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grav_ityThis series is called "Once Upon A Crime" and follows three families involved in the illegal organ transplant trade.
The first book is The Princess and the Pea, and follows a girl whose body does not produce platelets properly, which means she bruises at everything. Her parents keep her sheltered, but then disaster strikes, and she has to go out into the real world (i.e. New York City) for the first time.
The second book is The Princess and the Frog, and follows a girl from the other family. She's the opposite in most ways: hard, calculating, eager to take her place in the business.
As far as fairy-tale re-imaginings go, they were both on the "light" side when it came to details and themes and whatnot, which is totally fine with me. I enjoyed how Penelope and Magnolia came to an understand of each other's strengths and weaknesses, and the politics were moderately interesting. Also, moral questions and so on, and I don't feel the book was overly preachy, which was nice.
I kinda hope there's a third one called Rock Me Like A Hurricane, tbh. ;)
The first book is The Princess and the Pea, and follows a girl whose body does not produce platelets properly, which means she bruises at everything. Her parents keep her sheltered, but then disaster strikes, and she has to go out into the real world (i.e. New York City) for the first time.
The second book is The Princess and the Frog, and follows a girl from the other family. She's the opposite in most ways: hard, calculating, eager to take her place in the business.
As far as fairy-tale re-imaginings go, they were both on the "light" side when it came to details and themes and whatnot, which is totally fine with me. I enjoyed how Penelope and Magnolia came to an understand of each other's strengths and weaknesses, and the politics were moderately interesting. Also, moral questions and so on, and I don't feel the book was overly preachy, which was nice.
I kinda hope there's a third one called Rock Me Like A Hurricane, tbh. ;)
