He loves to use common sayings, but he can never get them right. Oh, I really liked Chris and Marigold, but Ed made me laugh. But there were still several surprises along the way that kept the story fresh.Įd the troll might have been my favorite character. You can probably guess the general outline of the story, beginning to end, just from that. He wants to be her friend, and he wants to know why she frequently looks unhappy. As he grows older, he starts to notice Princess Marigold, who he can watch as she reads on her terrace in the castle. We first meet Chris when he’s a six-year-old runaway living in the woods. Looks really didn’t come into play at all. She even asks commoners’ opinions on the qualities that a good ruler should have! Even the minor characters are generally defined by their personalities, good or bad. Princess Marigold is a reader, also intelligent and kind, and very concerned with making sure that she becomes a good strong ruler of her kingdom. He’s the first in the kingdom to use p-mail (pigeon mail). I loved that the defining characteristics of the characters weren’t their beauty or lack thereof. My seven-year-old cousin and fellow lover-of-all-things-fairy, Natalie, convinced me to read this by reciting the cover blurb to me: “Part comedy, part love story, part everything-but-the-kitchen-sink.” What fairy tale fan could resist that? Not this one!
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