Love laced with a little magic!

This story was a new twist on fairytale magic, and I picked this up at 2am and didn’t put it down until it was finished! (I regret nothing)

Lucky and Ransom have a heavy history from college, resulting in a few misnomers and a few harsh feelings that result in their walls being thrown up, locked in place and secured with electrical wire. But when their godmothers ask them for a favour, there isn’t a way they can say no — they have to get married. Fake, of course. They both know it. Yup. Sure.

I’m a sucker for that trope, but it has to be written in a way that doesn’t make you roll your eyes with disbelief, and this one was amazing!

Lucky, funnily enough, thinks she’s the most unlucky thing to ever hit this planet, the name being an ironic jinx to her life. People around her get affected by her “curse” except those that are immune. This curse forms the base of much of the conflict of the story, but her character is the thing I liked the most about her — she has an inexplicable drive to do good, and fix all wrong she might have done, even if it could have been pure coincidence, or karma coming out to play. She’s very self-dependent and always looks to help others even at the expense of herself.

Ransom’s character was such a delight because you know he’s a billionaire, you know he runs this whole empire, yet the small-town boy vibes don’t go anywhere. Through the whole story, the billionaire-and-CEO-of-a-chocolate-empire stays at the back of your head, but when you read about him, you almost can’t believe that we’re talking about the same person. It wasn’t like a dual personality thing; he was a humble character whose wealth was probably not even in the top ten things I’d say about him and that was wonderful to see. And then knowing how much he values his employees over his profits? We love that.

Gwen, Roderick, the godmothers, the monsters, Red, Grammy, and all the other minor characters lended a new layer of fairytale to the story. It would’ve been awesome to see these expanded on but perhaps in another book!

I did have trouble connecting to it at the start, because there were so many things in the air all at once, but it grew on me as it went on, and it was just funny enough to keep me entertained. The little quirks and gags throughout, combined with the ironically down-to-earth characters, made this a wonderfully fairytale read without having to suspend too much belief. I would’ve loved to see more about Lucky’s background and I’m looking forward to seeing if there are any more books in the works!

After all, we could all do with a little magic this year ;)

[Thank you to NetGalley and Zebra Books for providing this book to me in exchange for an honest review]

This book was fantastic! It was a sweet, often hysterical romance for a stay in your jammies, curled up with a cup of tea afternoon in your favorite chair. When you finish this book you will be waiting for the next one as I am.
A really fun read...don't miss it!
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this book

With thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my ARC.

Upon reading the blurb, I knew that I wanted to read this book; having read the book I’m now looking forward to reading the rest of the series!

Combine three adorable but meddling fairy godmothers with a hapless in love couple who just happen to be their godchildren, along with a sizeable helping of humour and sizzle, then add your beverage and sticky bun of choice and prepare to enjoy. A delightful read which kept me chuckling til the early hours.

Fairy Godmothers Inc is a cute fairytale inspired romance. The book focuses on the internal struggles for main characters Lucky, who is very UNlucky and feels cursed, and Ransom, who despite his great financial success can't seem to make the right choices to find true love.

I loved the struggle of Lucky and Ransom both trying to be each other's heroes. It's a delightfully cheesy rom-com with magical twists. The ending definitely had me wanting to read the next book and see where the story goes!

The writing is good, the pacing is just okay. The one big, glaring issue is that the book is so dialogue driven that the setting is lost. The characters are barely physically described. We know that Lucky is Japanese with dark hair, but that's it? No description of her dark eyes, fair skin, nothing? The godmothers are described as plump, I think....And I don't remember any description of the others. There are two kids of a supporting character whose ages are never described and it's not obvious through action. I could never figure out if they were preschoolers or 8 yr olds or ?????? This really bothered me through the whole book. It should not have been so hard to include some descriptors.

Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for a copy of this ebook in exchange for my honest review.

Definitely hilarious!

A wonderful novel with lots of humorous twists and turns. A beautiful combination of meddling mothers and their unsuspecting children. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

I cannot wait to find out what happens next.

Fairy Godmothers, Inc. has a cute cover.

It has a lovely dedication: For the bit of fairy godmother in each of us….

It has great lines like “You can lead a prince to his princess, but you can’t make them kiss.”

It has a promising premise, in that the world is running out of love and therefore the fairy godmothers are running out of magic. So they come up with a scheme to bring together two of their godchildren to fake marry. The publicity will help bring customers to Ever After, Missouri to shore up their newly developed destination wedding business.

But there were some shortcomings.

The two godchildren are Lucky Fujiki and Ransom Payne.
Lucky is an artist and she has had “bad luck” follow her and those she comes into contact with seemingly all her life.
Ransom is a billionaire chocolate maker who was raised by the fairy godmothers and knows their magic is real.

As a reader I needed more backstory on how Lucky and Ransom met, how their love developed, and more on their time in college. That way I could have gotten more invested in their second chance romance. I could have used more information about their breakup. The breakup when revealed, I didn’t like, it seem too flippant, so I would have liked either something different or more explanation.

Also, I often got confused about the bad luck and how Lucky needed to work her way out of the bad luck, if she needed to work her way out of the bad luck, and how Ransom fit into how she could get rid of her bad luck. To the point I just skimmed over those parts.

I really liked Lucky’s best friend Gwen and her children. I would have liked more backstory on the development of their friendship, since Gwen seemed to be “immune” to Lucky’s “bad luck.”

This series has great potential. I liked the concept and the banter between the three godmothers. I will be looking into what direction the author takes these characters in the next book of this series.

Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC.

Fun read with that fairy tale feel. If you ever wished to have a fairy godmother then this story is for you.

A huge thanks to Netgalley and Zebra Books for providing me with this ARC!

The story idea is a sweet one; fairy godmothers swooping in to bring two meant-to-be together forever while bringing back the magic to their little town; a spin on fairy tales in modern times is always fun! Unfortunately, the story didn't really excite me. There wasn't much chemistry between Lucky and Ransom. There was a lot of miscommunication used to distant the two and it was frustrating to read. I think the idea that they stopped speaking to each other all those years ago started with "The Incident" was just silly; not a strong enough conflict for it to cause this much drama. The side characters were nice and I appreciated how loyal they were to their friends. The concept of the Godmothers was nice but I think they meddled far too much, taking away from the romance in the story.

Overall, this was an okay read. I do think the author's voice just didn't match well with my reading style. The story fell too flat for me and I was bored as I read. I wish I enjoyed it more.

A unlucky girl named Lucky, an ex who is a chocolate billionaire, a fake wedding, and three fairy godmothers? What romance shenanigans await. This was an overall cute and quick romance read. I thought the magical fairytale element was a fun touch to the story and an interesting take to have fairy godmothers, This is a story about learning to love someone for who they are and learning to be okay with herself even if you're unlucky. It's a story about second chance romance and communication between two people. The major issue between the couple is their lack of communication and misunderstanding and it was a nice issue to look at even in terms of fake weddings and godmother fairies. The story was overall a okay read, definitely give it a go if you like romance and cheesy fun reads.

The plot of this story is cute and will appeal to many people. HOWEVER, I'm taking off two complete stars for excessive use of foul language. The very people that this book would appeal to are going to put it down after one chapter because of the language....it detracts from the story and the author would do well to revise it out.

Magical fairy tales makes boogie dance with romantic comedy about so much lovable couple who has delicious, sizzling, smoking hot chemistry. Poor MCs have a big obstacle prevent their HEA! : the miserable heroine who thinks she is cursed because at the past, anytime she tried to make sex with her tempting hero , nature found its creative ways for an intervention! ( leeches, flying roofs, wild animal invasion, sinking boats etc.)Did you like my presentation? If your answer is already “yes”, please continue to read it!

Petunia, Jonquil, Bluebonnet: three godmothers remind you of epic witches of Hocus Pocus: Bette Midler, SJP (like her shoe brand), Kathy Najimy. But they’re not lovely witches, they are just magical fairy godmothers who are about to lose their powers. Their magical wands stop working properly because their town suffers from lack of love. If they won’t bring the happiness back, they may lose their entire powers. The best way to attract love into their place is meddling their two fairy children who have unfinished business.

Yes, we’re talking about Un- Lucky Fujiki ( okay, our heroine’s name Lucky but unlike her name she unintentionally attracts bad luck: everyone around her under the threat of any kind of catastrophe, danger or natural disaster. Only thing she has to do is hugging the person and transferring her bad luck vibes to him or her) and charming chocolate king Ransom Payne ( he literally owns a firm produces amazing chocolate! )!

When they were young and naive, they ended their relationship because something unmentionable happened during their hmmm let’s say “intercourse” or “attempt of intercourse” and when the word gets out, Ransom turns into a laughing stock of their small town. So they both told each other unacceptable and harsh things which broke them apart and both of them were too stubborn to say sorry.

Now godmothers kindly request them to act like fake fiancées which will help their matchmaking business bloom and bring the town to the happiness which will slowly evaporates.

Both Lucky and Ransom cannot dare to say no to their godmothers. Ransom still owes a part of his business success to them (yes, unlike Lucky, he knows their magical powers) and Lucky wants to face her fears by meeting with her ex-love she never achieved to forget.

Of course it’s obvious their love and undeniable chemistry will rekindle but could they defeat the bad luck of Lucky which is following them like a dark, black cloud?

I enjoyed the story, vivid, entertaining characters. I wish fairy godmothers interfered by their meddling skills to their love story but I still loved them.

And of course Gwen- the loyal best friend of Lucky and her kids stole my heart. I’m looking forward to read her sequel.

Overall: I’m rounding up 3.5 to 4 magical, happily ever after, a box full of chocolate, romcom, enjoyable stars!

It’s soft, sweet, swoon reading that I highly needed!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books/ Zebra for sharing this lovely arc with me in exchange my honest review.

Erm well, this book was a slight disappointment. The plot and the premise was sound enough, but the fairy godmother and the history between Lucky and Ransom fell very flat. There was no background setting and development; the whole fake marriage story had no stakes it just fell flat and all I could think about was, GOD NO-NO (insert Micheal Scott).

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The plot was cute, the idea was a spin of fairy tales. But, I was so confused with all the names and characters. I never in all my life had to keep flipping BACK in a book to see if I am understanding who is who. I could not keep the names straight, Then, there was so many characters, I felt I needed a chart to understand who was who.

I wanted to love this book more than I did. I really thought I was going to.

I loved the premise of fairy tales retelling in modern times. I love fairy tales and happy stories. Which is why I picked this book, This book was more of a twisted fairy tale where three fairy godmothers wanted to boost the power of magic since it has decreased in the town of Ever After. They decided to create a wedding destination of their town to help fix the problem. Godchildren Lucky and Ransom were former college sweethearts that the fairy godmothers wanted to set up in a fake wedding to boost the town of Ever After. I liked Lucky and Ransom even though they had awful names. I overlooked that because I was interested in their love story. Lucky and Ransom had a sweet love story and I loved it.

My main issue besides the main characters names was the godmothers. It was really their story of rebuilding or rebranding their town but they were annoying to me. I know that I’m probably the only one that will think that. I wanted Lucky and Ransom to find their happiness without meddling godmothers but then again this was a book full of meddling people in it. Again I had to overlook that to read how the story would unfold for me.

I was at times confused of the many characters and their roles in the town of Ever After. I felt that the writer would start a story line of a character but never finished it. I’m assuming it’s for the next book? I loved the best friends and how loyal they were to the main couple. I especially loved Gwen’s children. I think the next book would be about the best friends finally finding happiness which I’m looking forward to.
Overall, I liked this book, I just needed more of Lucky and Ransom for this to be a perfect book,

I received this ARC from the publisher and Netgalley for my honest review. All opinions are my own.