Published August 2023
★★★★
Enchanted, Inc. is one of my all-time favorite chick lit series, and I do not use "all-time favorite" lightly. In Tales of Enchantment, Swendson adds a few short (and not so short) stories to the mix, fleshing out the series with moments that didn't fit into the main event.
I've read two of these before, as the stories featuring Sam were also published separately, but the others were new to me. The ones that resonated most were those about Owen and Rod, before the series starts (not sure why, but they felt the most playful), but most of all I loved the short essays and commentary from Swendson—a bit of background on each given story, some cultural context, etc. My poor little millennial brain can't really wrap itself around the idea that younger readers need reminders that there was a time when you couldn't just whip out your cell phone and call someone (or look something up), but here we are. My least favorite story was probably the last one, narrated by Katie's grandmother, I think just because the voice didn't feel as distinct...but that's a pretty minor quibble.
As ever, reading anything by Swendson is a reminder to reread the whole Enchanted, Inc. series...especially as it's been a decade since I last read the earliest books. Will this finally be the thing that pushes me to give the German versions a go? Only time will tell.
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