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Twice Upon a Marigold

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I like to read what my children are reading because it gives us common ground for conversation and I like to know what's on their minds. Sometimes this can be tedious, i.e. reading fiction written for primary school kids.

The Marigold series is not a tedious task for me. I thoroughly enjoy the engaging, witty writing, and the subtle lessons that resonate from the narratives are good seeds to plant. I highly recommend these books. Children and adults will enjoy them.

My 10-year-old son has long been an avid reader, but with the Marigold series he briefly gave up his MP3 player during the morning ride to school. He read instead.

My students were excited to see a sequal to Once Upon A Marigold! I wish I could buy a whole class set! This is a great addition...hopefully, there will be a 3rd book!

Twice Upon a Marigold was a great sequel. It makes you want to keep reading to get to the climax of the book. Funny, entertaining, and a great ending to a fairytale story.

"Twice Upon a Marigold" by Jean Ferris is a satisfying sequel to "Once Upon a Marigold." In this sequel, the story shows what has become of the evil queen, Olympia, who lived as a good person named Angie during her time with Amnesia. Once she had recovered from her memory loss and gained two companions, she returns to the castle and takes control of it all until the heroes once again step in to save it all, including Olympia herself.

This is a great book to read after reading "Once Upon a Marigold." :) It's a great fantasy book to read to escape from problems or just to read something different. Children AND adults will enjoy this book.

My daughter loved "Once Upon A Marigold" and will be delighted to receive the second in this series for Christmas. The princess is delightfully independent and her own person, regardless of attempts to conform her to the ideals of the day. Great read!

Mm, is it just me, or were several plot points completely dropped? I mean, I am half asleep, but did Edric's story just...disappear? Very strange. I was disappointed by the lack of resolution and the easy-ending. Disappearing Olympia? That wasn't a very good way to deal with her. I did highly like the role played by Angie, though. The characters were great this time around--Sleeping Beauty's half sister and Stan Lucasa (I just KNEW his name was an anagram, I can't believe I didn't figure that one out!), totally original, never saw them coming. While true, I did find the story a little shaky plotwise (well, at least until after the rebellion. Should have just ended with Olympia turning into Angie, no 'vanishings', etc), I still thought the writing was as classic Jean Ferris as ever. She's a genius, the way she writes her fairy tales in such a contemporarily ancient way, capable of blending two time periods seamlessly.
one last note: Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought Marigold was surely expecting a child (grumpiness, references to Wendell taking her first child?) I mean, I know these things are usually highly predictable, and I thought this was a perfect subtle (but not too subtle) way to introduce the idea! *wants a miniMarigold*

Rating: 4.5/5

this was a great way to finish the series up! i loved the first one and this one too. hopefully everyone agrees!

But not exceptional. The story holds true to the original's charm and humor, but It didnt capture my attention as the first did. This was just more of the same. The plot was too similar to the first to truly captivate me. I found myself laughing aloud only once (although I laughed in my head many times). All in all, the story was cute, humorous, and entertaining, (and I would recommend the series) but did not live up to the standards of Once.

Cute book, but not nearly as creative, entertaining or cleverly funny as the first story. We were a little disappointed after our excitement of finding the sequal. I would still read whatever Jean Ferris writes. Once Upon and Love Among the Walnuts are wonderful. Twice just lacked an original plot line. I did still appreciate how every character was true to his or her personality and when you wanted them to do or say something they did. There is no unresolved conflict due to "I should have". I think that is great and refreshing. We loved that about both books.