I didn't enjoy the first book in this series, but I still had hopes of liking the sequel. Unfortunately it didn't take me long to realise that I would also end up not liking this book. The dialogue was extremely stilted, and at times it was nearly impossible to make out distinct voices for every character. The final nail in the coffin was the complete personality transplant the godmothers underwent between the first and second book. They went from sweet and loveable to cursing like sailors. Quite a rude awakening.

3.75 stars
Men Are Frogs is a cute but steamy fairy tale remix of The Frog Prince and Prince Charming set in a fantasy fairy tale land.

Zuri Davis is a wedding planner whose life and career hit the skids when she found out her boyfriend was, in fact, the groom in the wedding she was planning. When this became known, the bride actually lit her wedding dress on fire with the ceremonial candle. (Yas, girl!) And in a blaze of glory, the wedding video went viral and Zuri's career and trust in love went up in smoke. After the requisite licking of wounds time, Zuri is contacted by Ever After wedding planning about a job. Said job is for a niche fairy tale town in Ever After, Missouri that has a whole fairy tale reenactment thing going on. Deciding a drastic life change is in order, she accepts the job and moves to the charming and quirky, if a little strange, town.

Phillip Charming (Prince Charming) has been cursed for nearly three hundred years by the godmother Petunia for... reasons. He is a frog by day and himself at night with very little memory of his frog self's actions. In a turn of events, Petunia discovers that if Philip doesn't find his one true love, by "x" time in the near future, he will turn into a frog and stay that way. Philip, in desperation, turns to the Evil Queen for help despite Petunia's warning that it will make a mess of things, but ya' know he still does it anyway 'cuz he's a dude and they are contrary like that sometimes, plus fairy tale story. Then he meets Zuri and the whole story skews sideways.

Phillip showed a lot of growth of character in the story. Which, one would hope that if you'd been cursed for 300 years, you might actually take stock of yourself and your actions. But I digress. He authentically and finally (300 years, dude) apologizes to the Godmothers about his actions when he was a young and stupid manchild. Zuri is still reeling from all the things that brought her to Ever After plus the whole "secret" of Ever After actually being a magical pocket of Fairy Tale lands and whatnot. She was a strong character and that is always a plus for me. but I never really made a full connection with her as a character except to feel bad that she got dupped by her ex and her career went up in flames. The chemistry between Philip and Zuri was moderate but the steamy times, were pretty steamy.

The tone of the book was a little incongruous to me. In one part it reads like a fluffy, cute fairy tale retelling, and then in another there is a Lizzo popular culture reference, and then cussing, and then smexy steamy times. Sometimes the changes were a bit jolting to the overall story. IDK, it's probably just me.

Overall, the book was fun and a pretty entertaining read. I really liked the little side story with Hunter and the Evil Queen getting stuck in a room in the castle. ::big smile:: If I had to really list something that I disliked it is that the author makes the characters really run the gauntlet to finally be together. I mean taking big, huge leaps of faith that were just a bit too far to believe you, as the audience, would also take if you were in the character's place. But, to each their own and all that.

The potential of some really fun stories totally has me on the hook for more in this series. I'm excited to read anything about the Evil Queen and Hunter in particular.

*ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

I went against my better judgment when I decided to review this book. I didn't enjoy the first one but the teaser chapter for this piqued my interest. Here I am again with a book not for me. I'm sure I'm in the minority, I guess sweet fairytales aren't my cup of tea.

Lured by the premise of a modern version quaint fairy tale retelling of the princess and the frog I had great hopes from this book, unfortunately this time, most of them felt short of the mark. It started out with Zuri a wedding planner whose career literally went up in smokes when her boyfriend turns out as the groom in a wedding she was planning, and the bride in reaction set her dress on fire. She arrives in the magical town of Ever After, in hopes of joining the Fairy Godmothers, Inc.

In Ever After she meets Phillip her prince charming and owner of a magical B&B. They are almost instantly attracted to each other, but there is a serious hitch, Philip spends half his days as a frog and he has very little time left to reverse the curse. If the curse doesn't break before the dreaded deadline he will become a frog permanently, a fate he is naturally desperate to avoid.

The writing style veers towards the cozy and philosophical instead of the wit and comedy I was hoping for. On top of that the banter was rather clunky and some of the dialogue felt very superfluous. Those extra dialogues often slowed things down plot wise and did not contribute much to character development, or maybe they were trying to fill in for the absence of the plot.

All in all, this was a 2.5 for me, because there was potential in the background and some of the side characters like Hunter (the hero's best friend) and Ravenna the not so evil fairy.

Thank you to Netgalley and Zebra Books publishing company for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Cute premise, likeable characters. I didn't realize this book is the second in a series, so I was catching up the first part of the story. Thank you, Netgalley, for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.

Another great book! Loved the characters, the detailed plot and ending. Would definitely recommend to my friends and family

I absolutely adore this series. Saranna DeWylde has managed to bring the fairytale world and steamy romance together beautifully. Petunia, Jonquil, and Bluebonnet are always "meddling" in the love lives of people they care about. Sometimes it's hard to let fate take over such matters, but things always have a way of working out. Zuri and Phillip both were wonderful characters who had some growing to do of their own. When they come together though, boy does the steam rise!! Fairy Godmothers Inc. is such a fantastic series. I found myself giggling at the fairy godmothers quite often. When one of them quoted Lizzo's "Why men gotta be great til they gotta be great?", I laughed so hard. I think it's pretty obvious that I'm looking forward to the next book.

This is a really sweet fantasy meets romantic comedy story. Three modeling fairy godmothers, a man who learned a hard lesson… centuries ago… and a frustrated-by-love woman. This is a story that you can see being made into a totally cute romcom!

Men Are Frogs by Saranna DeWylde

I read this book in a day. This was a very sweet campy romance that made me laugh. I highlighted several sentences that rang true and. cheered for the hero and heroine. I plan to continue in the series. What a fun read!

This is book two in the Fairy Godmothers series and in it, we learn so much more about the inhabitants and the town itself.  Seriously, I want Ever After to be an all-inclusive retreat for tired single mothers and my fairy godmother to gift me a week there. 

Zuri leaves Chicago in disgrace after her last bride set fire to her wedding dress at the ceremony in front of the groom…who it just happened was also dating Zuri.  The Fairy Godmothers give her a chance to rebuild her career and rediscover her faith in Happily Ever After helping them plan weddings in Ever After.  Too bad Zuri’s ex is the best man in her first wedding.  But neither that, the frog pox, or a centuries old curse can hold her back for long. 

This was such a fun read and I am looking forward to the next book! 

I am thankful for the electronic copy of the book that I received from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

Last year, I read the first book in this series and while I didn't love it, the teaser chapter insured that I would be keeping my eye out for the second book. I love fairy tale inspired books and this one blends together more of the Disney versions (not just the animated cartoons, but also the show Once Upon A Time seems to have inspired some characters as well), into a new romance. The magical town of Ever After, Missouri is doing well as a wedding destination as they work to make happily ever afters come true. So much so that the three fairy godmothers hire a wedding planner - Zuri. Her Chicago career is floundering after she accidentally sleeps with the groom of her last client. But soon, she's utterly enchanted with Ever After and Prince Charming himself, the man who runs the B&B in his castle by evening but spends his days in the fountain out front a a cursed frog.

It's a cute read - and no real need to read the first book as all the salient points are caught up here and Lucky and Ransom don't even have so much as a cameo appearance here. I actually enjoyed this one more than the first book - the dialogue at least doesn't bear the brunt of plot and character development this time. The magic is fun and nice to see the same supporting characters again. It's a light-hearted and summery read with a few steamy scenes - and I absolutely loved that Zuri has an identical twin!

Quirky and clever with several twists, turns and characters you’ll want to know all populate this story on the way to the HEA. And “if there isn’t an HEA, the story isn’t over.” Zuri just had one of the worst experiences EVER as a wedding planner: realizing that the wedding she was planning was for her long-term boyfriend – to someone else. Of course, in this day of everyone is a filmmaker – it went awry, and her dream career seemed to go up in smoke just like the wedding dress the two-timed bride set on fire. An opportunity to leave Chicago and head to Ever After in Missouri, to become their wedding planner seemed too good to pass up for this woman who had only ever wanted to give people spectacular wedding celebrations on the way to their happily ever after.

And Zuri does believe in romance, the magic and all that – despite being dinged up by her last relationship. But, putting that all behind her – she's heading off to the little town, in hopes that everything will change. She’ll miss her twin sister Zeva and is hoping that she can help Zeva with her own dream to bring the kids she works with some happiness,

Phillip some three hundred years ago had insulted the fairy godmothers by dating two of them at the same time. Now cursed to live his daylight hours as a frog, he’s spent his nights rethinking his own choices and becoming a better man. But when his froggy self meets Zuri, he’s all in. Despite her being new to the area and not quite clued in on the magic that is real, at least in Ever After.

With a host of characters including three meddling godmothers with plenty of snappy interactions between them, an evil queen who isn’t quite as evil as she’d have you believe and a beastly best friend for Phillip that lives in the catacombs of the castle that serves as both the local B & B and a protective helper providing what is needed (or thought to be) to those it likes and those who ask nicely- the story is cute, clever and surprisingly nuanced with discovery of self, growth, self-sacrifice and above all, love. It’s true meaning, the hope it provides, and the happiness that it engenders just by existing. DeWylde doesn’t stint on the fairy tale references either – as Zuri is a huge fan of The Princess and the Frog, using the music and Tiana’s songs to cheer her and help her motivate. Add that to the fact that the characters are diverse (beyond being talking birds, foxes and magical, and the story is cleverly cast with someone for everyone.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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I really wanted to love this book, bu it just wasn't for me.. It just didn't spark an intrest in me... It was just okay. 3 stars

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Men Are Frogs gives us all the magic and HEA's the first book delivered on and so much more!

The fairy godmother's wedding planning business is booming after their plan to make Ever After a sought after wedding destination succeeds. With all the incoming couples, they decide to hire an extra pair of hands to help them in the office, and if it just so happens to give them another person to meddle with, then that's just a happy coincidence, isn't it?

Zuri Davis is coming off a professional and personal disaster. When the offer to work at FGI comes out like a lifeline, she holds on tight. Coming in to Ever After, she expects to get a fresh start from the mess she left behind in Chicago. What she doesn't expect is three well-meaning, but meddling fairy godmothers, and an honest-to-god prince with the greenest eyes ever. Phillip Charming, the owner of the castle B&B, hits all her buttons, but after being burned one too many times, she hesitates to take a chance on him.

Phillip has spent the last three hundred years looking for his one true love. Cursed to spend his days as a frog and his nights as a man, he's desperate to find a way out of his curse, even going so far as to consider dark magic. From the moment he sees Zuri, he feels a connection. But when her kiss doesn't save him, he loses hope and almost gives up. But the more time they spend together, the more they realize he realizes that though he might find love, his Happily Ever After may not be what he always expected.

The fairy godmothers were as meddlesome and wonderful as always! There roles weren't as prominent as last time, but they were just as entertaining. And this time, we were also introduced to a newbie fairy godmother who I already know has the potential to be a great FG.

I also really liked the introduction of Hunter, Phillip's best friend, a.k.a the Beast of Ever After. I like the way that in this version of the fairytales, the cursed Princes aren't immediately cured with the introduction of their princesses, but that they have to work to accept their faults and love themselves before finding their true loves. Hunter was a really good addition and I can't wait to get more of his story.

This book focused a lot on being independent and self-love. It still had plenty of romance, fit for a fairytale, but also a lot of character growth and development. The mashing of the traditional fairytales with modern life was really well done and I can't wait to read more from this series!

I'd recommend this book if you're looking for an adorable romance, set in a picturesque town with all the magic and love you could expect from a fairytale world! Though this is part of a series and it would be beneficial if you read book one first, it's not completely necessary. You can still enjoy this one as a standalone!

I really enjoyed the first book in the Fairy Godmothers Inc. series and was looking forward to reading this one. I enjoyed it almost as much as the first. Each book in the series is the story of a different set of characters. so you do not need to read them all or read them in order. Men Are Frogs is the story of the real Prince Charming. Phillip Charming has been a frog for over 300 years and time is running out for the curse to be broken. He is a man once the sun sets, but turns back into a frog at sunrise. With the Fairy Godmothers, Petunia, Jonquil and Blue Bonnet opening up Ever After as a wedding destination, they need to hire a wedding planner. Disgraced wedding planner Zuri Davis is offered a job with Fairy Godmothers, Inc., and she's willing to trade the excitement of Chicago for the small-town charm of Ever After. She fell in love with one of her grooms, but that has since ended and she is ready for a new life. When she meets the gorgeous owner of the B&B where she is staying, she wonders about true love. So, now that she knows about the magic and realizes that she loves Phillip, will true love's kiss break the 300 year old curse?

This was another fun story set in Ever After. We met Phillip in the last book, but this is his story. He has been kissing women for centuries, but not been able to break the curse. He was always a somewhat shallow prince, who has lessons to learn before the curse can be broken. Zuri and her twin sister, Zeva are great additions to Ever After. Zeva discovered the magic on her own and is not attending Fairy Godmother Academy, while Zuri is trying to plan the next wedding as well as figure out how to break Phillip's curse. She is also dodging Alec aka Zander, the lying groom from the disastrous wedding. Zuri does not have a very good self-esteem and blames herself for everything that goes wrong. She needs to develop confidence that she is enough and can do a great job for Fairy Godmothers Inc. I enjoyed seeing Phillip and Zuri fall in love. There was some rude language and sexual talk, but otherwise it is a relatively clean story. This is a fun story with other fairytale characters that I hope will find their own Happily Ever After in Future books.

In the town of Ever After, magic and fairy godmothers are real, Prince Charming is a frog all day and a prince at night, and Zuri Davis has just taken a job as a wedding planner. Zuri has to leave her old stomping ground of Chicago after planning the wedding from hell - turned out the groom was also Zuri’s boyfriend and the bride took her dress off and set it on fire when she found out. What Zuri doesn’t know is that the magic is real and the three fairy godmothers are about to start some serious meddling in her life.

This is the second in a series and if you haven’t read the first (as I haven’t) you’re going to spend the first couple of chapters at least wondering who all these people are that are constantly being talked about but never actually appear in the book. Honestly, this put me off right from the start. You don’t need to rehash the previous book unless the events and characters from it are going to play a major part in this one, and they clearly don’t. Then the fairy godmothers spend a whole bunch of time working on another romantic couple… who are also not the focus of this book. This is all filler and it just needed cutting completely. We could have started with Zuri leaving Chicago and then arriving in town, and had all the magical stuff going on behind her back; it would have been a much more interesting start and got me invested in Zuri from the beginning.

Because of this false start, it took me ages to get into the story - I was past the 50% mark before I finally thought, yes, I’m enjoying this. There really is a good story in here, Philip is an adorable hero - the player who’s grown up - and I was delighted by Zuri and her twin Zeva. I liked that the fairy godmothers tried to be facilitators rather than managers, insisting that those they helped had to have agency, and that was the way True Love worked as well. Philip and Zuri had to have faith and choose to put each other first.

There are some great characters who are obviously going to get their own happily ever afters later in the series - Ravenna the Evil Queen, Hunter, Zeva and more, but honestly my favourite side character was Esmeralda the flying fox. What can I say, I’m a sucker for a snarky familiar.

There are some really odd intimate scenes in here too. Some things are really explicit but then when it gets down to the ‘action’ suddenly everything descends into euphemisms and it’s all over in a paragraph. I can’t even figure out whether I would describe it as open door or closed door. If you don’t like open door, you’ll probably think it’s too explicit, but if you DO like open door, I think it’ll be a bit too bland for your taste. It’s in a weird halfway slot which I suspect won’t please many.

I like a lot of things about this - the hero and the heroine, the romance, and many of the side characters - but it started in the wrong place, there’s way too much filler, I really can’t get what’s going on with the intimate scenes and I think it’s just trying a bit too hard to be cutesy. I’ll give it three stars.

This was a book that I ended up not finishing due to lack of interest in content. For that reason I was unable to rate more than one star.

Thank you NetGalley, author Saranna DeWylde, and Zebra Books publishing for giving me a free arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
4 stars
While this is the second book in this standalone series, it can be read on its own.
If you are a fan of "The Frog Prince," this is retelling will bring a whole new twist to the classic story.
This was such a fun book! It has all the staples of a typical fairytale romance, which include: a cursed Prince Charming, a heroine with a heart of gold, an evil queen, a love story that will make you smile, and friendships that will warm your heart.
Zuri Davis is a wedding planner whose personal life and career take a turn when she finds out her boyfriend is actually the groom of the wedding she was planning. Now wondering if she has a HEA out there for her, she accepts a job planning a wedding in the small town of Ever After, Missouri. She was an amazing character. While she was unsure in her personal life, she was very confident in her professional. I loved how much she embrace the magical elements within the small town and their residents. The female friendships were such heartfelt and wonderfully supportive.
Phillip is a frog prince – literally. He’s been cursed for nearly three hundred years to be a frog by day, only getting to be his Prince Charming self by night. As the reader is introduced to Prince Charming, he has already undergone his growth and maturity that came with time being spent undergoing his daytime changes into a frog day in and day out. He was willing to self-reflect and admit his mistakes to the people he had wronged. I liked how he was able to develop a good relationship with the fairy godmothers, despite them placing him under a curse that has yet to break after 300 years. His friendship with beastly Hunter was hilarious and was a solid friendship. While the relationship between Zuri Davis and Prince Charming seemed a little insta-lovey, the author provided ways throughout the story that their relationship was not 100% guaranteed to end in a HEA. Both characters had to undergo their own trials both as individuals and as a couple. The author did a wonderful job kept elements of the original fairytale that were easily identifiable and yet added a more mature twist to the story that an adult audience could enjoy. The setting, characters, world building, and writing were well developed. This story held my interest until the very end.
I would recommend this book to those who loved fairytales as a young person, but is looking for a more mature fairytale of humor and love! I can't wait to read the next installment in this series!

This is the second in the Fairy Godmother Inc. series.

Zuri Davis is a wedding planner and very excited to be offered a position with Fairy Godmothers, INC.. After Zuri fell for one of the grooms in a wedding she was planning, her career was destroyed and believes all men are frogs. In need of a fresh start, Zuri packs up and moves to Ever After to start her new job. There, she meets a handsome B&B owner named Phillip Charming. Will he prove to be a frog too?
Phillip Charming is a B&B owner in Ever After and under a curse. One that can only be broken by true love's kiss. Phillip feels he deserves the curse and has learned to uphold his promises. Zuri is the type of woman he’d like to promise his heart to… if only he didn't turn into a frog during the day.

Dual POV! I love a novel that tells both sides of the story and this one does it wonderfully. This is a fairytale retelling, like Princess and The Frog. THis novel is so cute and funny. I just loved Zuri and Phillips' characters! And Ever After is a fun town to get to know. Although this is the second in the series, it can be read as a standalone, BUT readers will understand certain references better IF they read Fairy Godmothers INC. first.

I thought this was a delightful read and another wonderful entry in this series. The cute story offers plenty of fun and feels. I thought the book was very well written and read smoothly. Zuri and Phillip so very likable and I quickly fond myself rooting for them as a couple. The smartly crafted blend of humor, magic, emotion, heart and heat makes a potent brew that goes down easily, satisfies and leaves you craving the next entry of this series.