If you're like me, and feel compelled to buy & read ALL the books in the 'Once Upon a Time' series, I wish you luck. So, if you like fairy tales turned into no-magic, badly written, historical fiction, then this book is for you. But that's not what I wanted from this book. That being said, for what it was, it was semi-interesting. I don't know about you, but I prefer my fairy tale adaptations to at least have SOMETHING to do with the original story. There was no magic in it at all (aside from a few dream sequences, but dreams are dreams, come on). That's right: this book is pure historical fiction (and not very good historical fiction at that). I spent the whole book waiting for it to get interesting (i.e. The plot tries to fit in the original story of 'The Frog Prince' but I felt like it was pushing it. Let's face it, it's really hard to place a fairy tale in the last 100 years. When I opened this book the top of the page said '1915'. Like other fans of the 'Once Upon a Time' series, I buy these books because I want to read a fairy tale. The writing just isn't that good, and to be honest, I was just not impressed with the fairy tale retelling aspect of it. It's not my least favorite either, but it may be close. Water Song was definitely not my favorite 'Once Upon a Time' book.
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