Once Upon a Curse

E. D. Baker. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, $15.95 (225pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-892-6

In Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker, the third book in the series begun with The Frog Princess, Emma is about to turn 16 and therefore will be subject to a curse placed on her family generations back. Attempting to undo the curse, she travels back in time to the day the curse was first placed on Princess Hazel, and though Emma fails in one mission, she succeeds in another. .

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