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?
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.
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.
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 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.
So ... I didn't finish the book, honestly I think I read about 4 chapters but I found it bad, like something I'll read at wattpad from a 13 year old, I found everyone immature, like the princess saying "I'm not a normal princess a rebel" :/ and then the king and the witch too, they were all childlike for me. I read some good reviews about this book so I guess is just not my taste
~A Witch’s Curse. Frog by day. Prince at Midnight…
“This new path in my life is surprising. Every day, I discover something that I didn’t know before.”
-MIDNIGHT PRINCE, is a quick-paced, extremely short but enjoyable fantasy story with a great message. With only 36 pages, you will easily find humor, challenges, learning, growth, sparks of chemistry, and changes for the better. Each character is not ordinary. In fact, I really liked the emphasis in this story, about what makes a person unique. It’s about celebrating everything that makes you, you. It’s about not being ashamed but, “ taking the courage to not hid the things, like freckles, moles, seven toes and fingers, stretch marks, if you have them, flaunt them. What a great reminder! So today, I say, let’s celebrate you, and what makes you so great! Because you are! 🙌🏻📚🥰
“There’s nothing to be ashamed about with being different and listening to one’s heart!”
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
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OVERALL: This book was okay. I don't think it was a bad retelling per say, but the ending was very anti-climatic. I think this would've worked better as part of an anthology. However, while Catherine felt very immature, I do appreciate a strong minded heroine. Personally I wouldn't reread this.
Se fue la luz en mi casa porque llovió muy fuerte. Por alguna razón no cargaba el libro que estaba leyendo, así que abrí este para entretenerme. Fue como ver un episodio random de una serie todavía más random en la madrugada en la tele. Me entretuvo los 32 min que se fue la luz (sí, conté el tiempo) y pues estuvo bien, medio me reí y ya. Nada trascendente.
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.
1.5 Stars Disclaimer: Please remember that these are my opinions and if you feel differently, that’s okay. Thanks!
Notes: POV = 1st person, switches between King, Princess, and Prince Overall: Self-acceptance, loving yourself, celebrating differences - but it’s spoon-fed in a way that makes it feel inauthentic and preachy rather than empowering. In other words: cute message but terrible writing and bad characters.
Main Characters: Princess Catherine Elizabeth Maria Twinkle-Feather (aka Princess Kitty for some reason?) is supposed to be “quirky and empowered,” but mostly reads like a sugar-high toddler with royal delusions. Prince Milos, her love interest, is cursed into a frog and somehow still manages to be bland and whiny when all he can do is ribbit. His chapters don’t add depth… just repetition and a vague longing for a kiss. ()
Side Characters: King Eldas Twinkle-Feather has no power, which could’ve been funny, but isn’t. The advisors run the show (not how a kingdom works). Witch Agnes has potential as the antagonist but is reduced to a cartoonish demand for a “Wart Holiday” that never feels justified. Every side character felt like a missed opportunity for depth or humor.
Plot/Story: A frog curse. A rebellious princess. A bizarre demand for a new holiday. The concept could work with better execution, but the pacing is uneven, the stakes are nonexistent, and everything feels like it was made up during recess. The writing is riddled with spelling/grammar errors and the same phrases are used over and over (and over). It’s exhausting. It's only 50 pages but 20 of them would disappear if we outlawed authors' ability to write "I/she/he/they said" more than 4 times per page/conversation.
Romance: Zero chemistry. Insta-love-ish but also confused. Are they in love? Are they friends? I can’t tell.
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.
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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.
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 charming fairy tale retelling blends “The Frog Prince” with “The Swan Princess” in the most delightful way! When a prince is accidentally cursed by a witch and transformed into a frog, the faerie king—who inadvertently caused the mishap—tries to help him break the spell. Unfortunately, the king’s efforts only allow the prince to regain his human form for an hour each night at midnight. As with most frog curses, the simplest way to break it is with a kiss from a prince or princess. The faerie king urges his daughter to kiss the unfortunate frog, but naturally, she refuses—because who would willingly kiss a frog?! Will the prince be stuck as a frog forever? Dive into the story to find out!
This story has a wonderfully whimsical feel and is sure to delight many children. It’s cute, playful, and delivers a great message in the end! If you’re not a fan of books aimed at younger audiences, this one might not be for you. But for those who are kids at heart, this spirited fairy tale retelling is a must-read!
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.
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What a fun little book! A prince who is known for how bad he is at golf is cursed by a witch to turn into frog because his golf ball interrupted a conversation the witch was having with the faerie king!
The king wants to help the boy and is able to turn him into a human for an hour in the hope that his daughter will kiss him and turn him back. However, she refuses.
As a human for an hour he gets to know the princess and she him and when she talks to the witch she devises a plan to change him back by a royal degree on her birthday.
I found the story charming and think anyone who loves fairy tales will enjoy this little book and I recommend it to all. Even if you think you’ve outgrown them, let this little book show you that they still possess magic to make you smile and improve your outlook on life! Become a believer again!