Review: A Fairy Tale For Adults!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2013
The story opens with a prologue in which Little Miss Muffet, aka Beatrice or Tish for short, is happily playing with a friend on the floor of her family home in the land of Make Believe. The next moment, Tish has been snatched from that scene and thrown into a new land, The Here And Now. She is greeted by a rakish stranger, Little Boy Blue, aka Nicky Blue, who asks her out of the blue to come with him as he plans to run off to make his fortune. She is mysteriously drawn to him as she can read his soul and knows that he is a kind, intelligent, courageous man. However, she feels that it would not be logical to run away with him... so she turns him down. Her heart breaks as she watches him fade into the shadows....Centuries later, as she works a crime scene as the Head of Forensics for the Fairy Management Authority or FMA, she thinks of Nicky Blue as she often has since that meeting centuries ago. She wonders if Nicky ever thinks of her...Along Came A Spider reminded me of a tale along the lines of an adult Roger Rabbit. I still love to watch the Roger Rabbit movie so this tale was right up my alley. The characters go from one thrilling adventure to another while on their mission to take out a dangerous Tale.The story is teeming with characters that any lover of fairy tales will remember: Vlad Dracula, the Grim Reaper, the Three Piggs, Little "Red" Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, and many more. Of course, there is a romantic aspect as Tish & Nicky team up on a mission. I caught myself laughing out loud at the humor many times.I was mesmerized by the story from the beginning but I'd like to note that this is the 3rd book in Kate's Transplanted Tales series. The author does a very good job of filling in the needed background from the previous stories. However, IF I had realized this when I 1st started the book, I would have read the 1st two books 1st.I would highly recommend this Tale to anyone who fondly remembers their fairy tales and to lovers of paranormal books with a comedic twist. However anyone who enjoys a good story will like Along Came A Spider!Very Good! 4 Stars****