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  About the Book: ✦ Title: Flash of Magic ✦ Author: Allison Tebo ✦ Genre: Clean fantasy -- Tales of Ambia short fiction collection ✦ Series: Companion to the Tales of Ambia ✦ Recommend for: 14+ My Overall Rating ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis A Flash Of Magic is a magical and rambunctious compilation featuring eight stories with eight characters as you have never seen them before. The Tales of Ambia series returns with this charming collection of short stories and novelettes offering a deeper look into a fairytale land like no other. Whether it’s an intimate look at Ella’s wedding day, a hilarious glimpse of Burndee’s holiday baking, or an explosive first meeting between a prince and his godfather, there is adventure for everyone in A Flash Of Magic. 💭 My thoughts Overall, this was a really fun collection of short stories, letters, diary entries, etc., from the world of Ambia! I of course liked some better than others, though. A couple stories or entries were just a little boring to me, but s...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Poppy's Peril ✦ Author: Allison Tebo ✦ Genre: Clean fairytale retelling (The Goose Girl) ✦ Series: Book #3 in The Tales of Ambia ✦ Recommend for: 13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5 📖 Synopsis Princess Poppy doesn’t feel very royal, and she certainly doesn’t feel ready to marry. But when her father decides that a marriage to a foreign duke would benefit their small kingdom, Poppy obeys. Stepping into an unknown world full of hidden dangers, Poppy must navigate betrayals she never anticipated and discover the inherent royalty and strength within her own heart. 💭 My thoughts This companion novella serves as a prequel to book #2, "A Royal Masquerade" but I would recommend reading it after. This is the story of Poppy, a primary character in "A Royal Masquerade" , and all that had happened to her to bring her to that point. Because the reader knows what will eventually transpire with Poppy after this novella, it wasn't overly stressful or...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: A Royal Masquerade ✦ Author: Alison Tebo ✦ Genre: Clean fairytale retelling (The Goose Girl) ✦ Series: Book #2 in the Tales of Ambia series (see review for prior book here !) ✦ Recommend for: ages 12/13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis Burndee can barely tolerate the mischievous Prince Colin, but the two of them are invariably thrown together in a way that keeps them at one another’s throats. While attending a noblewoman’s wedding, Burndee and Colin’s private feud comes to a climax when Burndee loses his temper and does the unthinkable. With Prince Colin unable to attend to his royal duties and Burndee bound by an inconvenient spell, can the two of them work together long enough to unsnarl the mysterious goings-on around them? A madcap and magical novella of The Goose Girl from a unique perspective. 💭 My thoughts I thoroughly enjoyed this novella! I loved how the author did the retelling of the Goose Girl (read the Author's Note in the beginning),...

  About the Book... *Title: The Reluctant Godfather *Author: Alison Tebo *Genre: Clean fairytale retelling (Cinderella) *Series: Book # 1 in the Tales of Ambia *Recommend for: Ages 12 & up My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📖Synopsis Burndee is a young and cantankerous fairy godfather, who would rather bake cakes than help humans. A disgrace to the fairy order, Burndee has only two wards entrusted to his care…a cinder girl and a charming prince. A royal ball presents Burndee with the brilliant solution of how to make his wards happy with the least amount of effort. He’ll arrange a meeting and hope the two fall in love. A humorous and magical re-telling of Cinderella from a unique perspective. 💭My Thoughts  This was actually really...neat 😉 (Burndee's highest compliment). It should be noted that I am not a fairytale retelling reader, this being only the second I've read. Furthermore, I have never even watched Cinderella and have no interest in doing so. (Or any Disney movie for tha...