What an unexpected and unique take on the story of Rumpelstiltskin! A lot of the aspects of this book followed the clichés of the genre, but sometimes you just need to read a book like that, and it can even be comforting!
REVIEW: WE WERE LIARS BY E. LOCKHART
I actually ended up enjoying this book a lot more than I thought I would. There was a lull in the first half where I had to remind myself there was some supposed twist coming, but the rest of the book sucked me right in.
REVIEW: THE SHADOWS BETWEEN US BY TRICIA LEVENSELLER
This book had me hooked from the first chapter; I knew right away that I was going to love Alessandra.
REVIEW: THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET BY NATASHA PULLEY
My first impression of this book was that it had a relaxed manner and that the characters were going to have a lot of depth. Not a whole lot happened in the first section of the book-aside from a bombing- but there were enough interesting details about the characters and their lives to entice me into continuing further.
REVIEW: AND I DARKEN BY KIERSTEN WHITE
I decided to give this book a second shot, partially because I couldn’t really remember what I didn’t enjoy about it the first time around, and also because the second and third books in the series have very high ratings
REVIEW: AN ENCHANTMENT OF RAVENS BY MARGARET ROGERSON
This novel fell somewhere in the middle for me. A lot of this book is taken up by a journey the two main characters make, and the story is filled with descriptions of the landscapes they traverse along the way.
REVIEW: THUNDERHEAD BY NEAL SHUSTERMAN
As the title suggests, this book focuses a lot more on the Thunderhead- the all knowing technology that replaced government and that takes care of keeping everything running smoothly. Everything except matters of the Scythedom, that is.
REVIEW: ECHO NORTH BY JOANNA RUTH MEYER
When Echo finds her father near death in the snowy woods, she makes a bargain with a talking wolf: she will live with the wolf for one year in exchange for him saving her father.
REVIEW: SAY YOU’RE SORRY BY MELINDA LEIGH
This is the first time that I've read a book by this author, and I found her writing style to flow well. There was just enough descriptive writing that I was able to picture everything perfectly in my mind, and the writing never became too flowery or overdone.
REVIEW: SORCERY OF THORNS BY MARGARET ROGERSON
I knew I would like this book as soon as I read the description; it centers around magical books and warden librarians, and the whole concept of the story grabbed my interest right off the bat.