Malice: A Novel

I found myself greatly intrigued when I came across this book. As a self-proclaimed romance junkie and a big fan of reimagined fairy tales, I just knew that I had to read this book. After finishing this book I have to say that I'm left with some conflicting emotions. What really worked for me? The whole storyline concept. In fact I thought it was brilliant. I loved the fact the the author took the old Sleeping Beauty story and put a fresh and unique spin on it. Trust me when I say that this book will keep you on your toes as far as the twists and tweaks to it go. I also enjoyed the main characters of Aurora and Alyce. Again, I liked their freshness and originality. Now, what didn't work for me? The pacing. This book is so slow going that I felt that I was walking through molasses and there is slow burning and then there is just sputtering along, and in my opinion that is exactly what this book did. It sputtered along with the very rare glimmer of a spark that just faded away into nothing and then wash and repeat. This was incredibly disappointing, frustrating and in my opinion really put a damper on what should have been the building of this duo's relationship. In the end, I feel that this was a very clever idea that fell just a bit short in its execution. Still I felt it was well worth the read and I do look forward to continuing the story in book two. This is my independent, impartial review.

I was blown away! This book takes threads from familiar fairy tails, but warps and weaves them into something completely unique, and the characters take on a dimension of history and life that is all their own. This is NOT, I repeat... NOT a book that just takes everything from disney and changes the names and setting a little to avoid getting sued. You can really tell that there's SO much more work gone into it than that. You won't be disappointed. I can't wait to see what book two has in store!!

100000/5 stars! Best book I've read in years!