Diary of a Teenage Fairy Godmother

By: Kathleen Baldwin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So in truth I stared reading this book because I’m on nights and I couldn’t sleep after shift. I was hoping this walking cliché would lull me to sleep, but instead I ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting. In saying that, I didn’t get much sleep before my next shift.

I was impressed with the way this story turned out. Lilliana was something, she was strong, dedicated but annoying. Jess wasn’t too much better. I liked her hard hitting attitude at first but it got old fast. Sure I understood where she was coming from, but it was a bit too much and a little unreal. I did love her growing affection for Mark, they were sweet and it felt natural for them. Lilliana and Jake, that was a mad case of insta-love, she didn’t even know his name before she wanted to jump him. If felt forced, because you didn’t get to know Jake at all. He was just tossed in for the whole sake of Lilliana, just someone for her to swoon over. He you take him out, the story won’t change. The outcome will still be the same, in saying that if you’re going to add a important love interest you got to at least give him substance. I've had dolls with more personality.

The plot itself was original, though a little choppy in spots, I felt the story was pretty solid. This isn’t a standalone so I know not all the answer are going to be coughed up in the first book, but a little more clarity would have been nice. Like who killed her father, because I got a pretty good guess. I wasn’t hard after those fire snakes showed up.

In all, I did very much enjoy this book. As I said I couldn’t stop, even to sleep. My favourite character was Mark. I don’t know, he didn’t have much screen time, but he had more oomph then Jake, he made an impression right out of the gate. It was like, I can see mark in my head, and Jake is a fuzzy mess. In saying that, I was highly disappointed when there wasn’t big kiss scene between Jess and Mark. Like come on, Lilliana and Jake got one, and it sucked!

In all I highly recommend this book, it a fun fast past read that will have you hook from start to finish. Sure it has some structural problems, but they don’t tak away from the overall story or plot. Even the insta-love. That’s way I’m not that hung up over it. So give this book a change, you’ll get swept away in it’s magic.

Happy Reading

E.A. Walsh