Waiting On Wednesday #44: Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme started by Breaking the Spine in which we talk about books that we can't wait to get our hands on!

Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross

Publisher: Egmont USA

Publish Date: April 10th 2012

True love’s kiss just may prove deadly....

Mirabelle’s past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents’ tragic deaths to her guardians’ half-truths about why she can’t return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away a week before her sixteenth birthday—and discovers a world she never could have imagined.

In Beau Rivage, nothing is what it seems—the strangely pale girl with a morbid interest in apples, the obnoxious playboy who’s a beast to everyone he meets, and the chivalrous guy who has a thing for damsels in distress. Here, fairy tales come to life, curses are awakened, and ancient stories are played out again and again.

But fairy tales aren’t pretty things, and they don’t always end in happily ever after. Mira has a role to play, a fairy-tale destiny to embrace or resist. As she struggles to take control of her fate, Mira is drawn into the lives of two brothers with fairy-tale curses of their own ... brothers who share a dark secret. And she’ll find that love, just like fairy tales, can have sharp edges and hidden thorns.

My Thoughts: As far as fairy tale retellings go, Kill Me Softly is one of the best I have heard about in a long time and I am dying to find out if it as good as it sounds! I love the idea of a fairy tale town with a modern day version of all the fairy tale classics. I love the idea of a character fighting against their fate, and trying to take control of her life. I am also curious to find out if these mysterious brothers are the famous Grimm brothers, and what is their terrible secret? Although I really enjoy the tv show Once Upon a Time, one of the problems I have with it is that it keeps true to the Disney versions of the fairy tales, not the Grimm's original stories. I hope that Kill Me Softly does justice to the fairy tales by keeping true Grimm's versions of the tales. Kill Me Softly is definitely one of the most promising books of this year, I am so excited to read it!

Cover Thoughts: I love the cover, it has that simple modern feel with just the red and white colors. I love the way the white rose is half painted red, and how is drips down the cover, it has a romantic, dangerous feel to it that I love.