2 COZY Light Romance Recs + Review of Storyteller
4.5 stars
Iliad has a gift. She can create illusions from the books she reads while she reads, so the queen invites her to work/read for her. She thinks she has no other qualities or skills, but she is kind, just, and brave. The job comes with an extra: a marriage to a man she never met. When she does, she sees first his outside ugliness, agoraphobia and how rid he was to her. But he is also a badass judge and the king's nephew who speaks the language of flowers more than being frontal. With many classics, stories, and references to fairy tales, Beauty and the Beast at the core this book takes us to a kingdom where the truth villain hides. It also hints to scenes from other known fairy tales, like when Iliad is confronted in the woods like a big bad wolf.
She ends up saving the kingdom.
This is an entertaining, cozy, and sweet YA fantasy. Adil is sharp with adults, but he likes children and treats them well and is very protective.
Granny Cassandra "saves" Lyttelton (the idiot ex-fiance) from a fire with a good parasol beating. She is so cool.
I loved Saving Ellipsis too.
Qotd: if you had a BOOKISH superpower/Gift what would it be?
Me: I wanted hers making real what I read.
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