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Cloaked by Alex Flinn

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Story of a young boy, living alone with his mother (both struggling financially to keep the family business in shoe repair afloat). He is sent on a magical quest by a princess from a foreign country. Set in Florida.

 Category
YA, fiction, fairy tale, fantasy, (clean) romance

Why I chose this book
The books (Beastly, Cloaked, etc.) by Alex Flinn were recommended by some friends that read clean books.

My personal opinion (the review)
Like most fairy tale books, I liked it. I decided to download the (free) ebook of Grimms fairy tales to read more about where some of the parts of this story were based. Like Beastly (the first book I read from this author), the story is told from the male's point of view.

Warnings (language, violence, "adult" situations, death, etc.)
maybe a little language - nothing that I can remember. Violence was minimal and not detailed, but there were a few struggles.

Movie rating equivalent
PG

Protagonist description
Johnny is hard working and responsible but poor, unobservant, realistic but hopeful.

Point of view of story
1st, Johnny

Book length
a week, maybe a little over

Story flow
good movement

Grammar and spelling issues
I don't remember any, maybe 1?

Character connection (no spoilers)
I liked Meg, Johnny's best friend and wish they'd gone more into her family and history.

For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Independent (I'm not even sure if it counts as a series - the author has several fairy tale based fiction novels, but they don't connect one to the next. So far.)

Series review as a whole
I enjoy it. I like fairy tales and twists on them.

If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
I've only read Beastly and Cloaked but between those two, I prefer Beastly. (But if you're giving the book to a young teenager to read, I'd go with Cloaked.) 

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