Excellent Middle Grade Fantasy

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I listened to an audiobook and seem to think it would have been better in print. The narrator did a fine job of projecting the different characters, but somehow I felt that something was missing to get the flavor of the story.

The plot isn't complicated and what made the story interesting is the re-imagined fairytales that are woven into the Never After narrative. Tales like Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Jack and Jill, and Aladdin are cleverly spun and blended into an entertaining tale of a missing princess, and the heroic efforts of a mixed group of fairytale heroes to save the land of Never After.

I read the novel from a middle grade perspective and found it to be very entertaining. It is simplistically written and with just enough suspense, adventure and humor for the middle grade reader. A fine fantasy read. Five stars.