Unlocking the Spell: A Tale of the Wide-Awake Princess
By E.D. Baker
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E.D. Baker
E. D. Baker is the author of the Tales of the Frog Princess series, The Wide-Awake Princess series, The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker series, and many other delightful books for young readers, including A Question of Magic, Fairy Wings,and Fairy Lies. Her first book, The Frog Princess, was the inspiration for Disney's hit movie The Princess and the Frog. She lives with her family and their many animals in Churchville, Maryland. www.talesofedbaker.com Facebook/EDBakerAuthor
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emma is now the Green Witch and has many resposiblilties, lime reversing her aunts terrible deeds. As her aunt gets eer nastier, Emma desperatly searches for a cure to the family curse. She travels back in time to meet her ancestors and of course Eadric comes along. They have many adventures in the past, but Emma is always thinking about breaking the curse because she knows that if there is even the slightest shance she might become like Aunt Grassina, she will have to refuse Eadrics proposal. I like this book a lot, and I'm sad to see the end of the series. I thought it was a surprising ending and it had me fooled. Certinatley a great read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still more with Emma and Eadric. This was a little darker, and little more grown up, but still lots of fun. Grassina might have been a little over the top, but everything worked out well in the end. I can't wait until the fourth installment is out in paper.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Liked this one. Too long ago to recall much about it, though.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I liked this book, it is the 3rd in the series 'The frog Princess" and I found it delightful... Finally a book on time travel that didn't leave me in the warp!
Emma is a Green Witch & Princess...who is engaged to Eadric, but she will only marry him if the Curse of the Green Witch (which has befallen all of her Green Witch ancestors...turning them into Snarky Hags) can be undone. For this she needs to go back in time to the day of the curse and witness its casting.
The story is filled with a cast of delightful characters; Faeries, her Grandfather's ghost, her grand mother & Aunt Grassina (both former Green Witches), a bat named Lil, wizards and a dragon.
I just might read the rest of the series "The Frog Princess" by Baker1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am enchanted by this series, and now I'm 1/2-way through. I don't ever want to leave this world - escapist fun at its most charming! If I had a daughter I would definitely buy these books for her, as the girl hero is brave, smart, not afraid of getting dirty or sweaty, but by no means perfect, either.
In this installment we spend just a bit more time with some of the adults, and that's fun for me, because after all I haven't been the target age for these books in 4 decades. There's a bonus time travel element, but unfortunately it doesn't do anything interesting w/ paradoxes etc. Eadric becomes a bit stronger, as a character, too, which is nice.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5it was a very good book, I liked it beacause it had lots of imaginative characters and scenes.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rating: 4/5
I picked up Once Upon a Curse from the library as an impulse read. I was unaware that it was part of a series, but I was in the mood for a cute, light-hearted read. I was not disappointed.
Once Upon a Curse is a super cute and sweet middle grade fantasy novel about a witch princess named Emma trying to break the curse that has been placed on her family. Whenever anyone in her family touches a flower, they will turn into a crabby, ugly witch. I enjoyed the lightness of the read. Sometimes you just get tired of reading books whose themes are dark and heavy. I love reading middle grade because often times they are light and cute. This book did not disappoint! I am looking forward to reading the rest of this series.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was amazing! The books make more sense now because i read no place for magic before this one and i understand it better. Well written, and i love Eadric's character.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker is the third of the Frog Princess tales. Each curse Emma breaks seems to have further consequences. Her whole world is built on a foundation of curses. And now her aunt has fallen to the Green Witch curse, leaving Emma as the new witch and facing her own future doom.So Emma decides she needs to go to the source of her family's curse. That means going back in time to either prevent the curse or learn the ingredients.Emma's family curse is tied up in events very similar to Princess Aurora's curse. Rule one: don't short change a fairy. It seems like a simple fix, right? Let's just say the version of the curse that's been passed down the ages has been simplified.This is the book where the series finally addresses what exactly the Green Witch does for the kingdom and the castle. It's also the point where we learn that the curse might be justified.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tales of the Frog Princess, book 3.Princess Emma is anxious to marry Prince Eadric, but first she must undo the family curse that threatens to turn her into an evil hag. Grassina has already fallen victim to the curse, as has every Green Witch before her. Emma goes back in time to when the spell was cast to try to discover how to break it. Fans of the first two books in the series will like this one as well.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another enjoyable tale of the Frog Princess (though she's no longer a frog so it seems a bit odd to continue to call her that). In this adventure, Emma sets back in time in an attempt to end the curse that has stricken all the women in her family and will continue to strike them through the generations. I didn't feel like the time-travelling aspect of this was gimmicky at all, so that was nice. I did become a bit annoyed with Emma's meddling in past events after being told not to. I really liked the ending of this one - had a twist I wasn't expecting, so that was definitely welcome. The premise for number four doesn't sound as good, but I'll still give it a shot.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5book 3 in trilogy (1: the frog princess; 2: dragons breath) like the other two very funny, hilarious, quick and easy read
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slightly less fun than the first book. The premise is a bit more forced, Liam's sudden switches of behavior don't really make sense (he "explains" it at least once, but that doesn't explain why his actions changed), the villain is kind of pointless and the way they wander hither and yon is really silly. On the other hand, it is again a mishmash of fairy stories put together in reasonably reasonable ways (I loved the Three Bears), Annie is great and Gwendolyn develops some brains and spine on the trip, we get to see more of the land and more of fairies...still fun, still worth rereading in a year or so.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5More fun fairytales all tied together in a cuts package.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another light, fun book by E.D. Baker - this time sharing Annie's (from the Wide-Awake Princess) efforts to help remove the curse from her sister's fiancee.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love this series. It is so super cute. Annie is such a great character! She is Gwendolyn’s (Sleeping Beauty) non-magical sister. Annie received a gift from her fairy godmother at birth that would not let any magic affect her, unlike everyone else in the kingdom. Because of this gift, Annie can sense when magic is near. Her power can also cause someone’s magic to falter. I found this to be one of the best parts of the story. I loved the descriptions of characters that suddenly found themselves without their magical qualities and gifts. One of the other qualities that make Annie so endearing is her resourcefulness. Because she has grown up without the help of magic, she has had to learn how to do many things on her own. Her sister, Gwennie, is described as “the most beautiful princess in the world” (with the help of magic of course), but Annie is often overlooked. While this could be lonely and a bit annoying, it makes Annie a great character. She is smart, stubborn, and extremely clever. The perfect underdog heroine. The plot also weaves together familiar fairytales with slightly altered storylines. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood all make appearances—just not in the ways we are familiar with. How the author used these stories and characters was very creative. This is a middle grades series, which means it is squeaky clean. A little kissing, but appropriate for younger readers. Older readers would probably find it too wholesome. Maybe I’m a big nerd, but I loved it. Of course, I liked the first book (The Wide Awake Princess), too. Personally, I think all fairy tale fans should read this series. It is charming.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A+ E. D. Baker. I loved the first book in this series and this one is just as good! Great characters (the reinterpretations of well-known fairy tales throughout are wonderful), good storyline, and humorous writing.GoodReads FirstReads Giveaway [book:Unlocking the Spell|13513409][author:E.D. Baker|272814]