Vidia and the Fairy Crown

 I like this story for a strange reason. I'm not particularly fond of the Tinkerbell franchise, and I am way outside the target audience for this book, but I still found something fun. This book is like role-playing game's fetch quest. 

No, really! Going from one NPC to the next, talking to them and learning about the next step in the chain, and leading up to a chance-based mini-game, and all the while, one NPC is assisting the player, who is frustrated by this scenario. There's even the chance for Video-Game Cruelty Potential. I can imagine that being in a game with a morality meter. 

I also like this because it is totally an Aesop story but with a reverse angle. That is, it is a story with a moral to teach, but Vidia herself isn't the one who needs to learn anything. She really didn't do anything wrong. It is EVERYONE else who needs to learn the moral about not jumping to conclusions and the like. Furthermore, Prilla recounts a lesson that she already knows as if to remind herself; she didn't need to learn it, but it would be good for a real-life reader to learn it.

Finally, cute art! It is cute, and bright and whimsical; totally fitting the Disney idea of pixies. 

Trickster Eric Novels gives "Vidia and the Fairy Crown" an A+

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Brian Wilkerson is an independent novelist, freelance book reviewer, and writing advice blogger. He studied at the University of Minnesota and came away with bachelor's degrees in English Literature and History (Classical Mediterranean Period concentration).

His fantasy series, Journey to Chaos, is currently available on Amazon as an ebook or paperback.