Twice Upon a Marigold (Reviewed by Angie)

Angie

Reading
Twice Upon A Marigold
Jean Ferris
Once she knew that the dogs hadn’t hurt Ed, she looked around and saw Christian (with relief), Swithbert (with affection), and Olympia-wait-Olympia?
-In the perspective of Marigold
The genre of this book is fantasy fiction because it includes dungeons, castles, treason, and many other “royal” types of things and these things only happen in fairytale world not the real world. King Christian and Queen Marigold want to continue enjoying their royal marriage life but horror arrives that Queen Olympia is back and she is as bossy and evil as before. The Zandelphia Palace and Beaurivage palace are all hoping it’s all a bad dream but dreams don’t exist when Olympia’s around. So, when everybody has had enough of her Queen Marigold and King Christian plot a rebellion to kick her off the throne. As this secretly goes on throughout the palace it’s finally the big day and…………you’ll have to read to find out!
One strength in this book is that it’s hilarious! The characters are funny or either act funny themselves! For example, Marigold is always trying to crack new knock-knock jokes (which are completely new in their world) and it’s funny because nobody gets when to say what or how it’s funny. Another strength in this book is how the author creates creative and crazy ideas and events. There are some things that make you think and try picturing them in your head because they’re so asinine. For example, there’s the Beaurivage Turret of Teeth and there’s when Olympia’s brain get’s turned around so that she’s totally transformed into this kind person named Angie. One weakness in this book is that the author stayed on one topic for a long time. For example, for at least three chapters there would be the same thing going on but the reader would sometimes want to get onto something new.
I recommend this book definitely to readers of Once Upon A Marigold; this sequel won’t let you down! This two thumbs up book will be enjoyed by anyone who’s a lover of fantasy, tragedy, and comedy. I would recommend this book mainly to girls who are in 4th grade and above because they will probably understand this book better. Anyway Twice Upon A Marigold should be on your summer reading list. BUT only read it after you’ve read Once Upon A Marigold.