Women are disappearing in Topeka and with each disappearance there comes another "special delivery" from a man who calls himself the Fairy Tale Murderer. Detective Kate Kingsley searches for her missing best friend, Kristen, while hot on the trail of an emerging serial killer. Is Kristen one of the killers "princesses" or is she simply the bait to lure Kate to her own Fairy Tale ending?First I must say that I received a free copy of this book at the tail end of October, for the purposes of honest review. With NaNoWriMo and my own personal responsibilities, it took me a while to get to this book, but I finally sat down to read it.
I have to be honest: I couldn't finish this book. It's not that it was terrible; rather, the style just didn't suit me. It wasn't bad, but it didn't keep me reading. Sometimes there are just books that don't click with a reader, and I find that, for me, crime and thriller novels tend to fall into this category more often than other genres. It's no fault of the story--FAIRY TALE MURDERS just wasn't the book for me.
The story itself seemed very solid, and I would recommend it to any thriller and crime fans, especially those looking for something unique. I very much enjoyed the way the author got into the killer's head, and what I did read was dark and twisted without taking it too far. From a purely objective standpoint, what I did read was easy to read and understand without being overly simplistic, and the characters I encountered all had distinct, full personalities. While the book didn't suit me, personally, this isn't a bad review--FAIRY TALE MURDERS is a book worth picking up if you are at all interested in a darker story with a direct line into the killer's mind.
I can't offer many more thoughts on this book, since I didn't make it very far, but I am glad for the chance to have read it, and I hope any thriller and crime fans out there will give it a read.
Until next time,
J.
