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misssusan 's review for:
Kill Me Softly
by Sarah Cross
On the plus side the writing in this is lovely and I like the fairytale deconstruction aspect of the story. I enjoyed reading it and if a sequel comes out I'll definitely pick it up. That said I have a couple of quibbles.
+ Why didn't Mira try researching fairy tales on her own? I'll let the instalove slide this time because at this point it's starting to feel like the entire YA genre has collectively forgotten how to write romance without utilizing this trope. Why waste energy criticizing. HOWEVER. If everyone and their mother is warning you that your new boyfriend is dangerous, you're aware that he's cursed to play out a fairytale and he won't tell you what it is why wouldn't you go on google and find out for yourself. Bella Swann thought to use google Mira. Bella Swann. You can do better.
+ Not entirely sold on Blue. If I were to look at him in isolation then sure he's a charmer, I can see why Mira's into him.
+ On that note
+ Actually much of these issues can be summed up with: Mira has all the self-preservation instincts of a lemming running off a cliff. I almost wish she had been under some sort of enchantment, at least it would have explained her actions. I can sort of see the shape of the justifications – desperate to find her parents graves and I've been informed lust can and often does make people do stupid things – but they didn't work for me. Idk. Maybe it needed to be written with more intensity, I never really felt like Mira was taking things all that hard in the book.
Anydoodles! Those were my issues but otherwise it's a good time! I hope the sequel follows some of the other characters, I'd like to see where Viv and Layla end up. My fingers are crossed for curse subverting goodness. 3.5 stars
+ Why didn't Mira try researching fairy tales on her own? I'll let the instalove slide this time because at this point it's starting to feel like the entire YA genre has collectively forgotten how to write romance without utilizing this trope. Why waste energy criticizing. HOWEVER. If everyone and their mother is warning you that your new boyfriend is dangerous, you're aware that he's cursed to play out a fairytale and he won't tell you what it is why wouldn't you go on google and find out for yourself.
Spoiler
HE HAS BLUE HAIR MIRA. I guarantee you, if you'd gone online and searched up blue, fairy tale, and dangerous you would have found Bluebeard within minutes.+ Not entirely sold on Blue. If I were to look at him in isolation then sure he's a charmer, I can see why Mira's into him.
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But I find the fact that he stood by and let his brother murder so many girls deeply offputting. D: He says he tried to scare them off a few times but Blue buddy? TRY HARDER. YOUR BROTHER IS A SERIAL KILLER, YOU HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STOP HIM. And not just when you like his intended victim like with Mirabelle. What the hell bro? I swear that line when he told Mira he basically made an exception for her would have been enough to put me off him right away. D: People don't deserve to live just because you have a crush on them.+ On that note
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wow Mira was awfully quick to let it go when Blue told her he killed a girl. Yes she likes him, yes he was cursed, yes he didn't mean to do it but he killed her. My first reaction would not have been to sympathize and tell him he needs to forgive himself. Idk, maybe I'm lacking the kindness Mira was blessed with but I would have been a great deal more concerned with putting some immediate distance between us. Accidents can happen more than once.+ Actually much of these issues can be summed up with: Mira has all the self-preservation instincts of a lemming running off a cliff. I almost wish she had been under some sort of enchantment, at least it would have explained her actions. I can sort of see the shape of the justifications – desperate to find her parents graves and I've been informed lust can and often does make people do stupid things – but they didn't work for me. Idk. Maybe it needed to be written with more intensity, I never really felt like Mira was taking things all that hard in the book.
Anydoodles! Those were my issues but otherwise it's a good time! I hope the sequel follows some of the other characters, I'd like to see where Viv and Layla end up. My fingers are crossed for curse subverting goodness. 3.5 stars