#YABookChat Author Feature: Danyelle Leafty

Introducing: Danyelle Leafty

Danyelle will be on #YABookChat this week chatting with us about her books and taking

questions from you as well!!  Her book series The Fairy Godmother Dilemma includes

so far the books: Catspell (#1), Firespell (#2) and Applespell (#3). 

For those of you that haven't had a chance to meet Danyelle yet DO NOT miss this

chat!! She is not only a wonderful author but a super sweet person as well and will also

be chatting about her way of paying it forward with Kindles for Kids. It is such

a wonderful project and I love the idea so much there is a post on my blog for it!!

Oh and I forgot to mention Danyelle has kindly offered up an ecopy of

each of her books for me to giveaway!!! So if you want to have a chance to win

a copy head on over to #YABookChat 9pm EST this Wednesday.

So we hope to see you there tomorrow night!!!

Also I have a review of Catspell as Danyelle was kind enough to provide me

with a copy.

Review: Catspell

Sixteen-year-old Breena never thought anything could be worse than being forced to leave

the faerie realm. Then she got stuck with a fairy godmother. But if she has to choose between

the two, she’d leave the Faerie Realm over getting bossed about by a faerie with a pointed

stick any day. Unfortunately, her attempt to evade her fairy godmother gives her growing

pains in the form of fur, whiskers, and a tail.

Turning into a cat is the least of her worries, though. The potion wasn’t meant to bring out

 her inner feline, it was meant to put her to sleep. Forever. If Breena wants to make it to her

Happily Ever After, she’ll have to accept that sometimes a fairy godmother really does come

in handy, after all.

Review

Before Breena was even born her own mother traded her for a basket of the Fairy Queen's

fruit and thus begins the story.  Never knowing her real parents or knowing

really where she fit into anything made her entire life lonely.  There was no one that

really seemed to love her and when she turns 16 the Queen contracts Nerissa to find

Breena her happily ever after.  It's never quite that simple is it?  Breena wants nothing

 to do with Nerissa or a happily ever after that she doesn't fully believeif out there waiting

for her but even if the road isn't smooth it is full of twists and turns that take us

 on a fun filled read.

From the get go this book was fun and kept you attention.  It is written from all different

 points of view and as each chapter changes and you read from someone new you fall in

love with the book a little more.  The best part about having all of the different points of

view is that you kind of get to know and understand everyone as you read,  There is one character

in particular that it helped me understand and without it I probably would have

disliked the character.

Nerissa is not really your typical fairy godmother.  When you think fairy godmother

you think  bubbly and all rainbow and butterflies.  Well that is not the case here. 

 Nerissa is nice and wantsto help but she has a particular attitude underneath that I just love!

  Her DIDs (Damsels in Distress) aren't always easy but she finds them predictable

until she gets contracted to Breena andis surprised in many ways.  Mostly in the fact that

Breena is so strong and isn't all about heading out and finding a Prince to take care of her.

  Instead she asks to be able to help others find what they  need and hopes that somewhere

 along the way that she may find someone that cares for her as she has always wanted. 

 This is not what Nerissa was prepared for but being a fairy godmother she

 has to work with that.

Through and through this novel will not disappoint.  There are so many reasons that you

 will keep on turning the pages.  I love all the different types of characters that all manage

to fit into this book and work.  I really enjoyed Natter and Blossom.  They were so original

 and when you find  out what/who they really are you will be surprised and so happy.

This book was really well written and has a little bit of everything for everyone.

4/5