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Kill Me Softly
by Sarah Cross
I was very impressed by this book. I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked it up. I only knew that the back summary sounded intriguing. It ended up being so much more than I could have hoped for.
The basic premise is that there are people living among us who are cursed to live the lives of characters from classic fairy tales. Our heroine, Mira, doesn't grow up knowing about this secret segment of society, but she ends up finding out that she is one of the cursed. We follow her as she learns about her destiny and those of the friends she makes along the way.
Being a YA novel, of course there is love triangle. Isn't there always? This one was one of the better done ones that I've encountered. I wasn't sure where I stood regarding the boys until toward the end.
The thing that really made me love this novel was the way it looked at the darker side of fairy tales. If you know much about the roots of fairy tales, you know that they are decidedly un-Disney-like in reality. Anyone seen Sondheim's Into the Woods? There is a lot of heartbreak in fairy tales. And a lot that is much worse.
If you're familiar with the more obscure fairy tales, you won't have any trouble guessing the big secret of the novel, like I did. However, the fun for me was in seeing it come to light and seeing how the characters dealt with it.
For a YA novel, it was very nicely written. It was in the third person, which is a refreshing change for a YA novel these days. Sarah Cross has a wonderful, poetic way of describing scenes that really made them feel fairy-tale-esque.
As for the ending, I was very satisfied with it. However, looking back now, there are several loose ends that I hope Cross will tie up in a subsequent book. I'd also love to read more about the side characters, particularly Layla and Freddie... and Viv, Caspian, and all the others. I need to see if a sequel is in the works...
The basic premise is that there are people living among us who are cursed to live the lives of characters from classic fairy tales. Our heroine, Mira, doesn't grow up knowing about this secret segment of society, but she ends up finding out that she is one of the cursed. We follow her as she learns about her destiny and those of the friends she makes along the way.
Being a YA novel, of course there is love triangle. Isn't there always? This one was one of the better done ones that I've encountered. I wasn't sure where I stood regarding the boys until toward the end.
The thing that really made me love this novel was the way it looked at the darker side of fairy tales. If you know much about the roots of fairy tales, you know that they are decidedly un-Disney-like in reality. Anyone seen Sondheim's Into the Woods? There is a lot of heartbreak in fairy tales. And a lot that is much worse.
If you're familiar with the more obscure fairy tales, you won't have any trouble guessing the big secret of the novel, like I did. However, the fun for me was in seeing it come to light and seeing how the characters dealt with it.
For a YA novel, it was very nicely written. It was in the third person, which is a refreshing change for a YA novel these days. Sarah Cross has a wonderful, poetic way of describing scenes that really made them feel fairy-tale-esque.
As for the ending, I was very satisfied with it. However, looking back now, there are several loose ends that I hope Cross will tie up in a subsequent book. I'd also love to read more about the side characters, particularly Layla and Freddie... and Viv, Caspian, and all the others. I need to see if a sequel is in the works...