A very weak book overall, the dialogue was clunky, characters are pretty much one-dimensional, worldbuilding is basically non-existent, and the plot is inconsistent and confusing. I've also had a lot of trouble with the setting and temporal placement of some scenes, the passage of time was really unclear and made a lot of the action confusing in the beginning.
Some scenes are also set up in a specific place then continue in a totally different one, all in all super confusing and hard to follow.
Lastly, the fanfiction trope of the real world girl dropped into a fantasy world. Bad.

J.M. Frey’s The Untold Tale is basically every readers dream and a nightmare – to step into his/hers favorite story but not to meet with the positive main character but with the villain of the story. And that is exactly what happens in this book, the reader, Pip, is somehow, with a little help from magic, pulled into her favorite series – The Tales of Kintyre Turn. She knows the series from front to backward since her childhood and she has written her thesis in university about the books. And the person that greets her in this world is not the hero of the books.

But Pip is not the one who tells the story. The one who tells the story is actually an secondary character in the series. His Kintyre’s stuttering brother Forsyth. This Secondary character has life outside of the frames of the written story, so Pip knows very little about him, but she knows about his world and after Forsyth has rescued her and cured her, they will together find a way to send her back to her own world.

Of course there is an adventure, monsters, magical creatures, spells, unexpected help, expected betrayal, surprising alliances. And how can we forget Love.

It’s an adventure story written by a bookworm for bookworms.

To be honest this book was disappointing to me. I read some good reviews before and did have some high expectations. Too bad they where not fulfilled to me...

The characters did not connect to me and the story, even though the ending was good, was confusing.

Not my book but loads of other people do enjoy it, no need to take my word for it just try it yourself. :)

This book was so much fun! I think anyone who's a major reader of fantasy (especially epic fantasy) will enjoy The Untold Tale. It takes so many frustratingly cliche fantasy troupes and turns them on their head. This is the kind of book that have felt really cheesy and silly, but actually ended up being so thoughtful and wonderful that I could hardly put it down.

Think about your favorite childhood book. The one you read and reread too many times to count. What would happen if, all of a sudden, you found yourself pulled into that world? For some of us, that might feel like a dream come true. But for Lucy Piper, the reality is much less glamorous and exciting than she imagined.

Lucy Piper, or Pip, as she's known to friends, is such a strong and fascinating character. I loved her so much and instantly felt a huge connection with her. Although, to be honest, I ended up loving a great many of these characters. They all felt so real that it almost seemed like I'd been pulled along into the world with Lucy.

The only reason I didn't give this book a full five stars is that sometimes the pace dragged and the plot felt a bit forced at times. I also would have liked a little more closure at the end. I know there's at least one more book in the series, so I might feel differently about the ending once I read the next book.

But, honestly I enjoyed this book so much. Anyone who's a fan of fantasy should definitely give The Untold Tale a read!