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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Buku ini terdiri dari 3 cerita. Aku suka cerita pertama & ketiga, sedangkan yg kedua biasa saja. Tetap genre fantasi, spt yg ditulis Laini Taylor sblmnya, trilogi Daughter of Smoke & Bone. Cerita pertama & kedua pendek saja, yg paling panjang cerita ketiga & yg paling bagus menurutku.
I liked all of the stories, but that last one seemed too long... (At least as an audiobook.)
There are 3 stories in this book, and I liked the first one the most, the second the second best and couldn't finish the last one meaning disliked it.
The first book's titled 'Goblin Fruit', which started of stating something like how girls who think they are alone because no guy is interested in them are the easiest to be tricked (That's soooo me, yeah I'm ashamed for my behavior). I liked the premise of the girl's weird family and her grandmom was funny.
The second one's titled 'Spicy Little Curses' which is about an unfortunate girl who can't speak or utter a thing since she's been cursed. But then she falls in love and things change. Quite a fun read.
The third one is surely the longest and creepiest of the bunch which I couldn't finish (Bad reader!). From which I gather, it sort of had a good and creepy background but I guess I lost interest in it because of its length as it was repeating sort of same thing again and again.
Anyway, this book has been sitting on my TBR list for a long time now and I'm just glad I finally got to get it over with. Overall a fine and delightful read.
The first book's titled 'Goblin Fruit', which started of stating something like how girls who think they are alone because no guy is interested in them are the easiest to be tricked (That's soooo me, yeah I'm ashamed for my behavior). I liked the premise of the girl's weird family and her grandmom was funny.
The second one's titled 'Spicy Little Curses' which is about an unfortunate girl who can't speak or utter a thing since she's been cursed. But then she falls in love and things change. Quite a fun read.
The third one is surely the longest and creepiest of the bunch which I couldn't finish (Bad reader!). From which I gather, it sort of had a good and creepy background but I guess I lost interest in it because of its length as it was repeating sort of same thing again and again.
Anyway, this book has been sitting on my TBR list for a long time now and I'm just glad I finally got to get it over with. Overall a fine and delightful read.
Goblin Parade: 4/5
Spicy Little Curses Such as These: 5/5
The Hatchling: 4/5
Overall: 4/5
Oh my gosh, am i ever going to stop being amazed by Laini Taylor and her GORGEOUS writing? I THINK NOT! Laini is an absolute MASTER with words! She can craft such an incredibly atmosphere and setting with a single sentence and it is MAGICAL! I absolutely loved this book! Each little story read just like an old Grimms Brother's fairytale and they were all so incredibly enchanting and dark and beautiful! Laini Taylor is a goddess!
Spicy Little Curses Such as These: 5/5
The Hatchling: 4/5
Overall: 4/5
Oh my gosh, am i ever going to stop being amazed by Laini Taylor and her GORGEOUS writing? I THINK NOT! Laini is an absolute MASTER with words! She can craft such an incredibly atmosphere and setting with a single sentence and it is MAGICAL! I absolutely loved this book! Each little story read just like an old Grimms Brother's fairytale and they were all so incredibly enchanting and dark and beautiful! Laini Taylor is a goddess!
Beautiful, brutal, sad and magical. I loved it ❤️
I can't even begin to tell you how much I adore Laini Taylor. She is one of my favorite authors and I can buy any of her book without giving it a second thought. Her writing style is mesmerizing. If I start quoting her lines from the book, I guess I'll end up quoting the entire book. The way she describes even a minute detail is so beautiful that you can't help getting lost in those words. This book had three stories. The first one is about Kizzy and her desire to be someone else is so strong that even the goblins find her. This story had such a great humor that I actually had tears from laughing so hard. The second one is about Anamique. This is a story about a girl who has been cursed with the most beautiful voice ever heard by any human; but anyone who hears her voice will drop dead. This story was good; the writing style,excellent; but my favorite was the third one. It was about Esme and her mother Mab and the Queen. It's complicated; but it has been plotted in such a unique way that you really don't wanna miss out on it.
This book is a 4.5 for me.
This book is a 4.5 for me.
LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES by Laini Taylor can only be described as perfect. The three short stories whose common thread a kiss that alters outcomes and circumstances are like dark chocolate. Dark, haunting, passionate and delicious. In all honesty, words almost fail me. Almost. Because these stories are not only filled with lush details and vivid imagery but transport you into another world, full of old and mysterious characters with rich and colorful lore and traditions.
Each story takes place in a far away land with strong and witty characters and each story has a dash of old country folklore that grips you into its clutches and no matter how hard you try you don't want to let it go. Each story is unique and captivating and as much as I want to there's no way to pick one over the other. Each word hangs on a string like tastey fruit waiting for you to devour it. And you do, because Laini's writing is brilliant! Don't believe me?
See for yourself:
From "Goblin Fruit" -No one else in town looked anything like her, and if she lived to womanhood, she was the one artists would want to draw, not the Sarahs and Jennys. She was the one who would someday know a dozen ways to wear a silk scarf, how to read the sky for rain and coax feral animals near how to purr throat love songs in Portuguese and Basque, how to lay a vampire to rest, how to light a cigar, how to light a man's imagination on fire. If she lived to womanhood."(p. 24)
With each story you are bound to get a sexy and dark tales of love, loss, danger and life at its most fragile. This book cannot fail and any fan of fantasy would gobble each morsel and sit begging for more. And if you are not a fan of fantasy this book will surely convert you!
And not to overlook how amazing the illustrations are that give a glimpse into the background stories of the characters. I was mesmerized by the beautiful drawings for a few good hours and now with my own copy I can open the book and get immersed all over again. Both stories and drawings make for a shiny package that I will want to hide from friends so it doesn't get ruined. (I'll let them have the ARC.)
Each story takes place in a far away land with strong and witty characters and each story has a dash of old country folklore that grips you into its clutches and no matter how hard you try you don't want to let it go. Each story is unique and captivating and as much as I want to there's no way to pick one over the other. Each word hangs on a string like tastey fruit waiting for you to devour it. And you do, because Laini's writing is brilliant! Don't believe me?
See for yourself:
From "Goblin Fruit" -No one else in town looked anything like her, and if she lived to womanhood, she was the one artists would want to draw, not the Sarahs and Jennys. She was the one who would someday know a dozen ways to wear a silk scarf, how to read the sky for rain and coax feral animals near how to purr throat love songs in Portuguese and Basque, how to lay a vampire to rest, how to light a cigar, how to light a man's imagination on fire. If she lived to womanhood."(p. 24)
With each story you are bound to get a sexy and dark tales of love, loss, danger and life at its most fragile. This book cannot fail and any fan of fantasy would gobble each morsel and sit begging for more. And if you are not a fan of fantasy this book will surely convert you!
And not to overlook how amazing the illustrations are that give a glimpse into the background stories of the characters. I was mesmerized by the beautiful drawings for a few good hours and now with my own copy I can open the book and get immersed all over again. Both stories and drawings make for a shiny package that I will want to hide from friends so it doesn't get ruined. (I'll let them have the ARC.)
I read this book for the Reading Rush 2019 Challenge, for the prompt Read a book with purple on the cover.
Lips Touch is a collection of 3 short fantasy tales. In the first one, Goblin Fruit, we see can uncover themes of temptation, want and desire, etc. as such, this is very relatable to so many girls as well. The connection between Kizzy and Jack also seemed very effortless and genuine.
In Spicy Little Curses, it felt as if I was reading a story which had been inspired from the Indian mythology we all have heard in our childhood. There are themes of reincarnation, specifically, from the Hindu point of view, as well as that of love, family, sacrifice, payment and debt etc.
The last story – Hatchling was very weird and the supernatural strain was very prominent throughout. I still do not really know what I feel about it, although I can positively assert that I di not hate it.
Taylor has great writing style and as such, the plots are great. Her writing is very original, I think and I loved reading the stories. The imagery is full of bold and stark images and the descriptions are on point.
Verdict:
This was a great book and I rated it 4/5 stars. I hope to read more of Laini Taylor’s works in the future.
Lips Touch is a collection of 3 short fantasy tales. In the first one, Goblin Fruit, we see can uncover themes of temptation, want and desire, etc. as such, this is very relatable to so many girls as well. The connection between Kizzy and Jack also seemed very effortless and genuine.
In Spicy Little Curses, it felt as if I was reading a story which had been inspired from the Indian mythology we all have heard in our childhood. There are themes of reincarnation, specifically, from the Hindu point of view, as well as that of love, family, sacrifice, payment and debt etc.
The last story – Hatchling was very weird and the supernatural strain was very prominent throughout. I still do not really know what I feel about it, although I can positively assert that I di not hate it.
Taylor has great writing style and as such, the plots are great. Her writing is very original, I think and I loved reading the stories. The imagery is full of bold and stark images and the descriptions are on point.
Verdict:
This was a great book and I rated it 4/5 stars. I hope to read more of Laini Taylor’s works in the future.
I actually really ended up loving this. I went into it not really knowing what to expect and I was frankly pretty dubious about it. It had excellent reviews, however, and I'd loved the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, so I decided to check it out, even though three "supernatural love stories" didn't really appeal to me at all. I'm so glad I did! These stories are beautiful, and the illustrations are incredible. Taylor has a really interesting way of writing that's instantly captivating and makes you really care about and identify with the characters. Of the three stories, I liked the last one, "Hatchling" the least, and the first one, "Goblin Fruit," the most, though I did like all three.
"Goblin Fruit" really speaks to her strenghts as a writer, and I think it was probably the one she was most comfortable writing, of the three. It was the perfect length--just long and tantalizing enough to draw you in, but without over-doing it. I loved it. And to be perfectly honest, I identified with Kizzy, the lead character, more than I'd like to admit. This one just struck something perfect within me and I loved it to little bitty pieces.
The second story, "Spicy Little Curses Such as These," was also wonderful, though in a different way. Whereas the first story was a perfect blend of story and character, I cared less about these characters and enjoyed the story more, which is fine. It seemed very random, compared to some of her other work, including the other two stories in the book, but I appreciated that she was trying something new and exploring something she was interested in--Zoroastrianism. I didn't love it nearly as much as I did the first, but still it enjoyed it quite a bit.
The third story, "Hatchling," was slightly more problematic for me. I think it was a bit too long and over-ambitious for what she was trying to do with it, and I really didn't care about the characters at all. I'm supposed to care that Esme is walking around with the demon queen inside of her? I guess I'm supposed to care enough about Mihail that I'd really want to see him reunited with his lost love, but I...didn't. It was totally fine, just not my favorite. The other two stories, and "Gobling Fruit" in particular, more than made up for it, though.
The thing I loved best about these stories is how clearly it telegraphed the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, which was published a couple of years after this. There were so many little things--the random girl with blue hair in the market, Kizzy's personality, Mihai's personality, Esme being two people in one, Mihai having to bring her buried self act via ritual, Esme having to carry on with the knowledge of her fractured selves, the "deals" with the demon, the idea of...not resurrection, exactly, but being reborn in another body, the way the goblins resembled the beasts, the stolen moment of the picnic, Mihai's fascination with and search for a soul...seriously, there were just so many different things that screamed Karou, Akiva, and their entire story. I'm sure I'm missing some. I just think it's so interesting and cool to see all of these little ideas kicking around in her head, waiting for her to tell their story. It really makes me wonder if she'd worked that story out, yet, or if these little things just manifested themselves in her writing. Either way, I loved that you could see that progession and it made me love these stories even more than I already did. I'm glad I read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series first to get the full impact.
I almost forgot! The illustrations in this novel were absolutely stunning and added a whole other really beautiful dimension to the stories. The fact that they were done by the author's husband just makes it that much better.
"Goblin Fruit" really speaks to her strenghts as a writer, and I think it was probably the one she was most comfortable writing, of the three. It was the perfect length--just long and tantalizing enough to draw you in, but without over-doing it. I loved it. And to be perfectly honest, I identified with Kizzy, the lead character, more than I'd like to admit. This one just struck something perfect within me and I loved it to little bitty pieces.
The second story, "Spicy Little Curses Such as These," was also wonderful, though in a different way. Whereas the first story was a perfect blend of story and character, I cared less about these characters and enjoyed the story more, which is fine. It seemed very random, compared to some of her other work, including the other two stories in the book, but I appreciated that she was trying something new and exploring something she was interested in--Zoroastrianism. I didn't love it nearly as much as I did the first, but still it enjoyed it quite a bit.
The third story, "Hatchling," was slightly more problematic for me. I think it was a bit too long and over-ambitious for what she was trying to do with it, and I really didn't care about the characters at all. I'm supposed to care that Esme is walking around with the demon queen inside of her? I guess I'm supposed to care enough about Mihail that I'd really want to see him reunited with his lost love, but I...didn't. It was totally fine, just not my favorite. The other two stories, and "Gobling Fruit" in particular, more than made up for it, though.
The thing I loved best about these stories is how clearly it telegraphed the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, which was published a couple of years after this. There were so many little things--the random girl with blue hair in the market, Kizzy's personality, Mihai's personality, Esme being two people in one, Mihai having to bring her buried self act via ritual, Esme having to carry on with the knowledge of her fractured selves, the "deals" with the demon, the idea of...not resurrection, exactly, but being reborn in another body, the way the goblins resembled the beasts, the stolen moment of the picnic, Mihai's fascination with and search for a soul...seriously, there were just so many different things that screamed Karou, Akiva, and their entire story. I'm sure I'm missing some. I just think it's so interesting and cool to see all of these little ideas kicking around in her head, waiting for her to tell their story. It really makes me wonder if she'd worked that story out, yet, or if these little things just manifested themselves in her writing. Either way, I loved that you could see that progession and it made me love these stories even more than I already did. I'm glad I read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series first to get the full impact.
I almost forgot! The illustrations in this novel were absolutely stunning and added a whole other really beautiful dimension to the stories. The fact that they were done by the author's husband just makes it that much better.