Review: Found a new favorite author!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
One of my favorite ways to find a new-to-me author is to read a free book, to see if I like the writer's style and voice and don't want to fling the Kindle because the writing or editing sucks or the main characters are too stupid to live.Marie Hall's Kingdom series is based on fairy tales' bad boys, and this first book in the series is amazing. Despite the hot cover, this story is a romance, but it's not just a giddy romantic romp--it has depth and insight, sucking the reader into Wonderland and panting for the next book. Since other reviewers recapped the story, there's no need for me to do the same. I'll tell you instead why Marie Hall was added to my "Favorite Author" document (yes, I'm anal and I update that document frequently). "Her Mad Hatter" has everything I look for in a book: stunning world building, strong plot, a story line that doesn't stall, delightfully unexpected twists, succinct dialogue, three-dimensional, believable characters, great character development, descriptive narrative, show-not-tell writing, multiple POV, and no information dump. And the best part: well edited; only minor punctuation errors found.She's bundled the series, so it's cheaper to buy the anthologies than to purchase them separately. When discretionary funds roll in, I'm buying the series.A book only gets 5 stars if it's amazing, life-altering literature; if I'm fundamentally changed and shaken to my core. Not many out there, but this is one of them.Try it. I found it worthy.