SPELL OF THE SINISTER By Danielle Paige
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Spell of the Sinister by Danielle PaigeSeries: A Fairy Godmother #2
Published by Bloomsbury YA on 12/17/24
Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Retellings, Young Adult
Pages: 452
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
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Two magical sisters. One more chance at revenge. . . .
Ever since Cinderella disappeared with Prince Mather the queendoms have been in disarray. Now with her magical power completely unchecked, Galatea intends to exact revenge on humans for using the Entente. Her plan? Send Bari off to find a new prince and take over one queendom at a time. But Bari's mission is complicated when South joins her and sparks begin to fly . . .
Meanwhile, Farrow is on her own journey to reunite with Cinderella and Prince Mather in the first Queendom. Amid brewing conflict, Farrow grapples with her feelings for Mather, her friendship with Cinderella, and her loyalty to the Entente's original purpose--to influence with helpful magic, never take total control.
Once as close as sisters, Bari and Farrow now find themselves on opposing sides. Will malice win out, or will the next generation of Entente chart a new path to "happily ever after" for their magical coven of fairy godmothers?
Short and Sweet Review
After the death of Queen Magrit the Queendoms have been in disarray. Galatea wants to take over each queendom one at a time and get revenge on humans for using the Entente. To do so she tasks Bari with finding a prince, things get complicated when South joins her and sparks begin to fly between them. Farrow on the other hand is trying to reunite with Mather and Cinderella but she also has to thwart all of the things Galatea and Bari are doing.
This is the sequel to Wish of the Wicked and I thought it was just okay. Bari and Farrow are on opposite sides. Bari has aligned with Galatea to get revenge on the humans while Farrow is with Hecate and trying to in a way right the wrongs that are going on. Hecate is no longer dust but in a human form which is helpful to Farrow because she finally has Hecate to turn to in a different way than before. Farrow and Hecate know that they need more power before they can stop Galatea so Farrow goes around granting wishes to get stronger. We get to alternate between Farrow and Bari’s POV and we can see that Bari kind of has a villain edit but she’s also on the fence with some of the decisions she’s making. I did prefer Farrow’s POV mainly because I found Bari to be easily manipulated and didn’t really have a motive for the things she was doing but was just going along with things. The relationship between Farrow and Bari is interesting because they’re on different sides but as Entente they still have to honor the fact that they’re sisters. There is romance in the book but I wasn’t really invested in them, Farrow has Mather while Bari is trying to figure out her feelings for South.
Overall, this book was good but not my favorite. I did like seeing how each side was trying to achieve their goals but ultimately I thought Farrow had a better storyline than Bari did. I would recommend this book if you’ve read Wish of the Wicked just so you can feel like you can have some closure, otherwise I think I would skip it.