Saturday, February 14, 2015

Jack Of Fables: The Bad Prince





In this volume, we learn more about Jack's time with the Snow Queen, his run in with the sword Excalibur, and are introduced to someone that turns Jack's world upside down. The bit with the Snow Queen reveals his time as Jack Frost because he took her powers. Jack's discovery of the location of Excalibur is somewhat amusing and ties into the main Fables series.

This is the third volume of the Jack of Fables series that is a spinoff of the Fables graphic novel series. To avoid spoilers for the main series, I would read the first few Jack books after volume six: Homelands, but read them before Fables: The Great Fables Crossover volume thirteen. Jack's story is brought back to the main story, and it will help to know what is happening if you read these before you get to the thirteenth book. It is not necessary to understand the story, but it lets you know who the characters are, and helps with some of the jokes.

I am honestly not enjoying this spinoff series. I am reading them all once to know as much as possible about the Fables world, but if you are not a huge fan of the Fables series I would not bother reading them. Jack is suppose to be the bad boy of the series that gets into trouble with his antics. The problem is, he is not a lovable bad guy, he is just an annoying horrible person. I could deal with his character in the main series because he was not the focus of the story. As a main character there is not enough to Jack to make it worth investing time or money in the series.

I only recommend reading this if you happen to like Jack's character or are a huge fan of Fables. Otherwise, I would not recommend reading this book.

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