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bewitchedandbewildered's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked it but it did drag on at times.
morgybritt's review against another edition
4.0
Not as great as beastly ( it can't compete I fell in love with it) but its very good, it kept me interested. It's hard to keep me interested so it did the trick. I would recommend it if you liked beastly!
alidottie's review against another edition
4.0
4 and a 1/2 stars
I really enjoyed this fractured fairy tale from the author of Beastly. She uses quite a few tales and combines them into the story. Lots of magical things going on--including my experience trying to read this book---I swore it had a spell on it!! First I was working at the library on a Sat. and had just started this book when somehow I gave it to a patron with their stack of books! I didn't notice for a while, so I had no idea who had it! It took two weeks, but the book finally came back. Unfortunately, I was out of town. When I came home and noticed it was checked in again, I hurried and reserved it. BUT when I went to get it was no where in the library--AGAIN!!! It took hours, but we figured out that another librarian had had a stack of books to go home and had inadvertently picked up Cloaked and another book that were next to her stack and taken them home too!! FINALLY the next day I had it back! I took it home and would not let it leave the house till I finished it! I swear it had a spell on it!
BTW, I liked this better than Beastly!
I really enjoyed this fractured fairy tale from the author of Beastly. She uses quite a few tales and combines them into the story. Lots of magical things going on--including my experience trying to read this book---I swore it had a spell on it!! First I was working at the library on a Sat. and had just started this book when somehow I gave it to a patron with their stack of books! I didn't notice for a while, so I had no idea who had it! It took two weeks, but the book finally came back. Unfortunately, I was out of town. When I came home and noticed it was checked in again, I hurried and reserved it. BUT when I went to get it was no where in the library--AGAIN!!! It took hours, but we figured out that another librarian had had a stack of books to go home and had inadvertently picked up Cloaked and another book that were next to her stack and taken them home too!! FINALLY the next day I had it back! I took it home and would not let it leave the house till I finished it! I swear it had a spell on it!
BTW, I liked this better than Beastly!
misspippireads's review against another edition
Retold fairytales always draw my attention. I enjoyed the tales of Perrault, Andersen and Brothers Grimm. Creating new stories from classics always is an adventure. When I saw Cloaked, I pegged it as a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. A hint - not even close! The cloak refers to a magic cloak, not a red cloak. And Flinn wove one story out of seven little known fairytales. For myself, it was a little too many fairytale elements in one story. In one word, it was unbelievable. I am curious to read his first book, Beastly.
Alexander Cendese read the story with excellent teenage attitude.
Alexander Cendese read the story with excellent teenage attitude.
sweetrosegirl76's review against another edition
3.0
So lame, while it was fast paced, he fell in love way to fast. Didn't like it too much.
keberwick's review against another edition
3.0
I thought it was pretty entertaining, but it wasn't a book that held me captive and wouldn't let me put it down. It's something I would read in a "i'm-out-of-books-and-have-nothing-else-to-do" type of situation
christiana's review against another edition
4.0
I am a sucker for fairy tales and this book delivers a ton of them. In fact, in the author's note, Alex Flinn said she really tried to concentrate on fairy tales that did not have a movie to publicize it so that people could learn about new fairy tales they hadn't heard before. Was the end a bit pat? Well, of course it was, but it's a fairy tale. I take pat over disturbing or depressing any day.
Also, I listened to this and the reader is just okay. I like that it's a boy narrator since the story is told by a boy. However, his girl voices? Mostly non existent. I sometimes got confused who was talking, the boy, his girl best friend, or his mom.
Clean read, so this could even go to a 4th or 5th grader who was a good reader.
Also, I listened to this and the reader is just okay. I like that it's a boy narrator since the story is told by a boy. However, his girl voices? Mostly non existent. I sometimes got confused who was talking, the boy, his girl best friend, or his mom.
Clean read, so this could even go to a 4th or 5th grader who was a good reader.
rosietheripper's review against another edition
1.0
lol this is pretty terrible. it’s very predictable, which is a by product of it being a retelling of multiple fairytales, but still, lol, it’s bad. readable, but by no means good haha. also, i feel like everything was resolved too quickly and easily, so it kinda felt like why did i read this again.
also, side note, i thought alex flinn was a dude. i just found out this is not the case.
also, side note, i thought alex flinn was a dude. i just found out this is not the case.