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Fiction Fantastic
Fiction Fantastic rated it 8 years ago
I really wanted to like this book, but for the first half I struggled to get into it. Everything was just so bleak and dark and depressing. I hated the negativity and couldn't stand the characters. I also felt like nothing particularly happened the first half, except that we got front row seats to I...
Angel's Book Reviews 2.0
Angel's Book Reviews 2.0 rated it 8 years ago
103. BEASTKEEPER, BY CAT HELLISEN Yet another fairytale retelling, this one recommended by a friend I hadn’t seen a long time ago. I’m really enjoying these, it’s curious I hadn’t discovered them before... Synopsis: A loose retelling of The Beauty and The Beast story. Sarah’s mother leaves, which tr...
A Reading Vocation
A Reading Vocation rated it 9 years ago
This book felt like the whole thing was lead-up ... I was 3/4 of the way through the book and still had the sense that I was "waiting" for the story to begin. Sarah's total isolation was disconcerting, and not really in a good way -- I kept hoping for her to come across ONE person who wasn't going t...
The Primroses Were Over
The Primroses Were Over rated it 9 years ago
I really, really wanted to like this, and I just couldn't manage. The primary problem, for me, was the characters. Not that they were bad people or that they were too good, but because they were none of that. They didn't feel real. I couldn't connect with them, I couldn't empathize or sympathize o...
Musings of the Book-a-holic Fairies, inc. -> RockChickFairy
Well that was unexpected.This book was nothing at all like what I expected. It's full of magic, yes. But it's not the hearts and flowers fairy tale or beast tale, for the matter. It's a story about jealousy, disappointments and many other things that got tangled in a web of magic and curses. My mind...
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