A Book Review: Awake (A Fairytale Trilogy)

This month's book review is Jessica Grey's Awake (book one of the Fairytale Trilogy). A series filled with magic, friendship, and swoon!

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Book Description: Alexandra Martin didn't believe in fairytales.

Alex has always been more interested in rocks and science than stories about princesses and magic. Now she’s far too busy with her summer internship at the Gem and Mineral Museum to think about children’s stories. Between avoiding her former best friend and high school baseball star, Luke Reed, and trying to hide her unrequited crush on her mentor at the museum, the real world is occupying all of her time.

Until she walked into one.

It turns out fairytales aren’t all fun and games. A curse has turned her neat and orderly world upside down, and to break it, she bands together with a fellow intern and a recently awakened princess who’s been asleep for 900 years. Can this trio of unlikely heroines put an end to an ominous enchantment, discover true love, and keep an ancient and evil magic from being unleashed on modern-day Los Angeles?

Ang's Review: Awake: A Fairytale is refreshing. Ms. Grey does a fantastic job of taking an old classic and making it her own. At the heart of this fairytale is the bond of friendship between three girls: Lilia, Becca, and Alex. The girls learn to not only rely on their own powers, but to depend upon each other and help build one another up. They present a fantastic example of what true and lasting friendships should be built upon: trust, caring, encouragement, and fun.

Luke is a-flippin-dorable: handsome, snarky, and smart. He's not your typical jock nor your traditional "hero." He's an even keeled character willing to protect those he cares about, while at the same time brave enough to let others save the day.

The twist and turns of the plot were what kept me reading. I enjoyed seeing how Ms. Grey weaved the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty with her own modern musings. The main focus of this story is the developing plot. Ms. Grey does not play up the angst and drama between Luke and Alex in order to make for inorganic tension, but trusts her story and her writing to do it naturally. If you are a fan of fairytales retold and looking for something fun and heartfelt, this is the book for you.

Pick up a copy today on Amazon!

And while you're at it check out
Atone (book two of the series) and Avowed (a novella).