Debbie Viguié
Author of Wicked: Witch & Curse
About the Author
Debbie Viguié received a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of California Davis. She has experimented with poetry and nonfiction, but she primarily writes novels. She wrote the Crusade series and the Wicked series with Nancy Holder. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Faerie Land 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Viguié, Debbie
- Birthdate
- 1973-01-30
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Hawaii, USA - Education
- University of California, Davis
- Occupations
- writer
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- Works
- 63
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 6,135
- Popularity
- #4,016
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 198
- ISBNs
- 243
- Languages
- 6
- Favorited
- 3
Violet Eyes more than makes up for those that strayed. Viguie managed to weave the original tale--of the bedraggled, thoroughly un-Princess like Princess arriving at the castle and being forced through numerous tests to prove herself--into a well-rounded and enchanting read. My problem with the original tale had always been that it seemed so ridiculous and cock-eyed that the King and Queen would act in such a way, but also that the so-called Princess would put up with it.
I think they had the right idea, but just want about things the wrong way. I won't argue that the King and Queen, Richard's parents, weren't screwy to put some of the Princesses gathered through their paces, and that their methods weren't a little too...extreme at times, but there was something very endearing about them. Or maybe amusing is a better term? Poor Richard would try to get them to answer his questions and instead be given these half-answers that were obviously cryptic and frustrating.
Richard, for his part, was a truly decent fellow and I believed in his feelings for Violet, as well as hers for him. Considering she lived for portents and he was sick of being fawned over and treated like a prized stallion, its really no wonder they both had an instant attraction. I think however the fact it deepened, and they both saw each other in their respective environments, it what sold it for me.
The other Princesses were by and large glossed over with simplistic and superficial identifiers. The few who stood out in any great significance--Goldie, Arianna, Genevieve, and Celeste--were important to the story to prove this or that point. I appreciated that instead of making fast friends with the Princesses and forcing a fake almost martyrdom on each to withdraw, Viguie had each continue (or not) as befit who they were and their personalities. No one quit the competition because of their friendship with Violet. In fact Violet makes as much a statement late in the book to another Princess stating "We were competitors first, friends second" (pg 147).
Some of the book took a little bit of a stretch to pass muster, but its a fairy tale first, novel second so these things are forgivable.… (more)