Charity is a fairy godmother. She doesn’t wear a poofy dress or go around waving a wand, but she does make sure the deepest desires of the student population at Jack London High School come true. And she knows what they want even better than they do because she can glimpse their perfect futures.
But when Charity fulfills a glimpse that gets Vibha crowned homecoming queen, it ends in disaster. Suddenly, every wish Charity has ever granted is called into question. Has she really been helping people? Where do these glimpses come from, anyway? What if she’s not getting the whole picture?
Making this existential crisis way worse is Noah—the adorkable and (in Charity’s opinion) diabolical ex of one of her past clients—who blames her for sabotaging his prom plans and claims her interventions are doing more harm than good. He demands that she stop granting wishes and help him get his girl back. At first, Charity has no choice but to play along. But soon, Noah becomes an unexpected ally in getting to the bottom of the glimpses. Before long, Charity dares to call him her friend…and even starts to wish he were something more. But can the fairy godmother ever get the happily ever after?
This isn't bad, per se. It's an interesting idea, and some of the casual asides - that most of the witches in fairy tales are fairy godmothers gone wrong, for instance - are really intriguing. The actual story just didn't hook me, though.
There's nothing wrong with it. It's a perfectly nice high school romance with a twist of the fairy godmother abilities. It just wasn't right for me, right now. I read the first half and then skimmed the second half to find out what would happen.
I hope this does really well.
Glimpsed publishes on the 5th January, 2021.
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