Opposite to the dark ones’ indifference—perhaps, in part, because of it—the ghostly servants had adapted quite graciously to Serilda’s rise in station. The writing and characterization in both of these books were so bad that I wondered at times if a ghost author was writing under her name.

With lots of stories told throughout the book to keep the fairytale element, I loved being back in this world. That's probably why the most unpredictable characters are usually her villains, because the protagonists' course to follow is no mystery. The sequel, Cursed, is a continuation of everything that made the first book such a unique and atmospheric fantasy read, with the added dark delight of more time spent with the evil Erlking. It was a marvelous magic trick, and he used it often—to pull pranks, to sneak up on people, to eavesdrop and spy.

Az írónőnek remek érzéke van meséket átdolgozni, imádom ahogyan kerekíti és teljes kifordítja , azokat a regényeket, amiken gyerekként felnőttünk. If you look at the original Brothers Grimm tales, they are also gorier and darker than what many kids read today. She has written thirteen New York Times bestselling novels, and more than five million copies of her books have been sold to date.

Egyedül a vége miatt voltam durci miután megszületett a pici, szívesen olvastam volna többet a jövőjükről.

After all this time, Serilda had begun to get used to the sight, and she greeted Manfred with a smile. This Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book contains people, places, and scenes from Marissa Meyer’s bestselling and adored intergalactic adventure. Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed . Though Manfred and many of the ghosts had been dead for centuries, it was obvious how their deaths remained open wounds. Other than a few intimate moments, the lack of Gild as more than a background character was disappointing.

Encompassing two volumes, Meyer’s retelling of this folk tale runs to almost a thousand pages, yet the reader is never bored; rather, impatience to learn where the story will next go keeps the pages rapidly turning. Gory ghost and undead creature imagery: the discovery of a mass burial, a ghost with a tool stuck in eye socket that leaks blood, other ghosts with mortal wounds that seem to bleed. Vannak benne kicsit brutálisabb jelenetek is, amiknél meglepődtem, mert ifjúsági köteteknél ez ritkább, viszont ezzel egy kicsit komolyabb tétet adott a történetnek. Now, I know you have much better things to be doing with your life than listening to, er, reading this, so I'll make it quick. Love was a result of knowing the many things a person did that annoyed you to the ends of the earth, and yet, somehow, still wanting to hold them at the end of every day, and be held by then at sunrise every morning.

Suddenly, his desire to have his lady Perchta back sounds way too simple, too neat, too straightforward. Gild had not known he was a prince until Serilda told him the truth of what had happened to him and his family.