What do you think?
Rate this book
Pretty Pretty Princess: A Twisted Fairy Tale
There’s a serious problem in the realm. Royal families still practice the tradition of locking away their first born daughters in the booby-trapped lairs of monsters—all in the hopes that brave knights will rescue them. Prince Francis and his trusted companion Gavin, a wise-cracking pig, aim to end this barbaric tradition. Now they travel the realm promoting P.E.T.P—Princes for the Ethical Treatment of Princesses. They set their sights on Pretty, the most beautiful princess and one that no knight has yet been able to rescue. But saving Pretty from a prison made of the strongest goblin stone is only the beginning. The princess is not what she seems! Join our heroes on a hilarious—and dysfunctional—journey. But remember, this isn’t your child’s fairy tale. Prepare yourself for flamboyant princes, shameless pig sex, and untold armies of rats and flies. Snuggle up and get ready for your bedtime story.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 9, 2016
2 people are currently reading
44 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
January 30, 2025
I am not a fan of medieval or fantasy adventures, but this caught my eye. The idea of having a more adult and risque version of a basic fairy tale seemed like a lot of fun, and Shane McKenzie did it well. There are a few times that the dialogue seemed very juvenile, but that was exactly what the story was aiming to do. I laughed quite often and genuinely cared about how everything was set to play out.
Gavin was absolutely my favorite character, but everyone else was written well, too. What I really enjoyed about this was that it was under 200 pages. From my experience, a lot of fantasy novels are quite long, so this was a very reasonable length, and nothing felt abbreviated or underdeveloped. Again, Shane McKenzie had a solid showing here. My only critique was that during the battle royal finale, it was hard to have so many characters to hop around with, so there could have been a little more fine-tuning, but otherwise, I had a great time with this.
Gavin was absolutely my favorite character, but everyone else was written well, too. What I really enjoyed about this was that it was under 200 pages. From my experience, a lot of fantasy novels are quite long, so this was a very reasonable length, and nothing felt abbreviated or underdeveloped. Again, Shane McKenzie had a solid showing here. My only critique was that during the battle royal finale, it was hard to have so many characters to hop around with, so there could have been a little more fine-tuning, but otherwise, I had a great time with this.
November 9, 2016
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, Blood Bound Books!
Growing up, I remember my Dad telling me that fairy tales were not the best way to teach a child how the world works (with all those Fairy Godmothers making all your dreams come true without any effort on your part). I would not recommend this book to a child, but the sarcastic grown-up in me cheered every time that the characters owned up to their (sometimes very misguided) decisions. I laughed out loud from beginning to end. Prince Francis from Granada and his companion Gavin, the talking pig (how can you not love a talking pig) travel the realms trying to convince anyone who will listen that princesses should not be locked up in towers to be used as a reward for the brave knights who rescue them. First cheer from me. Once they actually manage to rescue a princess... well, they get more than they bargained for (second cheer! Tessa, the puppet rat is hilarious). This is what would happen if you locked up a princess for 20 years and it's not pretty. It is very politically incorrect, disgusting, profane and totally hilarious. If you want to have a great time and are not bothered by bodily fluids, this book will make you laugh.
Growing up, I remember my Dad telling me that fairy tales were not the best way to teach a child how the world works (with all those Fairy Godmothers making all your dreams come true without any effort on your part). I would not recommend this book to a child, but the sarcastic grown-up in me cheered every time that the characters owned up to their (sometimes very misguided) decisions. I laughed out loud from beginning to end. Prince Francis from Granada and his companion Gavin, the talking pig (how can you not love a talking pig) travel the realms trying to convince anyone who will listen that princesses should not be locked up in towers to be used as a reward for the brave knights who rescue them. First cheer from me. Once they actually manage to rescue a princess... well, they get more than they bargained for (second cheer! Tessa, the puppet rat is hilarious). This is what would happen if you locked up a princess for 20 years and it's not pretty. It is very politically incorrect, disgusting, profane and totally hilarious. If you want to have a great time and are not bothered by bodily fluids, this book will make you laugh.
December 18, 2020
WARNING: This review is of a book full of foul language, and I plan to use said language in my review. Please don't read this if you do not want to see the dirty words spelled out. Thanks.
In my ideal world, there is a film audience for an animated, XXX, adult fairy tale, full of pigs (and talking pigs) fucking, genitals being ripped off or bitten off or lopped off, inter-species rape avenged in brutal, face gouging ways, a crazed (dissociative identity disorder), emaciated, covered in shit, rotten toothed Princess named Pretty, her supposedly effeminate Feminist Prince named Francis, and buckets of Goblin Dragon fire + rivers of blood + ravenous vermin + Ninja Ladies in Waiting + Kaiju Towers + poop and fart and piss and taint jokes, all mixed with the foulest mouths and silliest show tunes you can imagine.
In that world, Shane McKenzie would be rich, rich enough to produce Pretty Pretty Princess himself, and he'd say fuck animation and go straight to live action, giving the part of Gavin the Talking Pig to a motion capture Jack Black (or me), the part of Pretty to the corpse of Karen Carpenter (or Ian McKellan in drag), the part of Prince Francis to Jonathan Groff (yep, just him), the part of King Balthazar to a leprechauny Gerard Butler (or me in my body of twenty years ago), the parts of the Ninja Ladies in Waiting to all of today's hottest porn stars (and me in drag in my body of thirty years ago). And when that movie came out -- XXX or NC-17 or unrated -- it would set box office records. And people would laugh. And people would admire McKenzie's balls. And people would see that even the most outrageous satires carry meaning and importance within their seemingly ridiculous exteriors.
But we don't live in my perfect world, so instead, if you can handle swearing and Pythonian excess and explicit sex and violence, you must read this fantastic piece of bizarro satire. You won't be disappointed (at least I sure hope you won't).
p.s. fucking awesome work, Shane.
In my ideal world, there is a film audience for an animated, XXX, adult fairy tale, full of pigs (and talking pigs) fucking, genitals being ripped off or bitten off or lopped off, inter-species rape avenged in brutal, face gouging ways, a crazed (dissociative identity disorder), emaciated, covered in shit, rotten toothed Princess named Pretty, her supposedly effeminate Feminist Prince named Francis, and buckets of Goblin Dragon fire + rivers of blood + ravenous vermin + Ninja Ladies in Waiting + Kaiju Towers + poop and fart and piss and taint jokes, all mixed with the foulest mouths and silliest show tunes you can imagine.
In that world, Shane McKenzie would be rich, rich enough to produce Pretty Pretty Princess himself, and he'd say fuck animation and go straight to live action, giving the part of Gavin the Talking Pig to a motion capture Jack Black (or me), the part of Pretty to the corpse of Karen Carpenter (or Ian McKellan in drag), the part of Prince Francis to Jonathan Groff (yep, just him), the part of King Balthazar to a leprechauny Gerard Butler (or me in my body of twenty years ago), the parts of the Ninja Ladies in Waiting to all of today's hottest porn stars (and me in drag in my body of thirty years ago). And when that movie came out -- XXX or NC-17 or unrated -- it would set box office records. And people would laugh. And people would admire McKenzie's balls. And people would see that even the most outrageous satires carry meaning and importance within their seemingly ridiculous exteriors.
But we don't live in my perfect world, so instead, if you can handle swearing and Pythonian excess and explicit sex and violence, you must read this fantastic piece of bizarro satire. You won't be disappointed (at least I sure hope you won't).
p.s. fucking awesome work, Shane.
January 2, 2018
Pretty Pretty Princess by Shane McKenzie is a delightful and irreverant romp that is sure to offend! This very adult fashioned fairy tale is hilariously obnoxious, graphic in both language and content, and teeming with vibrant and colorful characters. The story is so entertaining that one might almost miss the very poignant moral. Yes, there is a moral to the story as well as other classic fairy tale elements.
But this IS NOT a children's fairy tale. It is neither for children nor the easily offended.
It is very difficult not to give spoilers on this one because I want to tell you so much about Gavin and about Sonia and about Princess Pretty herself. Alas, I firmly believe that spoilers have no place in reviews. I am sure you get the idea by now that the characters and characterization is phenomenal, so I will leave you to discover the magic for yourself.
Nothing in Pretty Pretty Princess is quite what it seems. Surprises both fun and grotesque abound with each turn of the page. This in and of itself can almost be expected of Shane McKenzie, if one can find anything predictable about his work, due to the fact that his books and stories always seem to push the boundaries of genre, decency, and sanity. Prime example of that here.
But this IS NOT a children's fairy tale. It is neither for children nor the easily offended.
It is very difficult not to give spoilers on this one because I want to tell you so much about Gavin and about Sonia and about Princess Pretty herself. Alas, I firmly believe that spoilers have no place in reviews. I am sure you get the idea by now that the characters and characterization is phenomenal, so I will leave you to discover the magic for yourself.
Nothing in Pretty Pretty Princess is quite what it seems. Surprises both fun and grotesque abound with each turn of the page. This in and of itself can almost be expected of Shane McKenzie, if one can find anything predictable about his work, due to the fact that his books and stories always seem to push the boundaries of genre, decency, and sanity. Prime example of that here.
November 3, 2023
This book is weird and fun, I loved it.
It is like a cross between the films Shrek and Meet the Feebles (if you know, you know, lol) and a hint of Deadpool type humour.
It feels a bit crude and immature at the start with poop jokes, and swearing, etc, but underneath, there is more going on, like exploring someone's mental state after being locked in a tower for 20 years, and the absurdity of some traditions and fair tail norms. but there is also some heartfelt moments, and some good action in there as well.
This is one of those books that doesn't really fit into the usual catteries. but it is defiantly worth checking out if you feel like something that doesn't take it self so seriously.
There is a little animal cruelty in this one, but because you can see it coming, you could probably skip past that one part.
It is like a cross between the films Shrek and Meet the Feebles (if you know, you know, lol) and a hint of Deadpool type humour.
It feels a bit crude and immature at the start with poop jokes, and swearing, etc, but underneath, there is more going on, like exploring someone's mental state after being locked in a tower for 20 years, and the absurdity of some traditions and fair tail norms. but there is also some heartfelt moments, and some good action in there as well.
This is one of those books that doesn't really fit into the usual catteries. but it is defiantly worth checking out if you feel like something that doesn't take it self so seriously.
There is a little animal cruelty in this one, but because you can see it coming, you could probably skip past that one part.
February 9, 2024
A hilarious, shocking, cringey, gross, crazy twist on a fairy tale definately for adults only.
If you are easily offended this would not be recommended.
I will never look at fairy tales in the same light again. This had me laughing and gagging all at the same time. Prince Francis of Granada banished for being too gentle is on a quest with his talking pig Gavin (Love him!) to teach all the realms how wrong it is for princesses to be locked in towers for years on end until they are rescued by a brute like knight in grotty armour. Francis and Gavin definately got more than they bargined for when they made it to the tower to rescue the princess of Trulia the prettiest princess in all the realms. What they get is a lot to be desired.
This is a foul languaged, debauched romp in the land of fairy tales. Hilariously funny and cringingly gross. A fun read.
If you are easily offended this would not be recommended.
I will never look at fairy tales in the same light again. This had me laughing and gagging all at the same time. Prince Francis of Granada banished for being too gentle is on a quest with his talking pig Gavin (Love him!) to teach all the realms how wrong it is for princesses to be locked in towers for years on end until they are rescued by a brute like knight in grotty armour. Francis and Gavin definately got more than they bargined for when they made it to the tower to rescue the princess of Trulia the prettiest princess in all the realms. What they get is a lot to be desired.
This is a foul languaged, debauched romp in the land of fairy tales. Hilariously funny and cringingly gross. A fun read.
June 17, 2017
A fairytale like you never wanted to hear!
A mad princess, a talking pig and a prince who may or may not be light on his feet. What more could you ask for in a depraved fairy tale? Well, how about hordes of vermin and animal sex?
Not quite entirely sure how Shane McKenzie manages to straddle the line between ridiculous and hilarious but he does and those of us twisted enough to enjoy it thank him. :)
A mad princess, a talking pig and a prince who may or may not be light on his feet. What more could you ask for in a depraved fairy tale? Well, how about hordes of vermin and animal sex?
Not quite entirely sure how Shane McKenzie manages to straddle the line between ridiculous and hilarious but he does and those of us twisted enough to enjoy it thank him. :)
November 28, 2023
What a weird AF book 😂 I really enjoyed this fantasy/bizarro/splatter read. If you took Shrek, Divine and House of 1000 Corpses and threw it in a blender, this is what you would get!
It’s super crude, absolutely vile and weirdly heartwarming. It has a pretty decent wtf moment that really caught me off guard, I audibly gagged a little. This is why I love Bizarro and off the wall authors, unpredictable and out there- Shane created a fairy tale world like no other!
It’s super crude, absolutely vile and weirdly heartwarming. It has a pretty decent wtf moment that really caught me off guard, I audibly gagged a little. This is why I love Bizarro and off the wall authors, unpredictable and out there- Shane created a fairy tale world like no other!
April 5, 2017
Prince Francis of Granada is on a mission. He and his trusty pig, Gavin, travel the country to spread their mission to all royals. Prince Francis believes the older traditions need to be replaced. Along the path, most don't like his mission, yet he persists. Nothing is as it seems.
Forget everything you knew about fairy tales. This dark tale is bold and definitely adult. Well written with a solid plot, this book delivers. The characters are defined and unique. You'll find this book humorous and forward thinking. It's the strangest, but most entertaining book I've read in quite awhile.
I found no issues.
I gave this one 5 cheers out of 5 because it's a must read. ~Copy of book provided by author and I voluntarily reviewed it.
Forget everything you knew about fairy tales. This dark tale is bold and definitely adult. Well written with a solid plot, this book delivers. The characters are defined and unique. You'll find this book humorous and forward thinking. It's the strangest, but most entertaining book I've read in quite awhile.
I found no issues.
I gave this one 5 cheers out of 5 because it's a must read. ~Copy of book provided by author and I voluntarily reviewed it.
Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews