Goblin Fruit
In Victorian times, goblin men had only to offer young girls sumptuous fruits to tempt them to sell their souls. But what does it take to tempt today's savvy girls?
Spicy Little Curses
A demon and the ambassador to Hell tussle over the soul of a beautiful English girl in India. Matters become complicated when she falls in love and decides to test her curse.
Hatchling
Six days before Esme's fourteenth birthday, her left eye turns from brown to blue. She little suspects what the change heralds, but her small safe life begins to unravel at once. What does the beautiful, fanged man want with her, and how is her fate connected to a mysterious race of demons?
Rating: 3/5 stars
BookTubeAThon: A book by an author you love.
Alright,
yes. I know that BTAT ended on Saturday and that I’m super late to the party,
but in my defence I started this book last week… I just got too bored and ended
it now :/
I first
read Daughter of Smoke and Bone about two years ago and absolutely LOVED IT! It
was one of those books I adored everything about and enjoyed from beginning to
end, something that doesn’t happen to me very often. Maybe it was because of
this that I was wary of the second book. I mean, even though you love the first
one there’s always the chance that it was just a fluke and the second
installment isn’t as enjoying, right? But then on February I finally had the
nerve to read Days of Blood and Starlight and I loved it as well! So Laini Taylor
remained as one of my absolutely favorite authors since then.
I bought
Lips Touch Three Times next to Dreams of Gods and Monsters earlier this year,
but I had been afraid to read either until last week.
A.Because
if I read DoGaM then the series will end and WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY LIFE?!
B.Because
if I read LTTT then I would have one book less by Laini Taylor to be amazed
with.
That’s why
I decided to go with Lips Touch Three Times and get a small taste of her
stories… and it was ok but nothing as good as I remember from her other books,
which left me underwhelmed. There was nothing radically wrong with the short
stories; the writing was beautiful and the narration imaginative, I was just
too bored most of the times. There are three short stories in this 260
something pages and I was too BORED to even bother and finish the book all at
once, or at least one story.
Had it not
been for Laini Taylor I might have DNFed this one.
“Goblin Fruit” 2/5
This one
was the most fun with the grandma’s commentary, but it only happened in one
page and then it was gone. As far as story goes, Goblin Fruit was my least
favorite. I liked the concept, a girl who wants something so badly she ignores
what’s happening around her and the dangers of wishing to be someone else. I
think it’s something a lot of people could connect with, myself included, but I
just wasn’t feeling it. The narration felt too forced sometimes and even a bit
ridiculous.
Not my cup
of tea.
“Spicy Little Curses Such As These” 2,5/5 stars
I guess it
was… ok? I didn’t hate it or was as bored as with the first story, but I
couldn’t find anything great in it besides the concept that was overshadowed
with boring story telling.
God, I
sound like such an asshole.
“Hatchling” 3/5 stars
This was a
bit more fun for me because of the three, Hatchling was the one that reminded
me of Daughter and Smoke the most. But still, SO BORING! Usually Taylor’s
writing can capture me from the first page, but I struggled a lot with all of
these stories.
Overall, I enjoyed seeing more stories by this
author because it’s clear that she has a wonderful imagination. But being her
one of my favorite authors, these short stories were a disappointed compared to
what I’ve read before.
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