Pickles and Ponies: A Fairy-Tale
Radugan Tales Book One
by Laura May
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Pub Date Sep 21 2014 | Archive Date Jan 01 2015
Description
Advance Praise
"like a fantasy cousin to Xanth" - Piers Anthony
"a fairy-tale for grown-ups chiseled with sweet cynicism on a bedrock of puns" - Sorin Suciu, author of The Scriptlings
"I laughed, I chuckled, I groaned, I was charmed -- and I was entertained" - The Irresponsible Reader
"Behind the completely mad characters and situations, (a cross between Spike Milligan and Monty Python) and a generous sprinkling of groanworthy puns, is a moral about true love... A light-hearted attempt at solving the world's problems with silliness." - Simon Wheeler, author of "Loosely Translated"
"it encompasses the whimsy of a Diana Wynne-Jones novel (magical lands! talking ponies! mermaids!) with the kooky wit and word play of Douglas Adams" - Goodreads reviewer
"The larger-than-life characters, sparkling settings and playful authorial voice kept me smiling from beginning to end." - Goodreads reviewer
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781502435774 |
| PRICE | $10.99 (USD) |
Average rating from 3 members
Featured Reviews
Matina N, Librarian
Pickles and Ponies was an absolute delight to read! If Douglas Adams had decided to write fairy tales instead of science fiction I think he might have come up with something similar to this hilarious tale.
I wasn't sure how to feel about this book when I first started reading it, but the further I got into it the more I liked it. I really enjoyed the author's style and the absolutely crazy world that she's created.
The story was wonderful and I really enjoyed the characters. I am eager to see future titles from Laura May.
Isana S, Reviewer
I really love Fairy-Tales and modern non-retellings of fairy tales always make me happy. So I really did enjoy this.
The tone that May sets is very cute and like a fairy tale. It's very much a story being told to you and you are very aware and if you like it, you like it. I can understand how this would be a very easy book to hate if you do not like the writing style from the beginning because that's how it continues.
Most of the characters and things are so ridiculous but that's what makes it fun and a fairy tale. It doesn't have to make real world sense because it's so witty and cute that it doesn't matter. I ended up liking all the characters.
It's not your traditional fairy tale either, however. I purposefully goes against many of the traditional fairy tale idea of how princes and princesses should be.
My only problem, and the reason this received only four stars, was that I felt angry with the end of Vanya's story. I didn't think it was very good to leave it as it did. I suppose that may have been with the idea of going against fairy tales but then I think no one should have had a satisfying ending. He seemed to have been punished for something that wasn't his fault and he didn't get his "happy ending." In fact, he got no ending really.
Overall, it was very fun to read though.
Lori M, Reviewer
This book I just couldn't really get into. It's not that it was a bad book, it's just that I think for me its more for a younger age group. I would gave it a 3 star. If I was in a younger age group I would give it 4 stars. I liked the idea of Prince Vanya being born with a silent heart. I really loved the horse in the book, Horse was my favorite character in the story, along with Prince Vanya.
