a good read

I really enjoy this book. It is about a girl aza who is lucky enough be be invited to a royal wedding. she is very concious about he apperance
(apperantly she and everyone around her doesn't think shes the "fairest one of all")this story also includes many songs because of the place they live in which loves to sing. It's a great thing to read with a wonderful messege. It's also not difficult to understand. enjoy

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A Disappointment

I eagerly awaited this book when I learned that Levine would be writing another story in the world of Ella Enchanted, but unfortunately, it turned out to be quite a disappointment. There's nothing much wrong with the story line, I think, but the way in which the novel was written does nothing to make you like the characters. There was no connection formed between the reader and the characters as there was in Ella Enchanted. You get the feeling that the author struggled to find her characters' identities and 'voices,' without ever finding them completely- or at least, without fully conveying them in the text. I felt detatched and impersonal even at the end of the book, coming away disappointed and unmoved.

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I LOVE this book!!!!

I loved this book. I think that it is as good(or maybe even better than) Ella [...]. This book has everything that you could ever want in a classic-variant: loads of excitement, secrets, romance, and A LOT of twists and turns.

Fairest is about a young woman named Aza, who lives in Ayortha, a kingdom from the world of Ella Enchanted, that is known for wonderful singing. Aza is ugly. So ugly, that her real parents abandoned her at an inn, in a town called Amonta, where she is taken in by the inn keeper and his wife. The only pretty thing about Aza, is her singing voice. But to Aza, that doesn't make up for her looks. However, Aza discovers one unique thing that she can do with her voice. She can illuse, or make her voice sound like it's comming out of an inanimate object. One day, the duchess of Olixo stays at the inn. When she takes a liking to Aza, she invites her to the king's castle for the his wedding, and Aza accepts her offer. Aza didn't know how much her life was about to change. In the presence of royalty, Aza stands out even more than she did at home. When the newly crowned Queen Ivy (who has an awful voice)fist hears Aza illuse, she wants Aza to illuse for her. If Aza doesn't sing for her, then her family pays the price. Aza has to keep this a secret and serve as Ivy's lady-in-waiting; or she loses the money that her family desperately needs, she never sees Prince Ijori(a prince that loves her for herself and thinks that she IS beautiful)agian, and she could be......arrested. Will Aza do what's right and tell the truth? Will she let Ivy harm everyone that she loves? Will she sing for Ivy and risk being discovered? Will she lie to everyone she loves just to protect them? Will she risk her life just to be beautiful? Read this book to answer these questions and more.

I would reccomend this book to kids ages 11 and up. If you love Gail Carson Levine's other marvelous books, then you will certainly love this one. This book is a read that tells you that looks aren't everything, that someone out there loves you just the way you are.

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