Regal Academy #1

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review!

So I have never seen/heard about this series until I saw the book on Netgalley. I was instantly curious about it. Fairy tales? A school full of them? Sign me up!

This was a fun volume, though I am a bit confused about several things. For instance we find out that Rose is Cinderella's granddaughter, but wouldn't that mean that either mom or dad is Cinderella's child? Why do they not know about the whole Fairyland thing? Or is it some magic thing, and is Rose just magically the granddaughter?

And time is also a bit wobbly, as Rose goes from being starter at magic (just about to make pumpkins) in the first story to making helicopters (out of pumpkins of course) in the span of just 3 stories. I feel that this could have been much better. Shown her practising and getting better, but I guess they just focused on more exciting stories for this book.

I loved Rose from the start, though really, how can this girl get late ALL the TIME. :P I liked how she loves shoes and how she gets distracted by them all the time (like a true Cinderella). She also seems pretty smart and is really caring. Though she does get her group in trouble at times because she is such a klutz and doesn't seem to care about grades as much as they do. But she is also optimistic and I quite liked how she never lets anything daunt her. She just keeps on going.

I also like the other characters we meet in this story. Hopefully there will be more additions to the cast, there are so many more fairy tales that can pop up.

I am a bit tired of the mean girls trope. It gets tiring to have it in so many novels/books/tv stuff. Then again, I guess it does fit (though I admit this grudgingly) with the whole fairy tale setting.

I had a bit of a laugh at the silly magic (Tower Magic, Pumpkin Magic).

The book is also not one big story, instead it is various short stories with a day (schoolday) of Rose and her classmates. I quite like that they picked this approach, as it made it more fun to read.

The art is pretty cute (and that is also why I picked this book).

All in all, I enjoyed this book, and I guess I will look around to see if I can find the series anywhere so I can watch it. See if it is as good as this book.

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/

*thank you to Netgalley and Papercutz for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review*

4 stars.

This was excellent!! I absolutely LOVE the tv show so when I noticed this was available to read I had to grab it! It was so much fun to read and the graphics were so so good and the colours were AMAZING!!! I loved everything about this and as it's the first graphic novel in the series, we get the opportunity to discover how the story/show begins. I was not disappointed with this at all and only wished it was longer but at 98 pages it was still pretty good. There are 4 short stories in this and they are all just as good as each other. This definitely works as a graphic novel and I can't wait to read the others in the future.

Fans of the show, this is a MUST READ!

Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley
I haven’t seen the series on Nickelodeon, so I am coming to this as a newbie.
The story is a high school for the children or grandchildren of famous fairy tale characters. We are introduced to Rose who has a thing for shoes and literally falls though the rabbit hole. She discovers her relationship to Cinderella and is introduced to new friends, including a young woman who likes creepy crawlies but can also turn into a frog. There is a male Snow White too.
In many ways, the story is a mash up of Harry Potter ideas and a show like Disney’s Descendants. The fairy tale kids learn how to use magic, including pumpkin magic, and there is even some dragon riding.
While the mean girl and crew trope is used here, the story is largely about friends working together to succeed. Additionally, while the female characters are stereotypical drawn (in some cases without enough room for a stomach), there is no emphasis on looks. While Rose’s parents don’t look old enough to be her parents, her grandmother at least has wrinkles.
The stories are engaging, and the female characters do not need saving. In fact, it’s fun to read stories where female leads are feminine, friends, and not simply guys with boobs.
There are some nice cute nods to other versions – including a wonderful mouse character, Rose’s intense desire for shoes, and Rapunzel’s hair.

This coming of age story about friendship is relatable to any high school student who has needed help finding their true personality as they grow up. It’s easy to get caught up with what friends like or don’t like, but eventually we all have to find our true self and be brave enough to share it with others.
Received a free arc for an honest review!

When Rose finds a key whilst shoe shopping before her first day of school, she never imagines she'll end up in the presence of fairytale royalty and not in a normal school. However, she has to keep it secret back home that she's Cinderella's grand daughter!



A colourful creation of a graphic novel book as the characters and surroundings leap off the pages as they pop with colourful hair, clothes and buildings. Anyone who's a fan of Disney and fairy tales will enjoy this book with many little stories in the graphic novel.



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!