First book review, please don't hurt me...Between the Lines

       Ok so...this is my first book review so please don't hate. I don't have a lot of recent books, don't (have a lot of books actually) due to the fact, like I always say, they're not in my country yet or ever, financial issues or nobody has "time to take me to the mall", far less the library so I may not always have the latest so please bare with me. Arigato!



Title:Between The Lines

Softcover: 358 pages

Published: June 26th 2012      
Publisher:Simon Pulse

   Delilah hates school as much as she loves books. In fact, there's one book in particular she can't get enough of. If anyone knew how many times she has read and read the sweet little fairy tale she found in the library, especially the popular kids, she'd be sent to social Siberia...forever.

   To Delilah, though, this fairy tale is more than just words on the page. Sure, there's a handsome (well okay, hot) prince, and a castle, and a evil villain, but it feels as if there's something deeper going on. And one day Delilah finds out there is. Turns out Prince Oliver Charming is real, and a certain fifteen-year-old loner has caught his eye. But they're from two different worlds, and how can it ever possibly work?

 

 

 

       Omg!!!! Let me just start by saying O...M...G!!!!!! I absolutely adore this novel, maybe its just me, or maybe its just the fact that after I watched the My Sister's Keeper and am yearning to read the book (ever since I found out that it was a book) that I began to, I don't know scream and jump when I saw this one!!!!! KAWAII!!!!!!! I mean for real!!!! This is one of my favorite all time novels. Its cute light and fantasy. Everything I love all in one!!!! After reading the Inkheart trilogy I was looking for books similar like this on Goodreads and have decided to give it a try and sooooooo not regretting it. The only thing I don't understand though, is why were there so many not so positive and just plain not positive reviews. The mother daughter team (I mean honestly, imagine having to write with your mother?) really did a good job. Major cohesive writing. Well, to each his own then.

       Anywho, in my personal opinion, I really and truly am in love with this book. For me, it had the right amount of romance, interesting characters and just made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. They all charmed my heir way into my hearts, Prince Oliver in particular, and Delilah and I would've really been great friends, trust me. I find myself cooped up all day with this particular book reading it over and over again, wishing Prince Oliver were real myself. He is funny, a gentleman, handsome and perfectly charming. But come to think of it, even if he could get out of the book he'd either bring Delilah or be pining over her cause she got left behind so, scratch that!

   I love myself a good old fairy tale retelling and this one was a dream come through. The whole concept of the characters having a whole other world behind the one we can see just makes reading more appealing and broadens the mind. Unlike Cornelia Funke's Inkheart, where the characters went about there day and the story continued to develop even after the book was closed, in this one the characters were forced to repeat the same thing very day. A tedious and boring job if you ask me and Prince Oliver of course. *blushing*

       I was on a roller coaster of emotions, like, "They're gonna succeed this time!" "Aw no he's done for! He'll never get out." "Oh yeah, that makes so much sense it'll work this time!" "Really smart move, really, what's the next move?" I almost gave up because I kept getting my hopes dashed every time I thought they had it, but the ending was one that I greatly loved and appreciated, being one who doesn't enjoy overly happy sappy endings. This one was just...dare I say it...FAIRY TALE PERFECT!!!!

        I found the originality refreshing and the characters just cracked me up! And of course their's always going to be one or two characters you wanna punch for their pure stupidity and inability to take a hint and the fact that some of them think they're better than everybody else when they're just perfect snobs. But what is a book without the characters we love to hate, I ask you.  Lemme just say I just simply adore this book to the point I sometimes sleep with it under my pillow and I am looking out and about for more like it!