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The Caring and the Cursed (The Intertwined Tales): Puss in Boots and Snow White & Rose Red Retelling Kindle Edition
When Crown Prince Alexander is cursed into the form of a cat, he fears all is lost. Little does he know that when he stumbles upon two sisters he has found his sweetest and bravest companions.
Eirwen loves her family deeply and is willing to enter into a loveless and miserable marriage for their sake. Neither she nor her younger sister, Rowan, will inherit the mill so this is how she can do her part.
When a talking cat scares them both, Eirwen is afraid that evil has come to destroy her family. But is he really an evil cat, or is it possible there's more to meet the eye with this new furry friend? And is he someone she could have a future with and not be miserable?
Can these two sisters aid the talking cat in facing off against the evil that is plaguing their country, or are they all doomed for more curses?
Two Intertwined Tales. One Happily Ever After. The Caring and the Cursed is a sweet clean retelling of Puss in Boots and Snow White & Rose Red and part of the Intertwined Tales series. The Intertwined Tales is a multi-author series of clean fairy tale retellings. Each novella entwines a famous fairy tale with a lesser-known story to create one happily ever after. These standalone stories can be enjoyed in any order.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 4, 2024
- File size3137 KB
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Product details
- ASIN : B0D63BZLC5
- Publisher : Amanda Thompson (October 4, 2024)
- Publication date : October 4, 2024
- Language : English
- File size : 3137 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 183 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1964942039
- Best Sellers Rank: #43,995 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #33 in Folklore (Kindle Store)
- #64 in Fairy Tales (Books)
- #74 in Fairy Tales (Kindle Store)
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About the author
Amanda Thompson is a small-town girl with the love of books, just like a certain princess in a certain movie that came out over thirty years ago. But unlike that lucky girl, Amanda doesn’t have a castle with talking clocks or candelabras. But with her fear of technology taking over the world, thanks to a different movie, Amanda is glad she doesn’t have the talking appliances. She does, however, have a teenage daughter that she loves deeply and a cat named Spock. If Amanda is not working at her day job, writing her latest idea, reading someone else’s wonderful work, you can find her spending time with her family. Or trying to win the war against the villain known as laundry. Amanda is a lover of clean sweet fairy tales and fantasy and that is what she promises to do her best at writing.
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2024What a wonderful take on puss and boots. I love that it's a clean romance and that the story has wonderful light-hearted moments.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2025A nice short novella. Kept my interest until the very end. There are no swears, level 1 non-descriptive kisses only. Dual POV.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2024This was a cute fun story that was a little rushed but hopefully the author will get better with pacing as this is only her 2nd book.
This was a fun Puss in Boots retelling with hints of Snow White and Rose Red.
Excited to see what this author does next.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2024Ratings for The Caring and the Cursed
Story: 4/5
Worldview: 3/5
Overall, this story was an interesting ride with some cool twists! I knew that the world had magic, and the broad "good versus evil" themes gave the book a real fairytale feel. The characters had a daring quest and faced escalating obstacles along the way. Eirwen was a great lead, and her relationship with her sister Rowan was sweet as well. :)
Worldview was fine, and I can see the intention, but some things didn't come across right. The world did mention God as being one to give blessings (and thus being an authority over magic, which I liked). One character was alluded as being an angel (but also a fairy). Where the worldview lost points for me was in the romance.
While I usually like a romance subplot, I think this novel could have done with a little bit less. I liked the theme of looking past appearances to see personality, but the execution was a bit awkward. I think the tricky part was a that the male lead was a cat, and with that kind of "look beyond the surface" message, it makes any romantic subtext come across as weird. I'm giving the author the benefit of the doubt here since it really doesn't feel intentional. This is, however, one of the main reasons why I don't read shapeshifter novels. Even though you may have a nice theme, including the romance made it weird. It's the same concept as when a character pretends to be another sex to avoid discovery (like a girl pretending to be a guy to avoid being married off), but then the male lead falls in love with her while she's dressed as a man?
One character did flirt with another character to trick them, and the flirting toed the line of innuendo (e.g. "What would you be willing to show me?" // "I could show you many things."). It makes sense in context but I would have liked to see them try a different solution instead (especially when diplomacy had been used in earlier situations).
In any case, I did enjoy the twist at the end of the book and the resolution. I'm interested in picking up another book from this author in the future! (Though not with talking animals as main characters.)
- Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024Puss in Boots is always a good idea. This Puss is unfortunately a cursed prince, but when nearly the entire kingdom is cursed, it shouldn't be that surprising.
There are three main characters, the prince of course and two sisters who are the miller's daughters. The two girls are very different, but both are lovely. The older sister, Eirwen, is the POV character, but I do find myself hoping for a sequel that follows Rowan. Eirwen is quiet and kind, while Rowan is full of spunk and adventure and might speak before thinking more often than not. All three of these characters get have unique strengths and weaknesses and it's encouraging to see how all of those strengths and weaknesses become assets before the story is finished.
I liked the magic system; the way the curse worked and the reason for it was compelling. The way goodness was a deterrent of the curse was also unexpected, but lovely. A few of the magic elements reminded me of other favorite authors. The fairy godmothers who worked for the Creator were reminiscent of Melanie Cellier's Four Kingdoms fairy tale retellings. And the way the nobility could communicate with their kingdom's crest animal reminded me of Constance Lopez's Kasmian Chronicles. These could all be good comps for the other, if anyone was wondering.
Faith was a big part of the story. Faith in the abilities of one's traveling companions. Faith that good would conquer evil. And faith in the Creator's gifts. I finished the book feeling hopeful. It's a lovely story.
I received an ARC from the author and have reviewed it willingly.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2024This was such a good read! I loved the companionship turned to more, and the interesting way that Puss in Boots was interpreted.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2024Aside from that, it was lovely. Sweet and charming. I'm not sure I picked up on Snow White and Rose Red, though.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2024Amanda Thompson’s books are always good if you need something short and sweet that will leave you happy. The Caring and the Cursed is so cute and it’s a combination of two fairytales I never imagined together, “Puss in Boots” and “Snow White and Rose Red”.
Eirwen and Rowan are sisters with great loyalty towards one another. Eirwen is the sweet and sensible sister and Rowan is the slightly bold, adventurous sister. Alex is our leading man in this story and quite possibly a cat. 👀 The focus is on Eirwen and Alexander throughout this story but Rowan is a lovely sidekick.
The story is a cute mashup of the two original tales while adding a fun twist. I giggled at a few of the scenarios that played out. I would have loved to see a few more scenes with Eirwen and Alex (as a human), however, this is a novella and therefore well done for its length. I’m excited to see what else Thompson has up her sleeve.