First of all. How about those gold lips? Shimmery! The color of those lips does a good job of representing the glittery-but-dangerous magic in this book. Just as the pale skin of their owner conveys the tone of the story quite well: pale, cold, and creepy. I'm pretty sure this is my first pixie urban fantasy and I wasn't sure what to expect. What I did not expect was feeling like I was back inside the world of Stephen King 's It . But apparently if a book's got Maine, winter, and a town with a curse on it, it will always evoke the same prickly, back-of-the-neck feelings in me. And Need 's heroine shares my sentiments. Zara's stepdad is dead. After watching her waste away day by day, Zara's mother puts her on a plane and sends her to her de facto grandmother--her stepdad's mom Betty. Betty lives in Maine. Maine feels like another world to Zara. A world in which the every surface is blanketed in snow and the local teenagers are all track stars or foot
Ooo I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteMajor kudos on the Goonie pic!
When you precede it with The Goonies, I am game!
ReplyDeleteGood idea, I may have to steal it. =)
ReplyDeleteJuju, Goonies never say die!
ReplyDeleteKMont, grin. Excellent...
Kath, lol. We can start a Retro Fridays trend! :)
Love this idea! Do you ever read Patti Abbott's blog? She does a Friday's Forgotten Books post. With links to other bloggers who join in. Always very interesting.
ReplyDeletehttp://pattinase.blogspot.com/
Ha ha, that photo brought back a lot of memories!
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea! I cannot wait for the first entry :)
ReplyDeleteAnd ditto on all the Goonies love!
Barrie, I did not know. Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to check her posts out.
ReplyDeleteKristi, amazing isn't it? lol.
Thea, thanks! Nothing not to love about the Goonies.