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Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini Taylor
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.)