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
Awe! I haven't see it yet so I better steer clear. Thanks for link.
ReplyDeleteJuju, np. Go check it out once you've seen it. I, for the record, thought the movie was loads of fun.
ReplyDeletethank you for intrducing me to cleolinda - i'm still wheezing with laughter
ReplyDeleteM, you're welcome! She's one talented lady.
ReplyDeleteI saw it. and really she is awesome.!!!!
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