This book is like Cinderella for adults. Lucky’s 3 Fairy Godmothers need help bringing romance to their town, Ever After; their pot of magic is running out and their charges Lucky and Ransom are the key to unlocking more magic. They set up Fairy Godmothers Inc. in a plot to stage a fake wedding between Lucky and Ransom on Valentine’s Day and make Ever After the perfect wedding destination!

The book reads just like an old fashioned fairy tale - you know there’ll be plot twists but ultimately a very happy ending. Lucky is such a loveable character despite (or because of?) all of the bad luck that she attracts. Her best friend Gwen may also be able to find her own happy ending in Ever After. The book is laugh out loud funny at times and definitely not for children! It would make a wonderful TV show and I am desperate to read the second book in the series.

Every star for my rating of "Fairy Godmothers, Inc.' is for Lucky!

I had so many reactions to this book as I read and when I finished it. I had to take a day before coming to write out my review for it because there was a lot to unpack. Emotionally -- if that makes sense.

To start with, you are sucked right into this fairytale world when you meet the Fairy Godmothers, Petty, Jonquil, and Bluebonnet. When I read the description of this book, I was really, really hoping the author did the fairytale aspect of this story justice. And DeWylde truly did deliver. You are essentially reading a grown-up version of all your favorite tales. There is magic, True Love, curses, Red Riding Hood and her wold (known as just Red and Grammy), enchanted animals, and lots of sweetness.

In this world, it was more than just Lucky and Ransom. The other characters introduced by DeWylde in this story were compelling; I wanted to know more about Gwen, Lucky's best friend, and her darling children, the sort of arrogant, too realistic Roderick (Ransom's best friend), Ravenna (the Evil Queen) and her secrets, and even about Fortune, Lucky's mother.

With that being said, the true hero of this book is Lucky. She shares this story with Ransom, the guy she had been in love with during college -- and the one person her unlucky streak (or her curse, as she called it) never let her have. While I am a sucker for love stories, I think I was more invested in Lucky's journey of self-love. Of course, I wanted her to have her Happily Ever After with Ransom, but he didn't deserve her. Not really. This story was focused on Lucky coming to terms that she was worthy of love and acceptance. When she hits her rock-bottom in this story, I felt her loneliness, her hopelessness, and her fear. She was essentially terrified of what we all are: never being enough. She was this beautifully flawed character that deserved all the love, all the happiness, and all the pastries she wants. This is why I didn't think she deserved to end up with Ransom; she grew and learned, got stronger and braver, but he just had to accept her as she was. Talk about unfair.

Still, it was a quick and lovely read. I would definitely want to read more stories set in this world.

I honestly enjoyed this book. The fairy godmothers are hilarious and endearing, the author’s take on the fairytale characters living in Ever After is creative and fun, and the banter is witty and entertaining. However, Fairy Godmothers Inc. is not without its issues.

First of all, the fairy godmothers and other fairytale characters are ten times more interesting than the two main protagonists. My favorite part of the novel was the chapter in which the fairytale characters all get together and start plotting, and the protagonists are nowhere in sight.

Ransom is your basic romance novel hero–flawless and hopelessly in love with the female protagonist. There’s not even a question of “will they or won’t they” as Ransom professes his love in his first point-of-view chapter.

Lucky, on the other hand, is perfectly imperfect. She’s thin, beautiful, has a loyal best friend, is good with children, and has the attention of a billionaire, but she has the exact flaw that every romance genre heroine has–she’s clumsy. Only this time magic is involved, and Lucky’s clumsiness is attributed to her bad luck, a trait that everyone seems to accept.

That’s my other issue with this novel: I can only suspend my disbelief so much. Fairy godmothers, werewolves, and evil queens living secretly in small-town Missouri–I’m all in! But when Ransom almost loses his business because a vindictive internet reporter publishes an article about Ransom’s fiancé having bad luck, I’m not buying it. I can’t believe that a board of directors in an international business would try to out him for marrying someone with “allegedly bad luck.” More likely, they would tell Ransom to sue the reporter for libel.

Overall, this book is a fun little romance story, but it could have been so much more.

If your looking for a light-hearted fun novel this is for you. Author #Saranna DeWylde has a new whimsical novel #'Fairy Godmothers, Inc. For all of us stay-at-home readers this is a perfect novel!!
Thank you,
#Netgalley, # Saranna DeWylde, and # Kensington Books for the advanced copy

content warnings: explicit language, sexual situations, mentions of cheating


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Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Saranna DeWylde follows Lucky Fujiki who has always been rather unlucky, to the point that thinks she might actually be cursed. Sometimes that unluck even spreads to those around her. The only ones unaffected by her curse are her three meddling godmothers who she would do anything for. Which is why when they ask her to get fake married in their little town of Ever After as part of a plan to make it a premiere wedding destination, Lucky can’t bring herself to say no. Not even when the fake groom is someone from her past.

Ex-boyfriend Ransom Payne is the founder of a successful chocolate company and also the godchild of Petunia, Jonquil and Bluebonnet. Even though disaster follows the two of them wherever they go, in the form of mutant cherries, feral hogs and much more, Ransom has never stopped loving Lucky. This fake wedding has a chance to become a real wedding. But will it work when it seems like the world has other plans for them and everyone they love?

This book was the perfect little slice of funny, cute and fluffy. With a dash of magic, talking animals, a castle, a prince who spends his days as a frog, it was a great light-hearted read that couldn’t have come to me at a better time. Even though the world seemed to be against them, Lucky and Ransom continued to choose love. That’s just one of many reasons why you should choose to give it a chance. If you need more, there are wonderful side characters, messages about being your own hero, witty dialogue and lots of hilarious situations the characters find themselves in.

I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book from Netgalley and the author in exchange for an honest review.

Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Saranna DeWylde is about Lucky Fujiki, whose life has been unlucky since the day she was born. Nothing ever goes the way she wants it too and if she gets too close to people, her "unluck" spreads to those around her. Some of the only people who remain unaffected are her godmothers, Petunia, Jonquil and Bluebonnet. Due to a random twist of fate, she dates Ransom Payne, who happens to share Lucky's godmothers as well. After an unfortunate incident in college, the two part ways and never talk to one another again. That is, until their godmothers ask them to fake a marriage to promote their little town of Ever After as a premiere wedding destination. The second they see each other, all those old feelings come rushing back and what follows is a cheesy, adorable, romance that makes for a really cute read!

If you've ever watched Once Upon a Time, then this book is definitely one I would recommend for you. Ever After is what Storybrooke could have been, if not for the curse. It's filled with fairy godmothers, talking animals, castles and princes who spend their days as a frog. The place literally runs on love, as in their magic comes from the amount of love in the air.

The highlight of this book for me was the fairy godmothers. Their meddling ways and the pure love they have for their godchildren is just so sweet! It also make for some really interesting situations that constantly made me laugh! They are witty and hilarious and I would definitely read a book about the three of them.

Now getting to the actual romance in the book, this one was a really cute story. Every time Ransom and Lucky got together, disaster followed. And that's not an exaggeration. From mutant fruit to feral hogs, they were constantly being bombarded every time they tried to be even a little intimate. But regardless of what the world threw at them, they persisted and I think that's what the story is really about. Sure they had the fairytale trope where the prince had to overcome danger to earn the princesses love, but really this book was about loving even though it seemed like everything around you said no. It was staring adversity and danger in the face and choosing tp love the other person and that's what made this book so great.

It was funny, romantic and really magical and it made me smile! So, I would definitely recommend it if you're in the mood for a modern fairytale romance, complete with meddling fairy godmothers and evil queens!

Thus book is about fairytale magic. It’s a sweet, whimsical romance. The Godmothers come up with the idea to save the town Happily Ever After, by having a fairytale wedding between their godchildren Ramsom and Lucky. Ransom and Lucky have a past with each other. They decide to part because of things that kept happening to them, while they were trying to be romantic. I enjoyed the book. It’s and easy read. I loved the other characters and Gwen - Lucky’s best friend and Roderick - Ransom - good friend. I hope there is more to this series. Thank you to Saranna DeWylde, Kensington Books and NetGalley for the E-ARC. This is my own opinion.

This is a perfect little slice of fluffy romance. It was cute and feel good and it was something I just needed right now. I love the sweet fantasy and happily ever after of it all. I don't care that is was totally outside of reality. In fact, I think that is why I liked it so much. Right now reality sucks and this book was the perfect safe haven of fairy tale, fantasy romance. It is cute and funny with just my type of humor. All of the characters were so likable. The 3 godmothers, Lucky, Ransom, Gwen and her monsters were all instantly likable and most of the others grew on me. I absolutely wish that a place like Ever After did exist because I would absolutely visit. Based on the end and the additional bit at the end it seems like this is going to be a series and I am absolutely looking forward to it. This is the perfect escapist book if you want to get away from reality and end up with warm fuzzies and a giant smile on your face.

2.5 stars
A contemporary fairytale!
I thought this book had its charming moments! I liked the characters and liked the magical aspect for the most part. It felt different than a lot of romance novels I’ve read lately.

Even with the premise being based on fairy godmothers, there I still a lot of steamy scenes.... but that being said it felt a bit juvenile for being a romance between adults. Especially “the Incident” they kept referring to... it honestly made me giggle that they had made such a huge deal about that.
I don’t know why so many breakups in romance novels have to be because of silly miscommunications. But, I also felt like they got over their anger towards each other and moved onto other things (mainly trying to have sex) pretty quickly.
Basically, this requires you to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the ride.
It was cute and sweet albeit a little too fluffy.

*special thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

I love magical realism, so this book immediately appealed to me. It’s almost as easy to call this romance though.

Lucky has always had bad luck. Her luck is so bad that she actually thinks she might be cursed.

Ransom is doing just fine, he’s incredibly wealthy but still misses his old girlfriend Lucky.
Lucky misses him too but they would never have admitted it on their own. Something happened in their past that turned into a humiliating experience for Ransom and stuck with him ever since. I’m not going to say what, I’ll just say that they were never able to consummate their relationship.

They actually feel like they might be cursed when they’re together. If they try to be together, terrible things happen.

But their fairy godmothers need their help and they’d do anything for them. They agree to a fake wedding to bring people into their town, Ever After.

As Lucky and Ransom start to fall for each other, it starts to take a toll on Ransom’s career and Luckey’s best friend Gwen.
Lucky has to figure out how to save herself and everyone else.

There were some beautiful messages in this book. I thought Ransom’s nickname was so silly it was distracting. But I liked all of the characters, the settings, the animals, the magic, basically everything else.

I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thanks!

First, I would like to say a big thank you to Netgalley and Kensington Books for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Lucky has never been lucky...rather she seems to be a harbinger for bad luck. Ransom has founded a successful chocolate company, which has grown and prospered. The only thing Lucky and Ransom have in common are their godmothers - fairy godmothers, that is.

Exes with a past behind them, Lucky and Ransom are reunited for their fairy godmothers' grand scheme to save their little town of Ever After. Lucky and Ransom will get "married" to attract publicity and put Ever After on the wedding map.

With Lucky's track record and Ransom's past, can these two pull it together to get to the alter and save Ever After?

Lighthearted humor!!

Needed this to lighten hearts and minds.

FUN STORY
I am looking forward to next book in the series!

I found the plot a little hard to follow. I'm not sure if this is because the plot was a little convoluted or if I wasn't engaged in the story enough to care to pay attention. I enjoyed the beginning of the book, but the rest was a bit of a slog. I know the author is setting herself up for a series, but you don't want to lose the focus of the story either. Also, the female protagonist saved the day by admitting something was a ruse, but that thing ended up happening any way which would make her and the male protagonist look like liars. This is never addressed, but it kind of bothered me.

Very cute book.
It had a Once Upon A Time (the Tv show) vibe to it with a dose of misfortune á la Lucky, one of 2 main characters of the story.
It transports you to Ever After where all these fairy tale characters live with their own stories and you go along planning a fake wedding in 2 weeks, nothing bad can happen with 3 fairy Godmothers kicking around, right?
Ha!

Character growth here was pretty big on Lucky's part, but I found that she was the only one really who had it.
The flow of the plot was wonderful. Kept you pulled in, had you right there next to them wondering what is next.

So happy that there is a continuation coming cause I will definitely be reading that too.

This was a cute, fun, at times naughty, romance story. I enjoyed the urban fantasy development. The story follows a man and a woman who had a fraught romance in their college days. They also happen to share actual fairy godmothers who live in a slice of Ever After. They come together again due to their godmothers' meddling and the story then follows some predictable ups and downs between the two romantic leads. The three fairy godmothers further meddle in the lives of the main characters and the supporting cast included a lot of other fairy tale characters by other names such as Red Riding Hood, the 7 dwarves, Sleeping Beauty, etc.

I enjoyed the interweaving of existing fairy tales with the story that DeWylde developed. It was a cute story and I read it very quickly. If you read Seanan McGuire's Indexing series or Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdom series and enjoyed their new takes on fairy tales, I think you will enjoy this story as well. This is a romance novel, and there are some R-rated passages in the story.

This book is full of magic. It brings together elements of all the classic fairy tales in Ever After, Missouri. The Fairy Godmothers scheme to bring Lucky Fujiki (who has always been Un-Lucky) together with her former romance, Ransom Payne. Their previous break-up was over an awful incident, and it is not clear how they can ever move forward toward a happily ever after.

This book was so fun and funny, and I laughed out loud. I couldn't put the book down and found myself skipping meals and chores.

Ransom is an amazing man who believes in love and family and magic and just being a good guy. Plus he owns a fair-trade chocolate company. I now must go buy all the chocolate bars.

The journeys that Lucky and Ransom have to go through are fantastic. They grow and learn a lot of life lessons.

I found myself wondering throughout whether this would be a stand-alone book or a series. I hoped for a series because I wanted more Ever After and dairy godmothers. And the second has already been announced.

If you are looking for a light, magical, fun read (with a bit of adult content), this is a great book for you.

Fairy Godmothers, Inc. is a magically sweet romance! Lucky and Ransom return to the magical town of Ever After, Missouri to help their fairy godmothers stage a fake wedding on Valentine's Day to save the town. This was a quick, easy, light read! Perfect for reading in the middle of a long dark winter or for a Valentine's Day reading challenge.

Lucky is chronically, comically unlucky. Ransom, the boy she loves, leads a charmed life full of success – with a secret boost from their trio of shared fairy godmothers. But every time he tries to get close to her, her bad luck has catastrophic consequences for him. When their beloved godmothers ask them both for help, one thing is clear: a scheme to ensure Lucky and Ransom live happily ever after is officially afoot.

Verdict: bibbidy-boppity-boo with a contemporary twist, set in the magical world of Ever After, sugarspun storytelling, intentionally cartoonish vibe

More fairytale-magical than paranormal, this novel is the sweet first entry kicking off a new series in the land of Ever After. The cast of characters is loaded with all your other favorite childhood staples: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and the Evil Queen, etc.

Lucky, our heroine, has the kind of wildly unrealistic misfortune where simply hugging a nemesis in a cafe will immediately rain misfortune and identity theft upon said enemy. The kind of misfortune where even kissing Ransom pelts him with grapefruit-sized cherries from a previously barren tree. Not just papercut-type bad luck, but full plague-of-locusts bad luck.

Long kept apart by the bad luck she tries to avoid infecting loved ones with, Lucky and Ransom have still always shared a connection. Likewise, they’ve also always shared the same darling godmothers – who Ransom knows are fairies, while Lucky is still in the dark.

As they navigate their way to a happily-ever-after, guided by those meddling old biddies and their magical friends, the reader discovers things – e.g. magic – more or less when Lucky does. Since many other things need to be established about the characters and their history and setting first, the pacing of this exposition is drawn out. In and of itself, isn’t necessarily a shortcoming.

However, some aspects of the irregularly-paced worldbuilding still left questions wide open at the end of the novel: for instance, is it normal to have three fairies looking after you instead of one, and how come Lucky and Ransom just happened to have the same ones? How come they have three, while humans like Lucky’s best friend have none? If these three are the only fairies in the magical town of Ever After, where do the others live – are there many secret magical settlements around the world, or is this highly unusual?

TLDR: If you have an ache in your sweet tooth, this fluffy, funny little marshmallow of a modern fairytale should squarely hit those once-upon-a-time cravings.

An enchanting story of love and witchcraft set in a small town is sure to win many hearts. The storyline flowed seamlessly and completely won me over!

This book is so funny and charming. This is the perfect type of paranormal for me. I love Saranna DeWylde's world building, which is wacky and off the wall while being so grounded and making a lot of sense in its own weird way.

I prefer these fairy godmothers to the one in Cinderella, they have actual nurturing, fussy, godparent relationships with their charges, as opposed to popping in and out when they need an outfit.

Ever After is a cool city, if it was real I think they would be very successful in making it a tourist destination! I can't wait to read more books set there.

The one part I don't get is why The Boy Who Missed is such a big deal that it haunts his professional life.

Overall, great book. It will appeal to a wide variety of readers and make everyone giggle and smile.