Original and interesting fairy tale adventure. The Wild lives under Julie's bed, lurking with intent to take over the world and force us all to act out traditional tales. Very much set in the Grimm universe -- I wonder what chaos would ensue haad other cultures gotten in the mix.

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This is an original fairytale adaptation set in modern day. Julie's mother Zel is actually Rapunzel. Her grandmother is Rapunzel's witch. The wild, a mass of living vines, is contained under her bed threatening to grow, and re-establish the fairytale land. Julie wakes up one morning to find the wild has escaped. When her grandmother, owner of the Wishing Spell Motel, leaves the wishing well unattended, someone makes a wish that sets the wild free. Her mother and grandmother vanish into the jungle-like mass that is engulfing the town, and Julie rushes in to find them.

The story is entertaining and a quick read. The author does not spend a lot of time developing the characters. It's not the kind of book that intends for the reader to become intimately acquainted with the characters. If that's what you want then you should read [b: The School for Good and Evil|16248113|The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)|Soman Chainani|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1490529205s/16248113.jpg|21599439]. This book is more about plot. It aims to convince people that there actually exists a magical realm within our world that can be accessed in an unconventional way. In this case, all the fairytale characters are out in the real world and the realm itself is contained in those vines under Julie's bed until they are freed, thus freeing the realm.

While Julie is in the wild, she runs into the classic characters that always end up in these re-imagined tales, Cinderella, Goldilocks, Jack. Her sidekick is Puss-in-Boots. Her goal is to find the wishing well and make the correct wish to free the characters again. She can not allow her ending to happen, such as kissing a prince, or she will forget everything about her previous life and remain in fairytale land.

My biggest criticism is the ending. It didn't feel right. Julie makes the wish at the wishing well, and voila, it's over. I thought the wish was kind of lame and didn't justify an end to such a bizarre occurrence. I liked the quick epilogue that reveals who made the wish that freed the wild. All in all a decent book to add to the growing list of re-imagined fairytales. ( )

Nice enough as a children's book. A tad too predictable for me, but very colorful and full of fairytales. ( )

It was a nice twist with fairy tale creatures and people but I thought it could have been better. ( )

Nothing special, but this was a cute, fun little story about a dangerous creature that devours all in its path and is the source of all fairy tales. Julie's mother is Repunzel, and the fairy tale creatures have escaped the Wild - but now it is coming to get them and trap them back in their stories. ( )