Once Cary found his groove in writing this book I didn't want to put it down! 

The Princess Bride meant a LOT to me growing up and was one of my comfort movies. This book is such a great background look at the movie and what transpired behind the scenes (and in some outtakes that sound hilarious, written in a way it feels like the reader is there sharing the joke as well!) 

I met Cary Elwes a few years ago at a Comic-Con and was so excited to shake THE Westley's hand! I felt so embarrassed for a long while when he told me to have a great day at the con, and what did I do? I hit him with an "As you wish" (he smiled and i almost tripped because how else do you walk away from a guy that was a huge part of your childhood? Walk away casually without tripping?! Have you met me? 😅) After reading this book I'm actually really glad that I said that even though he no doubt forgot about me the instant I walked away from his booth. 

I also learned so much about the other people both working on the movie and actors for it - and now I want to know more about them as well as Cary wrote them in such a great light! 

If you are contemplating reading this book - this is your sign to have fun storming the castle! (Or in simpler terms, do it!!)

To be honest, reading this book as an audio book made the experience MUCH better! This was a really good book, I didn't know what to expect from one moment to the next - Emily absolutely infuriated me here and there but I get it....kind of...😅

There is zero spice in the book and I wouldn't necessarily put it in a romantic genre either, it was more of a pure fantasy - it actually stayed pretty close to actual fairy lore based on a few stories I've heard growing up, and some of the stories added within the book were so good! It made me want to read a book that's just short stories of old Fae tales.

I knew going into this book that it was going to tug heartstrings, especially with todays climate in politics, but I don't know that anything could have truly prepared me for Haymitch's story. 

I dont want to spoil anything so ill try to explain this book; I giggled, I cried, I gasped, I raged, and then I cried more, and then absolutely bawled 😭  

The smallest nods in the book to both Hunger Games and to Ballad we like an arrow to the heart and Suzanne was twisting it a little more with every little connection.

Haymitch, I am so sorry for judging you as harshly as I did when I was a teen reading Hunger Games for the first time.

And to Snow...you deserved worse than what you got.