Wow! It's been so long since I did one of these. I think I've been lucky lately to have a bunch of really good books in my TBR pile.
Audience: Adult
Genre: Historical Fantasy, Retelling
Length: 260 pgs.
Where I Stopped: page 39
Why I Stopped: The novel set up this really lovely story, a retelling of a fairy-tale in this fun, historical setting. I totally dug it. And then something happened that seemed really out of place, too fantastic for the way it had been set up, that I just went, "Huh? Too weird." I put the book down and didn't pick it back up. I don't imagine I will either.
The lesson to be learned: In true fairy-tale style...leave breadcrumbs for readers so they aren't pulled from the story. You never want anything to pull a reader out of the world you've created. You want to immerse them in so deep they don't want to leave.
I Am NOT A Serial Killer by Dan Wells had something like that too that totally yanked me from the book, but I liked the rest of the novel enough to keep reading. :) But yes, foreshadow, please!
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