Book Review:The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories #1) by Chris Colfer

Title: The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories #1)
Author: Chris Colfer
Publisher: Little, Brown for Young Readers
Publication Date: July 17th, 2012
Genre(s): Fantasy, Children
Pages: 438 pages 

Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.
"The Land of Stories" tells the tale f twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.

First of all, I bought this book like 2 months ago, because my sister insisted me to buy it (she is obsessed with glee) and it was only $8! But, after I bought it, I never had a desire to read this book whatsoever. This month, I read 2 great series back to back (The Darkest Minds and Divergent) which made me couldn't think anything about them. So, Christmas BookTube-A-Thon was happening and I need something to read. So I picked this one for a light read.

There! I said it! It is a light read (obviously, it's a middle-grade book). It's about Alex and Conner (twin brother-sister) who had a little rough life after their father death. The first 3 or 4 chapters (I don't really remember) is a background story about their life, how was their father really meant for them and their loves to fairy tales. On their 12th birthday, their grandma came to their house and gave them a fairy tales book, which was the one they used to read along with their father when they visited their grandma. And something strange happened with the book, the book started glowing and made sounds which happened to be a portal to The Land of Stories.

I am like whoaaa, you know what? I am obsessed with any fairy tales retelling and how am I not having any desire to read this book? I flew through these pages, and I finished this book in just one day. I found it entertaining, even though everything seems to be so easy for them through their adventures. You get to see the fairy tales 'afterlife', I mean what happened to them after the happily ever after was being said in the story. I really really enjoyed it! And now I can't wait to read the sequel (The Land of Stories The Enchantress Return).

Oh, and I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars! :)

Happy reading! :)

-Nikita