Review: Wonderful Adult Fairy Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2014
I think having one of my cats suddenly begin speaking to me might be either the most terrifying thing in the world or the most fantastic. In my house it would depend on which cat did the talking. *grins* Regardless, I think I could understand Willem's denial when the family cat, Puss, suddenly spoke to him.Willem is currently homeless and jobless and found his boyfriend in bed with another man, so he is also loveless. His father has just passed away and he left Willem $300 and the family cat. Puss speaks up and explains that he's there to help Willem get his head out of his butt, and to please call him Kasha, because Puss is a ridiculous name. After procuring a pair of children's small, black boots, and a felt Stetson hat, Willem gives them to Kasha as per his request. Amazingly, Kasha fit into the boots and with a little magical touch, he fit the hat on his small cat head. Now it's time for Kasha to begin his work of helping Willem out of his current situation and turning his fate around, most of which is done without Willem's knowledge.Willem is startled the first night, and assumes he's dreaming, when he wakes to discover a beautiful young man with black hair and green eyes lying in his arms. The second night when it happens, Willem is, at first, scared to realize this young man is his cat, Kasha, just in another form. Kasha was a very bad little cat demon and was banished from his home and forced to live with humans. He has spent his time going from master to master, helping and trying to do good, only to be thrust away when the humans have no need of him any more. Now even if Kasha longs to stay with Willem forever, he knows he can't be that selfish.This was my first experience with an Angel Martinez book and I'm so very happy it was 'Boots' that I read. This was such a wonderfully adult fairy tale! It made me laugh, it made me yearn, and it definitely brought tears to my eyes. Darn you, Angel! I loved big, strong, caring Willem, and Kasha was an absolute delight in every way. The ending was great and I just adored the whole book. Thank you, Angel, it was a pleasure.NOTE: This book was provided by Amber Allure for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews