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A review by kblincoln
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
4.0
I think I enjoyed this book almost equally for the freshness of it's formatting as much as the writing itself. This is a trio of stories; none connected except for the conceit of a kiss being a changing point in the characters' lives.
Each story is prefaced with dialogue-less graphic novel type depictions of an important backstory for the characters before the narrative begins.
I loved trying to guess what the graphic novel parts meant, and then going back and looking at them with new understanding after reading the stories.
The first story is the weakest, in my opinion, of the three. However, it contains the snappiest dialogue (high school girl funnies) and most enthralling (to my taste) characters. It's a modern day high school girl with a strange family who enounters a dangerous new boy at school. While the characters were compelling, the kiss and the ending were entirely unsatisfactory.
The second story is set in India. While I enjoyed the story of a girl cursed to kill everyone within hearing if she speaks, the characters themselves did not come as alive as the first story for me. The kiss and the ending, however, felt more complete and less rushed.
The third story was the most interesting for mein terms of world-building. Again, set in modern times, it features a races of shape-shifting immortals called the druj who steal human children. The characters all have depth, the druj are a fresh approach to this immortals trope, and the ending is satisying. I almost wished for this particular story to go on further into full length novel.
All in all a very good read.
Each story is prefaced with dialogue-less graphic novel type depictions of an important backstory for the characters before the narrative begins.
I loved trying to guess what the graphic novel parts meant, and then going back and looking at them with new understanding after reading the stories.
The first story is the weakest, in my opinion, of the three. However, it contains the snappiest dialogue (high school girl funnies) and most enthralling (to my taste) characters. It's a modern day high school girl with a strange family who enounters a dangerous new boy at school. While the characters were compelling, the kiss and the ending were entirely unsatisfactory.
The second story is set in India. While I enjoyed the story of a girl cursed to kill everyone within hearing if she speaks, the characters themselves did not come as alive as the first story for me. The kiss and the ending, however, felt more complete and less rushed.
The third story was the most interesting for mein terms of world-building. Again, set in modern times, it features a races of shape-shifting immortals called the druj who steal human children. The characters all have depth, the druj are a fresh approach to this immortals trope, and the ending is satisying. I almost wished for this particular story to go on further into full length novel.
All in all a very good read.