I loved this story! It was fun, and it kept me giggling all the way through, even when Fisher and Reef had to fight the "wannabe ninja's." Truth be told, I'd rather read a story by an author with a silly sense of humor then one that drones on about drama and reality any day!
My thoughts as I was reading books one and two was that the story line was so much more then you would have thought a story like "The Swan Princess" would be. It may be because there are several brothers involved with the families curse? Somehow though, the author's made each of the brother's stories so much different from each other, that I was impressed. I was worried that being of the same story line the plot of each might get redundant. But they didn't! Each brother got "caught" by the curse in their own unique way. And, the way they each encountered there mates and formed the "bonds" were unique as well. My only problem now is, waiting to find out what happens to the other brothers!!! LOL
Anyway, my final thoughts for would be reader's is, if you like serious drama, read Shakespeare.
But if you lighthearted silliness, as I do, then this one should be fun for you too.
The following is an example of one of the many funny parts that kept me on the floor while reading the story for fear of falling onto it from laughter: :D
"They (Reef & Fisher) straightened up their clothes and rushed to the door. When a series of loud honking noises came from inside, Reef cringed. `There's something you should know. We kind of filled your living room with swans.'
Fisher blinked a few times before giving a slight shake of his head. `Come again?'
`When we found out that you were turned into a swan, Xanthi and I went searching for you. Since we didn't know which one was you, we ended up taking all of them home. The only problem was when we got them here, we still didn't know which one was you. Plus, when I started kissing them, they got really pissed.'
`You kissed the swans?' (Fisher)
Reef tilted his head to the side. `Yeah, it seemed like a good idea at the time, but now I can see how silly it really was. You don't think I'll get the Bird Flu, do you?'
The corners of Fisher's mouth twitched.
`I'm pretty sure you'll be okay.'
Fisher opened the door and they were greeted by a sea of white feathers, a roomful of ticked off birds and one harried fairy. Xanthi's hair stood on end and his shirt had several tears in it.
`These birds are Satan's spawn,' Xanthi declared.
He tried to kick a bird, only to end up stubbing his toe...
