Victoria (YSB) - reviewed on 6/24/2010 + 636 more book reviews

Oh! I can't hardly recall the last time a book has entranced me so! Absolutely mesmerizing!! Intricately plotted (so much so that it is hard for me to not start reading the sequel this very instant!) and lushly written, I am in awe of this book that truly was, as the back cover promoted it, a wondrous collection of fairy tales for adults. Not that there was much "adult" content - no more lewd or violent activities than appear in Grimm's or Andersen's fairy tales, but the deft use of vocabulary and references simply make this more appropriate for adults. They layering and connective layers of the stories may be more than a bit complex for young readers. I do wish that there was an audiobook available for these tales... I think that would be a real treat to listen to! And a film version would be really fantastic! Some of the drawings reminded me a bit of the artistic vision of Guillermo Del Toro... And really, the illustrations were an added bonus (though I am a little worried that they won't translate as well into the Kindle version of the sequel, since I couldn't wait for the physical copy to start reading!). I just adored this book!

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