overboard. It was a little distracting to have every minute detail explained in one sentence when Alex and Conner arrived in a new place. If it had been spread throughout the narration in the scene, it might have been better. <br/><br/>But really, I thought this was a cute story, and fun for young readers. I enjoyed it as an adult, and look forward to the other books in this series."