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A review by knittyreader
Fate's Fables by T. Rae Mitchell
4.0
I received a free copy through Netgalley, in return for an honest review.
At the start, I had somewhat of a hard time getting into the story. I was not sure if I'd like Fate. That had something to do with the awkwardness of the shortness of her skirt (my head immediately started to fill in: skimpy skirt, she might be too busy with clothes to be a great main character) and the slight awkwardness of her being in the middle of attention, and unsureness how the story would develop from there. Okay, I admit, I cannot really tell why, but the story did not start off great with me.
I'm glad it soon went better after that. When Fate and Finn got into the second fable, and a little (well thought-out) romance and interpersonal connections started taking place, it all got more real. The fables starting with the second one were more the kind of stories I like too.
It all had a kind of creepiness seeping through, together with the mentioned romance, and a dreamy, overthinking (and sometimes not thinking enough, since Fate still is a teenager) main character. The pacing turned out to be just right, and the stories had enough layers to be buried in while reading.
At the start, I had somewhat of a hard time getting into the story. I was not sure if I'd like Fate. That had something to do with the awkwardness of the shortness of her skirt (my head immediately started to fill in: skimpy skirt, she might be too busy with clothes to be a great main character) and the slight awkwardness of her being in the middle of attention, and unsureness how the story would develop from there. Okay, I admit, I cannot really tell why, but the story did not start off great with me.
I'm glad it soon went better after that. When Fate and Finn got into the second fable, and a little (well thought-out) romance and interpersonal connections started taking place, it all got more real. The fables starting with the second one were more the kind of stories I like too.
It all had a kind of creepiness seeping through, together with the mentioned romance, and a dreamy, overthinking (and sometimes not thinking enough, since Fate still is a teenager) main character. The pacing turned out to be just right, and the stories had enough layers to be buried in while reading.