A review by jksteach
Castle Charming by Tansy Rayner Roberts

adventurous funny lighthearted

4.75

This book is five interrelated stories plus an epilogue that take place in the Fairytale Kingdom of Charming. Kai, the Quill (reporter) and Dennis, a palace guard called a Hound are new at their jobs. They get involved with Chase and Cyrus, the two Royal Princes and Ziyi, a visiting Princess, as they all try to stay out of the Fairy snares - like cursed dancing shoes, deadly spinning wheels, and glass slipper shenanigans- and solve the mystery of the missing Prince and the sleeping Queen. 

These are really fun and clever stories. I enjoyed the mashup of fairytales and the twisty, malevolent Fae and the dreamlike Fairyland. The characters had surprising depth for such a lighthearted story and I grew to really care about them and their various Happy Ever Afters. There's also a good bit of diversity and LGTBQ rep.