A review by suze_1624
Urban Fairy Tale by Lex Chase

3.0

Won from DSP on Joyfully Jay, and as it is book three with what looks like extensive fantasy world building I think I was always going to struggle to keep up. Full on fantasy where the real world is buried deep is not my forte - I am very literal, no imagination! - so am in awe of people who can create such stories.
I liked the humour, the references to writers (plot bunnies), Taylor and his Dad's big moment at the family home, and oddly I liked the goriness of what happened to people when Atticus destroyed their page in The Book - fairytales were originally more gruesome than sweet.
I did struggle with some of the more convoluted storylines - Taylor's dream state I wasn't sure if he was there or not when things were happening.

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And at the start I got that it was a dream and I was expecting it to circle back round to that as truth at the end but was disppointed there - maybe that would have been too easy!

I did find all the characters quite a lot for me to keep track off though it will probably be ok if you've read the other books.
The story of two broken boys - Atticus and Taylor - did get to me, it took perhaps a third of the book for the story to hook me in to going with the flow instead of trying to decipher it all!! And I found myself siding with Atticus, wanting him to get his Happily Ever After

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and I don't think I'm certain about what happened with he and Idi at the end

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So, I did like it. i enjoyed the road trip, the beginning and end confused my poor brain but it was magnificently put together! Fans of major fantasy stories will love, would recommend following the story from book 1.