Wish of the Wicked by Danielle PaigeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Danielle Paige made herself one of my favorite authors almost ten years ago when she debuted with Dorothy Must Die, and now, after a few years dabbling in the worlds of graphic novels and modern-day paranormal sisterhood, she now returns to the Fractured Fairytale style that made her name. She rose up during the heyday of the YA fairytale retelling craze, and while a lot of titans of that genre (Marissa Meyer comes particularly to mind) don't got it so much anymore, Paige here proves that she never lost it. It's a throwback to the 2010s for sure, but this book outclasses most of the rest in the field with its incredibly original perspective, that of a young fairy godmother needing to make sure Cinderella meets the prince because it's part of a long game of revenge against the evil queen. Surprisingly, most of the plot threads wrap up pretty neatly in this book, but Paige is for sure planning a sequel with some of the cliffhangers she's leaving us with on this one, and I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!
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