Comments on: Ella Enchanted: Introducing Myself to Romance

By: puchatek

puchatek — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:21:10 +0000

The entry of very good quality. Great write this article. Now I am very interested.

By: Darth Clavie

Darth Clavie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:44:11 +0000

I read this book, like, nine or ten years ago. I had read The Two Princesses of Bamarre first (another of the author’s books and one of my favorite) and I decided to pick Ella because I love fairy tale retellings.

And you’re right it’s an great book.

*sigh*

Now I want to read it again,

By: Shauna

Shauna — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:20:38 +0000

I thought the movie Ella Enchanted was pretty lame, but I will pick up the book after reading this post.

My introduction to romance was definitely the Sunfire series. I thought about them a few weeks ago because I was feeling disappointed in the variety of historical romance settings. Part of what I love about the Sunfire series was the little history lesson in each one.

Beauty by Robin McKinley was another YA fairy tale romance that I LOVED.

By: Ida

Ida — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:46:40 +0000

Jane, I may be a few years older than you (by only 3 or 4 yrs) but I have to say that I remember picking this book up after ordering it from the Scholastic book catalog that was sent home with students and I loved it! I have always thought that the first romances that I read were the Sunfire series I found at a local used bookstore when I was around 11/12 but it was really Ella Enchanted. I wanted to like the movie but it just did not live up to the book for me.

By: carrie

carrie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:25:01 +0000

The problem with the movie is that it messes with the characters in the book. If I’s seen the movie without knowing the book, I probably would have enjoyed it as some light fun. But the characters in the book are so incredible, especially the elves. What the movie did to the elves actually made me mad. The book is a great read aloud! We had so much fun with it more than once.

Another fun read aloud (or alone) series of JF fiction is The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C Wrede. It starts with Dealing With Dragons and is so imaginative and fun!

By: Maegan

Maegan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25:10 +0000

I’m so happy to see this book mentioned on this site! Without a doubt, “Ella Enchanted” was not only the first ‘romance’ novel I read but one of the best, as well. I think I was a bit older than you when I first read it, maybe 11 or 12, but it had the same effect on me. I’ve reread it countless times in the 10 or so years since I first discovered it and I still get a bit fluttery when Char first walks onto the scene after the funeral.

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By: AAR Heather

AAR Heather — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:01:32 +0000

I missed Ella Enchanted, but my introduction to romance came way back in middle school (early 1980s) when I read The Sapphire Pendant by Audrey White Beyer. I don’t remember the details of the book, but to my young middle school mind it was romance. I checked it out numerous times and was infatuated.

By: marcella

marcella — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:23:15 +0000

I also enjoyed the movie – Minnie Driver fan – which reminded me vaguely of A Knight’s Tale and Cinderella. Weird but fun.
I didn’t know it was based on a popular book – sounds good, though, so I’m going to try to find it.

By: AAR Lynn

AAR Lynn — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:09:01 +0000

I missed Ella Enchanted by a few years and while I remember kids I babysat being enthralled by this book, I didn’t read it myself until recently. Oh, it was wonderful! I adore Anne Hathaway, but the book is WAY better than the movie.

For myself, I remember reading every last one of the Sunfire teen romances as they came out, starting when I was about 9 or so. Susannah was my favorite, and I still remember the heroine as strong and her story as impossibly romantic.