Reviews

Ten Fingers Touching: A Tale of True Love, Mystery and Adventure by John Blumen, Ellen A. Roth

kilosmom7's review

3.0

This was a good story book. Obviously for adult reading but I read it to my son at bedtime and he didn't know the difference.

beccalostinbooks's review

1.0

Great book to read if you're into traditional gender roles, cliches, and more telling than showing. The romance was lame and cliched within an inch of it's life. The good vs evil sections were better written though still left something wanting. Good is a woman, which is great, but the rest of the book is about how Marianna raises and tutors a princess and is known mostly for her radiance while Martak is the forest controlling hero who uses his love of Marianna to beat Evil. There's even a part where he acts like a creepy stalker if you're into that too. The only thing that makes this for adults are the insinuations of sex (and the overuse of the word desire) . It's very PG otherwise. The illustrations are beautiful and the best part of the book. This is definitely a fairy tale for those who enjoy romance with no imagination. I appreciate the effort to make it look like a fairy tale book though.