Book Review: Quite Contrary, by Richard Roberts

An annoying little tween gets chased by a Wolf through one Story after another.

Curiosity Quills Press, 2013, 317 pages

The secret of having an adventure is getting lost. Who ever visited an enchanted kingdom or fell into a fairy tale without wandering into the woods first?

Well, Mary is lost. Mary is lost in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and that is a cruel and murderous story. She's put on the red hood and met the Wolf. When she gives in to her Wolf's temptations, she will die. That's how the story goes, after all.

Unfortunately for the story and unfortunately for the Wolf, this Little Red Riding Hood is Mary Stuart, and she is the most stubborn and contrary twelve year old the world has ever known.

Forget the Wolf's temptations, forget the advice of the talking rat trying to save her - she will kick her way through every myth and fairy tale ever told until she finds a way to get out of this alive. Her own way, and no one else's.

( If you think Alexandra Quick was a brat, Mary has her beat. )

Also by Richard Roberts: My reviews of Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain and Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon.

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