| Title | : | Midnight Prince (Fairytales, #0) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 62 |
| Publication | : | Published May 16, 2021 |
Milos saves the faerie king from the witch's curse. The upset witch turns him into a frog. Now he needs a kiss from the princess, but she is on the witch's side. Will Milos stay a frog forever?
Midnight Prince (Fairytales, #0) Reviews
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I am no ordinary princess. I am a rebel! If you want me to do something, without giving me a good reason, I will do the opposite!
This sounds like something an eight year old would say before yelling a battle cry and running off to their tree house to rein over their 'land'. But no, this is what seventeen year old Princess Kitty of this book declares in her chapter that explains about her. The entire story is like this and it is rather painful. Starting with an opening chapter for each character taking time to have them explain themselves, each with just as overt and unnecessary statements, then segueing into the most awkward and childish romance type thing between the prince, princess, and meddling king. It could be a good story for a (very) young adult, but beyond that it is far too simplistic to be of any enjoyment. -
4 stars - English Ebook
Quote: Normaly Agnes is the least difficult witch to deal with. Her cursus are predictable. She even gets bored and removes them when she is feeling genereus. But of course she wasn't today.-
The frog has to be kissed by the princes to become a prince again. But the father has a big problem with his rebel princes daughter to do so. Do the princes has her own solution.
Loved this short novel. Like to read more by this author. -
I didn’t hate it. It was cute & simple. Writing could have been a little better & I just felt a little underwhelmed at the end
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Got this on stuff your earbuds day for free.
This is a short novella and a retelling of the princess and the frog. The writing could use some improvement. Even though this is young adult, this felt incredibly juvenile due to what the characters were saying.
Overall, this wasn’t for me and I wouldn’t recommend it. -
I can definitely see progress in her writing. The further in the series, the better the books
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I wanted to rate this higher than I did. I really wanted to.
This story itself was original and humorous, even taking into account that it was a modern and fractured retelling of "The Frog Prince." The characters were nicely developed and the use of multiple narrators kept things interesting.
Unfortunately the technical aspects of the writing left a fair bit to be desired. If only Ms. Urooj had put the same amount of effort into writing this as she did into writing that preview chapter of
The Stone Mermaid. -
This story was so cute; I enjoyed reading it.
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1.5 ✨ eh?
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Book: Midnight Prince
Read By: Ebook and Audio
Author: Belle Harper
Genre: Fantasy
Main Characters: Prince Milo
Recommend: Yes
Spice: 0
Age recommendation: 18-30+ Years
My feelings:
This is such a cute book.
“I am no ordinary frog, even if I look like one... that is because I used to be a prince. So, how did I turn into a frog? The witch cursed me because I am terrible at golf.”
I loved this. This is the perfect book for young adults, Teenage age.
“There is even a drinking game named after me: Prince Milos’s Highest Golf Score.”
There is no steamy chapters, no inappropriate chapters and no swearing.
“I try my best to shake my head, but quickly realised that frogs don’t have necks.”
Highly recommend -
This book has a really cute message, but the writing is SO bad! 🙈
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What in the fever dream cooked up by some eight year old was this???
If you want to find out what golf, a frog curse and a international day of recognition for warts (yes you read that right) have in common...well, then read this at your own risk. -
It’s quite simplistic and definitely a children’s story (or young adult) , however I liked the quirkiness of it.
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Cute audio story on YouTube. Loved the narrator. Short and fun.
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2⭐️ (Audiobook)
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Lovely little read 😊
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DNF @ 24% / Chapter 4
If I hear another “I am not an ordinary…” I’m gonna kms honest to god. -
This book reminds me of “The Enchanted Forest” series by Patricia C. Wrede.
The start of the book was hilarious and funny, and the end was quite good too. I liked how each chapter was from a different point of view. I wasn’t expecting that.
I recommend it if you are looking for a quick short read. According to my kindle reader it took only 40 minutes. -
Midnight Prince is just one of the many fairy tale variations that I have on my Kindle and as such it was something short enough that I chose to get it read just to while the time away.
Midnight Prince is a tale about a clumsy prince who is basically the free entertainment of his kingdom and so in response he chooses to visit another realm for a temporary respite. Unfortunately his clumsiness then basically ends up putting him in even hotter water than what he was dealing with before. And the rest of the book itself is trying to get him out of it by any means possible.
The characters are rather simplistic as well as very stereotypical of tween reads (slightly more creative rockstar vampire gothic werewolf, feminist-leaning princess ) while the fairy kingdom is unfortunately based off of the modern world thus leading to modern technological parodies, which is a disappointment.
Meanwhile the reader will find that the story itself bounces around on perspective so the reader will get to read about the events from the protagonist, the princess, the king and of course the witch thus adding a bit to the story. And as such you get to understand for the most part what is driving each character on how they interact with one another.
As a result the ending was quite rather anticlimactic and rather a disappointment while confusing me at one point with one of its details. Otherwise it is normally what you may again have found in a tween book with the female protagonist trumping the male protagonist while then remembering its more romantic-inclined original chose to drop a suggestion that Milos was still working on winning the girl although of course probably much later in the future.
And the book itself ended at about 80% while the rest of the book was a preview of another book of the author for those who are curious
So for those tweens who may enjoy fairy tale variations this is an option but for any age group it should be a pass unless you really don't mind the content quality of a quick read to pass the time. -
PopSugar 2023 reading challenge #44
Note: I believe that this book may have been translated into English from another language. At least, that would explain a lot of the odd phrasing and weird, choppy sentence structure. I'm going to write the rest of the review based on this assertion.
Okay, so taking the writing away, let's discuss the story!
Enter a world in which we have a prince who plays golf, saves a faerie king, there's a witch -- there is just a ton going on! A little too much, actually, to get packed in without a lot of explanation. On a positive note, however: frogs don't have necks! I learned that from this book. That's pretty cool, right?
The princess is named Kitty. That was just kind of lame to me, and I was not a huge fan. She's pretty into herself. Which is actually true of all of the characters -- they have some pretty high opinions of themselves. Annoying.
The story calls itself a comedy but... being a silly story doesn't make something funny or comedic. I'm not sure this was funny it was just kind of painful in places? Does giving a character a weird name make it funny? Not really. Does mentioning every supernatural/mythical creature in one story make it funny? Not really. Does having a Faerietok become funny. Nope.
The ending is pretty lackluster. -
Hey amazing friends!
I loved this book. It was a 10/10 for me. It’s a princess and the frog retelling but with Faeries, witches and magical creatures. But don’t be fooled it isn’t set in the ancient times. They have news media, faeriegram (yk their social media), and a bunch of other advanced items.
Short Blurb: The witch Agnes turns a prince into a frog on accident. The curse was supposed to be for the king for not granting her, her wishes. Now, the daughter of the King - Catherine - has to kiss the frog to turn him back to the prince since Agnes has refused to. But this is not your typical princess and the frog retelling - outcomes are different.
It’s a funny, and easy to read book(im a slow reader +reads multiple books… lol so don’t look at the time it took me to get done).
And again if you don’t like stories like this in general….just don’t read it and give it a bad review…okay?
I do recommend it to everyone of all ages ❤️
Quote: This year, we are celebrating warts and everything that makes you you. Freckles, moles, birthmarks, seven toes and fingers, stretch marks, extra horns... If you have them, flaunt them. If you don’t, by royal decree, everyone will wear one, either by prosthetics, makeup, or by spell.” -
This is a quick retelling of the Prince and the Frog. Audible is about an hour ish long. I sped it up to 2x and it went by really quickly. I picked up the audio because of the Stuff Your Earbuds Day. I like to have things going in the background, and this was a good background noise book.
Overall the story is cute. A prince is turned into a frog by accident and the witch who cast the spell can't undo it. She had intended to turn the King into a frog, but missed and hit the prince with her spell instead. He is grateful the prince stepped in. The king give the "frog" to his daughter in hopes the two will make a connection eventually. But obviously that can't be done while he is a frog, so the king finds a way to turn the prince back to a human temporarily at midnight to allow the two to get to know each other.
Eventually we end happily. It was a cute story and a quick read/listen. Good for the younger generation for sure. -
It could have been better but also could have been worse so 🤷♀️
It had the typical HEA.
The Fairy king and the prince who was turned into a frog were trying to trick the fairy princess into kissing the frog prince. They couldn't make her kiss the frog but tricking her into it works?
The fairy princess is apparently head-strong and doesn't do what she doesn't want to do but goes along with this whole thing anyway..
The witch was going to curse the fairy king to be a frog because he wouldn't give her a holiday celebrating warts, but cursed the prince instead because she got hit with one of his golf balls? She is apparently a super kind witch who usually removes a curse after she calms down, but she apparently had "Run out of frog spells and it was only March."
The ending was okay but it felt more like a rough way to tie up loose ends that didn't actually get explained during the book. -
Milos, our frog Prince, saved the faerie king from the witch's curse, only to end up a frog in a tank in the faerie Princess Kitty's room. Prince Milos isn't very good at being truthful and it gets in the way of his friendship with Kitty, and in getting her help to remove the curse.
This story was quirky and original, even taking into account that it's a modern and fractured retelling of "The Frog Prince." The characters were developed (each having their own intro POV chapter. The use of multiple narrators kept things interesting and I enjoyed it. It's very much a middle grade level story, but for that it was done well. -
I love the premise of this book. It’s a super short story, and because of that it felt very rushed. There could’ve been some amazing worldbuilding and I love the twist and the classic fairytale. I wish it was a bit longer. I understand that it’s a YA story but I just felt like it was lacking depth which is such a shame because I feel like it could have been a really fun book . I’d love to have seen some one sided conversations with Kitty the princess and the frog , feel like that could have been very funny . If you fancy a super short read though it’s worth having a go even just for the different take on the original tale .
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With my really hectic schedule, I needed to read a short story to be able to have a break. This book was indeed a good choice to pick up.
It was cute and funny. Prince Milos is hilariously bad at golf, which out him in such a state. Princess Kitty is rebelious. The faerie king is true to his heart who never lies. And the witch, Agnes, believes in self love and encourages accepting of one's flaws. Since it's a prequel, not much should be expected from this. The writing style could have been better - it seemed to be a little immature. Rest assured, it was a cutely moderate read for me - something different. -
This is a retelling of the fairytale The Frog Prince. It is comedic and there is romance but unfortunately it really needs proofreading, and being a proofreader, I found that to be incredibly distracting and off-putting.
There were some charming modern day touches - the princess is an influencer on Faeriegram and the prince is terrible at golf. There was also a wholesome message about acceptance of one another’s so called failings, whether they are warts, needing glasses or, in the case of the Faerie King, a broken antler he has kept hidden through shame. -
I wanted to like this but I struggled through it. One of the main issues is that the tone makes it read like it's for younger children - like middle grade at most. They didn't sound or speak like teens at all. The whole first chapter with the golfing scene - I think it was supposed to be funny with how awkward the prince was - but it was just boring, not funny. In fact, while I know some teens do adore golf - the majority do not. It seemed like a very odd "old" choice of sport. The girl I just found completely unlikable.
I won't be continuing with the other books.
