I suppose it wasn't really too unexpected given the YA label, but coming from her Faeries of Dreamdark books, there is definitely an age shift.Laini Taylor has been the top author winning the National book Award finalist.

I have to admit being a bit surprised by the sensuality that is quite common in the stories.

They laughed alike and moved alike, and they thought the same thoughts as completely as if a butterfly traveled back and forth between their minds, bearing ideas on its legs like pollen.' p 146 Things I Didn't Like: Urgent, unkissed, wishful girls.' p 13 'They were both small and beautiful with long, long hair as red as persimmons. The girls with hungry eyes who pray each night to wake up as someone else. 'The goblins want girls who dream so hard about being pretty their yearning leaves a palpable trail, a scent goblins can follow like sharks on a soft bloom of blood. If you haven't tasted Taylor's words yet, run and get one of her books. I think my favorite story is 'Spicy Little Curses Such as These' with 'Hatchling' coming it at second. Oh, and I love Jim Di Bartolo's illustrations - they quite fit the descriptions. She does an excellent job, though, and you get just enough detail to picture the place and to make you long for more stories set in each one. I think this is especially vital when writing short stories, since you can't afford to have a lot of description and set up for your story. Her writing draws you into these places in very few sentences. Seriously, I don't know how she does it, but each story has such a fascinating and dark and intriguing setting that you almost forget about the characters in your enjoyment of it. Once again, Taylor has created splendid fantasy worlds. Not entirely sure why that is, but I just don't read them. I really have never been a fan of short stories. īook Review: Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Haleīook Review: Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylorīook Review: Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graffīook Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.īook Review: Incarceron by Catherine Fisherīook Review: Erak's Ransom by John Flanaganīook Review: Inside Out by Maria V. Listless Monday, Courtly Intrigue Editionīook Review: The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by.

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