Limitless

My Rating: ★★★

Series: Lost in a Fairy Tale - Book 4

Publisher: Dragons & Fairy Tales Press

Release Date: July 27, 2018

Genre: Fairy Tale Adaptations

Hattie wants nothing more than to escape palace life. Cedric knows that he'll never be more than a street rat. Find out more in this twisted fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Hattie loves nothing more than getting away from palace life and spending time with her best friend in the village. The simple life with Cedric is much more exciting than being a princess with the weight of the kingdom on her shoulders. When her parents announce that it's time to find a suitor, Hattie knows there is one boy who has already stolen her heart.

Living on the streets after his father is banished for using magic, Cedric has learned to fend for himself. Working for the man who took him in keeps him from starving, but he wants to make something of himself. Otherwise, he has no hope of winning Princess Hattie's heart.

When a mage curses Hattie's family on her sixteenth birthday, she and Cedric must flee the kingdom to keep her safe. Now Cedric’s absent father may be the hero they need to help defeat the mage—if they can find him. Will Hattie and Cedric manage to find their happily ever after, or will they be destined to live apart forever?

My Review ♥️

Aladdin is still one of my all-time favorite movies. Who doesn't love a magical genie that grants wishes? Beauty and the Beast is also a favorite, and has been watched many a times. What would you happen if you intertwined Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin? Well, you would get Limitless.

While the story is incredibly predictable due to it being a retelling it does add its own little twist on both tales, though I wish there could've been more unique ideas. The predictability, along with the pace of the story, made the book fall flat for me. I will say that there is wonderful characterization, and the unspoken love between Cedric and Hattie is beautiful. The ending did leave a smile on my face, thought it felt like forever to get there.

Still, it is a co-mingling of fairy tales, which did add to its charm, but the entire time I felt like it was missing something and I never did put my finger on what it was. I never could really connect with the characters and their unique situations, and wish I could've had more backstory on the main characters.

This is the first time I've read anything from author Jaclyn Weist and I can see that she has a wonderful imagination, and hope that the other books in this series are better edited, and have that extra depth that is lacking in this story.

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Connect With & Get to Know Author

Jaclyn Weist

Jaclyn is an Idaho farm girl who grew up loving to read. She developed a love for writing as a senior in high school, when her dad jokingly said she was the next Dr. Seuss (not even close, but very sweet). She met her husband, Steve, at BYU, and they have six happy, crazy children who encourage her to keep writing. After owning a bookstore and running away to have adventures in Australia, they settled back down in their home in Utah.

Jaclyn now spends her days herding her kids to various activities and trying to remember what she was supposed to do next. She has published six books in a year, and her mind is still reeling from the awesomeness. Her books include Ring of Truth; A Christmas Worth Billions; The Princess and the Prom Queen; Magicians of the Deep; the Luck series--Stolen Luck, Twist of Luck, Best of Luck, More Than Just Luck, No Such Luck, and Just My Luck, a novella; and Endless.