A review by libraryofabibliotaph
Promises and Pixie Dust by Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

4.0

I started reading Promises and Pixie dust with no expectations, since I didn’t know how the fairy tale of Thumbelina went. The authors won’t disappoint you with their retelling full of adventure, friendship and romance. From the beginning, you want to get to know Lina and Edrich better and discover more about their friendship. But being honest, just like in Two Worlds Apart, I sighed more than once because some of the problems or misunderstandings could easily be solved or prevented by really talking to each other and telling the other what you think. But then the story wouldn’t be that interesting, right? I also really liked Lina’s optimism and her desire to find a place where she belongs. However, a small side of critique is that during the whole story, everything feels too good to be true. Even when something goes wrong or danger seems to be lurking around the corner, everything’s soon back to normal without too much of a struggle. Same with the ending of the story, it feels a bit rushed, like everything had to work out and come to an end in these 20 pages instead of taking some more time to give the story the more spacious ending it deserved. After reading this book, I went to look up the original Thumbelina story out of curiosity. Now I can truthfully say that I liked the retelling more than the original story.

Thank you for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review, I enjoyed the story.