Review: Unexpectedly good read...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2013
I was searching for something to read while I wait for a couple of books to come out.  I love Kristen Ashley's writing so I decided to take a gander at her other, older books.  I was afraid this would be a little hokey, but was happily surprised to find out it was MUCH better than I imagined.  I do not give a lot of details away in my reviews about the books I read because I feel it will spoil it for others.  With that said:You will read about a Genie, (of course), who grants 3 wishes to a woman.  She asks for something that is not possible for any Genie to do.  So, she decides to pass her wishes down to her daughter.  And so the real story begins.  You will get swept up into a story filled with love, sadness, anger, frustration and so much more.  There is great humor in it that will cause you to laugh out loud.  You will tear up and get angry.  You will read a couple of characters point of views rather than it just being 2 main characters.  This helped add character to the story and it helped give you more insight on what the other characters were thinking and feeling and why they were the way there were.  Kristen does a phenomenal job with getting you to picture the characters and feel what they are experiencing as if they were real people.  I literally could not put the book down once I started reading it.  I actually missed a meal and missed hours of sleep.  But I am not sorry.  :)The only thing I did not like about this book was the constant detail.  There is SO MUCH of it, that I literally skipped paragraphs!  I don't care about all the details of a room let alone house(s)!!  I know some do when they read a story, but I feel it was just a little too much.  Other than that, this book was an unexpectedly good read.I do recommend this book and you may be happy to know that this is a stand alone book.  So you don't have to wait MONTHS for another one to find out about the ending.  :)