Fairy godmothers are responsible for helping people find their happiness, but who intervenes for them to find their own happiness? Nissa: A Contemporary Fairy Tale by Bethany Lopez depicts the fateful mission that changes a young fairy godmother’s life forever.
At 900 years old, Nissa is a young fairy. Taking on the role of Godmother from her mother, Nissa has been training to help improve humans’ lives. In her first solo mission, Nissa is tasked with helping a teenage girl, Vicky, with her self-confidence, which seems a simple enough job. The complicating factor for Nissa’s personal life is the girl’s older brother, Levi, who Nissa believes, no matter how outlandish it might seem, is her life mate. If that’s true, the decisions that Nissa makes will change all their lives forever.
This was a quick, light, fun read. While the story started off with an info-dump-esque introduction to Nissa and the world of fairies, once the premise was established, the rest of the narrative read as a more natural progression and reveal of necessary information in this brief tale, although there could be more development of character and world description. Addressing the pervasive topic of bullying, this narrative fortunately doesn’t having anything too dark or graphic happen to Vicky, but it still demonstrates the effect that bullying can have on a person and how it could alter their typical behavior.
Overall, I’d give it a 4 out of 5 stars.
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