Sarah Cross
Autor(a) de Kill Me Softly
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After the Ball (Beau Rivage, #1.5) 4 cópias
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Okay, when I first started reading this I thought it was a rip off of that television series Once Upon a Time, but it isn't. And I liked the idea of people being trapped within the limits of fairy tales - whether they like it or not - and either accepting their "fate" or rebelling against it. I also liked the way the stories weren't exactly the same as the fairy tale counterparts and that there were some stories/characters included that I never heard of before. I enjoyed reading about how all this came to be - how these people were "marked" - and, therefore, destined to have certain things befall them, like pricking a finger and falling into a deep sleep until being rescued by the brave knight. Or being turned into a beast or condemned to death by your wicked stepmother at some point over your beauty. I liked the secondary characters - at times I liked them more than the main character, though, I'm afraid.
The main character - easily recognizable from nearly the beginning of the novel as a modern day Sleeping Beauty - doesn't seem to actually possess some of the "gifts" the fairy godmothers bestowed on her at her christening. She suffers from insta-love, which gets on my nerves in general, or maybe it's really more like lust than love - but she calls it love. Immediately. And I get that the guy is handsome and has some magical "romance" ability, but still. She falls for him in a nanosecond and is suddenly out buying sexy lingerie. AND
Not all of the loose ends are tied up in the end, so I'm thinking maybe there is a sequel in the works...? If there is one, I might be tempted to check it out. The whole idea of this fairy-tale world existing right alongside - or within - the regular world is pretty interesting. Yeah, I'd probably check it out.… (mais)