Kiss That Frog: A Modern Fairy Tale

Title: Kiss That Frog: A Modern Fairy Tale
Author:  Cate Rowan
Genre:  Romance, Sci Fi and Fantasy
Publisher:  Cate Rowan
Publish Date:  July 5th 2012
Pages:  Kindle edition:  45 pages
ISBN:  9781452455716
Obtained:  Free review copy from Netgalley
Synopsis: In this romantic fairy tale remix, a cynical Los Angeles artist reluctantly pet-sits for her young niece's frog and discovers magic in the terrarium--in the form of a sexy enchanted prince.


I think everyone has heard the story of the frog prince. Or at least have heard about kissing frogs and them turning into a prince. While I don't recommend kissing a real life frog (nothing against frogs by the way. I think they can be adorable. I'm speaking from a health concerned point of view.) in stories it can be an interesting practice.

Sofia, our main character, learns this the hard way. She is pulled into pet sitting her nieces pet frog and though joking around when kissing the frog the inevitable happens. The frog turns out to be a prince.
The story isn't bad. I did love the main character, Sofia for one thing. I found her love for her family and her snarky nature endearing. Other then that and the cute plot line I really didn't find much to get into. That could be because it's so short. I realize of course it's more of a novella then anything. But for this particular story it doesn't work.

It's pretty good and developed up until shortly after the frog becomes human. But then it starts feeling rushed. I think it's easier to get anyways with rushing a bit in other genres honestly, but in romance it doesn't work as for a great romance the characters should have some time to develop their relationship.
An okay story that could have done with a higher page count.

Rating: 4 out of 10