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Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini Taylor
Here’s a little synopsis of my thoughts as I listened to the first story:
…Remembering that fairy tales weren’t always about feisty princesses living happily ever after….
…Remembering that half of the time what they were about is “encouraging” teenage girls to keep it in their pants OR ELSE. Boo. On second thought, I want the princesses back.
…Hoping that this is heading in a different direction….
…Damn. If that’s all this is about then why am I reading it? Sure it’s gorgeous, but I could just be reading Grimm’s Fairy Tales. This is just yet another case of recycling the old into the “next” big…
Wait, what?
*Head explodes with awesomeness, and just a dash of guilt for not trusting my goodreads friends*
Yep, I loved it. I hadn’t read any reviews before starting (not even the synopsis), so I really didn’t know what I was getting into, but I enjoyed it all the way through. This is a collection of three stories, which all feature different mythologies and worlds, but are tied together by the blissful, tantalizing, dangerous qualities of a first kiss. The third story is my favorite by far. I love the whole world that she builds in that one, and the dark and wanting demon race that inhabits it. I feel like the first story is an amuse bouche for the rest – which is handy, because it’s quite short. So, if you don’t like that one, it’s an easy out.
This book made me realize that the current state of paranormal romance is such a shadow of what we once had. I feel like we all had this sort of hasty knee-jerk reaction. We wanted away with the obnoxious moralizing and scary demonic creatures, but we went too far, and lost so much of what made these tales great. We lost the shock and the fear, mostly. I am sure that there are other examples of fairy tale retellings done the right way, and I will be on the look-out for them. I would highly recommend this to anyone that can appreciate dark fairytales with unexpected endings.
I listened to this one on audio, so I missed out on all the illustrations :(. Cassandra Campbell was excellent as always, though.
Perfect Musical Pairing
The Smashing Pumpkins – Bodies
This was my favorite band back when I had my first kiss, so it seems appropriate. It’s also the first band I ever saw in concert, which was about one hundred times better than my first kiss.
…Remembering that fairy tales weren’t always about feisty princesses living happily ever after….
…Remembering that half of the time what they were about is “encouraging” teenage girls to keep it in their pants OR ELSE. Boo. On second thought, I want the princesses back.
…Hoping that this is heading in a different direction….
…Damn. If that’s all this is about then why am I reading it? Sure it’s gorgeous, but I could just be reading Grimm’s Fairy Tales. This is just yet another case of recycling the old into the “next” big…
Wait, what?
*Head explodes with awesomeness, and just a dash of guilt for not trusting my goodreads friends*
Yep, I loved it. I hadn’t read any reviews before starting (not even the synopsis), so I really didn’t know what I was getting into, but I enjoyed it all the way through. This is a collection of three stories, which all feature different mythologies and worlds, but are tied together by the blissful, tantalizing, dangerous qualities of a first kiss. The third story is my favorite by far. I love the whole world that she builds in that one, and the dark and wanting demon race that inhabits it. I feel like the first story is an amuse bouche for the rest – which is handy, because it’s quite short. So, if you don’t like that one, it’s an easy out.
This book made me realize that the current state of paranormal romance is such a shadow of what we once had. I feel like we all had this sort of hasty knee-jerk reaction. We wanted away with the obnoxious moralizing and scary demonic creatures, but we went too far, and lost so much of what made these tales great. We lost the shock and the fear, mostly. I am sure that there are other examples of fairy tale retellings done the right way, and I will be on the look-out for them. I would highly recommend this to anyone that can appreciate dark fairytales with unexpected endings.
I listened to this one on audio, so I missed out on all the illustrations :(. Cassandra Campbell was excellent as always, though.
Perfect Musical Pairing
The Smashing Pumpkins – Bodies
This was my favorite band back when I had my first kiss, so it seems appropriate. It’s also the first band I ever saw in concert, which was about one hundred times better than my first kiss.