More Luck After?

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Fairy Godmothers, Inc. will most likely get categorized as "rom-com", and it is, but it feels like more than that. It is also a fantasy that takes comedy to full-blown cheese limits and far away from reality - but hey, I was reading this during the 2020 election so escapism from politics can be a very good thing! In addition to romance, comedy and fantasy there are strong messages about family, personal growth and learning to have a positive perspective on things. Lucky, one of the protagonists of this novel, does not have a positive perspective on herself at the beginning of this story. In fact, she considers herself incredibly unlucky and feels like that contributed to ruining her relationship with now-billionaire Ransom when they were in college. And to make life better for her, her godmothers have asked her to fake marry Ransom to build up the romance in their town of Ever After and make it a wedding destination. Except they're also banking on it building up the depleted magic in town because they aren't just godmothers, they're fairy godmothers, and everyone else in Ever After is magical too. Naturally things go awry quite quickly, people bond and bicker and learn things about themselves they never knew. Bad things keep happening to Lucky and Ransom and it leads them to wonder if what they're beginning to realize is a very real romance can stand the test of their bad luck - if in fact their luck is actually bad to begin with. This book was fun and enjoyable. It does feel like it gets a little bit too corny and cliche at times, and the number of characters can get a little challenging to keep up with - but don't let those things stop you from diving in if you prefer to take your happy pills in book form.