I have no idea why or how I ended up putting this one on hold. One of those random librarian moments I guess. Considering it was small, I hung on to it thinking I would get to it eventually. When Bout of Books came up, I knew it was a perfect time.

I haven’t read much fairy tales but even I could see this was full of fairy tale tropes. The prince in disguise, the impossible task, the evil uncle…all these plus more made this like a giant “find the trope” read. A quick read by an author I haven’t read and a book that I want to give to my nephew to enjoy in a few years.

Erotica is hard to review-what works for one may not work with someone else. On one hand I found this book to be well-written and a quick read. I may (but probably not) read something non-kinky by this author.

However, I had huge issues with the idea of the book. Jessie is not submissive and yet her happy ever after was a dom. There was bad BDSM etiquette-even though there were three in a scene if one of them wanted out they should have safeworded, not run out of the room. Silas' lack of communication skills is a huge red flag-a guy that can't/won't communicate is a huge red flag.

Overall not my cup of tea and not something I would recommend.

Cute book of poems aimed at kids...fun but not something I would reread.

Nothing quite like love that burns crazy.

True crime novel based around arsonist and specifically how little we know about arsonists. Also wrapped up in this story is the dying and decaying small America life.

While good, it wasn't excellent and I had picked it up because it was on one of the best true crime lists that are floating around on the web.

Overall, it's solid and good, just not standout, recommend type of true crime.

I'm a Supernatural fan...and SPN canon bleeds into other things.
Like books where teenager takes home a bone by accident and then keeps it.
The rest of the book I was like, duh-ghosts are not our friends!

But then I kicked my SPN brain to the curb and focus on the story. The angst of teenage years I could connect with but add with that angst is the being an immigrant. Of how cruel kids can be, even without aiming to be sometimes.

This was a melancholy look at friendships and fitting in and yes, ghosts. It was a great Halloween read and something I would recommend.