Awake: A Fairytale [NOOK Book]

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Alexandra Martin didn’t believe in fairytales…

Alex has always been more interested in rocks and science than stories about princesses and magic. Now she’s far too busy with her summer internship at the Gem and Mineral Museum to think about children’s stories. Between avoiding her former best friend and ...
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Awake: A Fairytale

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Overview

Alexandra Martin didn’t believe in fairytales…

Alex has always been more interested in rocks and science than stories about princesses and magic. Now she’s far too busy with her summer internship at the Gem and Mineral Museum to think about children’s stories. Between avoiding her former best friend and high school baseball star, Luke Reed, and trying to hide her unrequited crush on her mentor at the museum, the real world is occupying all of her time.

…Until she walked into one.

It turns out fairytales aren’t all fun and games. A curse has turned her neat and orderly world upside down, and to break it, she bands together with a fellow intern and a recently awakened princess who’s been asleep for 900 years. Can this trio of unlikely heroines put an end to an ominous enchantment, discover true love, and keep an ancient and evil magic from being unleashed on modern-day Los Angeles?
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Editorial Reviews

Love Letters to the Library - Kimberly Truesdale
Author Jessica Grey has created a believable and enthralling fantasy world balanced between our familiar reality and the realm of fairy enchantments.
Grey engages very consciously with the ideas that we hold about the Sleeping Beauty story upon which Awake is based, most of which come from Disney. She gives us some recognizable signposts pointing toward what we already know, but adds quite a few new turns that add wonderful layers to the story.
NancyKelleyWrites.com - Nancy Kelley
Awake is a phenomenal story. It takes all the familiar elements of Sleeping Beauty and twists them into something that is both recognizable and new at the same time. The dialogue between the three girls sparkled, and the relationship between Alex and Luke was romantic and real.

Grey's style is smooth and easy to follow. Her characters are real, and her story is delightful. I can't wait to read the next book in this trilogy.
YABookAddict - Tracey Spiteri
When I finished reading Awake, the first thought that popped into my head when I thought of Alex was that she was like a butterfly emerging from inside her cocoon. The transformation in her was so great!! By the end of the book she is so strong and self assured. I loved all the interactions between Alex, Becca and Lilia and there were points in the book where you just couldn't help the huge grin on your face at some of their antics... And then we have Luke. And I'm pretty sure that I would be on
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940014117661
  • Publisher: Tall House Books
  • Publication date: 2/5/2012
  • Series: Fairytale Trilogy , #1
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 384,732
  • File size: 608 KB

Meet the Author

Jessica Grey is an author, fairytale believer, baseball lover, and recovering Star Wars fangirl. A life-long Californian, she now lives in Montana with her husband and two children where she spends her time writing, perfecting the fine art of toddler-wrangling, and drinking way too much caffeine.

You can find Jessica online at www.authorjessicagrey.com and www.fairytaletrilogy.com
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  • Posted February 7, 2012

    An Un-put-downable Fairytale

    It’s the last summer before college, and Alex Martin is looking forward to spending it… in a museum. No, she’s not a normal 18 year old, but she and her best friend Becca Ward have interned at LA’s Gem and Mineral Museum every summer. This year however provides one crucial difference—her childhood friend, Luke Reed, has joined the geeky rock squad.

    Alex and Luke haven’t really talked since their freshman year of high school, when Luke’s status as a baseball star put him on a different social level than Alex. She is none too pleased by the thought of sharing her favorite place with him, especially since she was kind of hoping to catch the eye of their advisor, the dreamy Nicholas Hunt.

    But when Alex finds Luke lying on an enchanted bed, trapped in a magical slumber, suddenly all her summer plans are out the window. She and Becca are joined by Lilia, a 12th century princess who’s been asleep for 850 years. Yes, Luke tried to wake up Sleeping Beauty with a kiss, but instead, he simply took her place.

    Now the three girls have to figure out exactly what the spell is, who cast it, and how they can save Luke from the evil fairy behind it all. To do that, Alex and Becca will have to come to terms with the fact that magic actually exists, and accept their own ability to use it.

    Awake is a phenomenal story. It takes all the familiar elements of Sleeping Beauty and twists them into something that is both recognizable and new at the same time. The dialogue between the three girls sparkled, and the relationship between Alex and Luke was romantic and real.

    The magic scenes were my favorite parts of the story. Jessica Grey invented an entire system of magic for her book, and it is brilliant and consistent. Even though I know diamonds and precious metal have no magical qualities, I could easily believe Alex and Becca were able to work spells with them.

    I read Awake in one day, which is not something I often do anymore. My brain usually starts to wander after about five chapters, and I’ll switch to another book or a movie. This time though I was too eager to find out how it all turned out in the end to put it down.

    Grey’s style is smooth and easy to follow. Her characters are real, and her story is delightful. I can’t wait to read the next book in this trilogy.

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