Usually when an author adapts a fairy tale, they choose one and stick to it. But Alethea Kontis took the courageous step of intertwining a bunch of classic fairy tales, weaving them like a jeweled golden web over her own story. There are a few freshmen missteps, but overall "Enchanted" lives up to its title. 
 Sunday is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and a seventh son. The Woodcutter family is reknowned for its magical, adventurous children, but Sunday sees herself as rather boring. 
 Then she strikes up a friendship with an enchanted frog named Grumble. Unknown to her, Grumble is actually Prince Rumbold, whom her family detests. When her kiss de-enchants Rumbold, he stumbles back to his castle, and immediately orders a series of balls, with every single girl in the kingdom invited. He's in pretty rough shape, but he's still determined to win over his true love. 
 However, Sunday has other things to distract her -- her aunt/fairy-godmother Joy descends on the Woodcutter family and reveals their legacy of magic. And as Rumbold struggles to regain his memories, he discovers that there is something sinister afoot with his unnaturally youthful father, who has decided he wants to marry Sunday's sister. 
 Fairy godmothers, a frog prince, a pea under a mattress, a ball and a golden goose -- "Enchanted" incorporates more fairy tales than I've ever seen in a story outside of "Fables." Some are integral to the plot (Rumbold as a frog), while others are fun little asides (Sunday's older sister was tested via the pea-under-the-mattress method). 
 Kontis' prose is light, sparkling and airy, but she is quite good at some of the darker moments (such as Rumbold haunted by his elusive memories). And while the story's backbone is a bunch of fairy tales twisted together, she also weaves in some more original tales, such as the Woodcutters' connections to the faerie realm, or their supernatural gifts. 
 Kontis does makes a few freshman errors, though. Several times in the story, something really shocking happens to Sunday or Rumbold, and they... just don't react very much. If you saw your dad grow old and then youthen again, I think you'd be pretty shocked. 
 But the characters are pretty likable -- Rumbold is a particularly strong character, since he's struggling with amnesia and the knowledge that he used to be... well, kind of an idiot. And Sunday is a sensible, strong young heroine who finds herself falling in love with the guy that her family blames for her brother's death. 
 "Enchanted" is a genuinely enchanting novel -- it has some flaws, but Alethea Kontis weaves together fantasy, fairy tale and magic into a genuinely intriguing little novel. And it leaves the door open for more tales of the Woodcutters.