Obsidian Butterfly and Books 20, 21, & 22

I finished Obsidian Butterfly. The writing never got better, but the story was interesting enough that I wanted to know how it ended. It wasn't a terrible book, but I won't be picking up any of her other books.

I looked through my box of TBR books and found ( Beauty's Beast by Amanda Ashley )

The summary and cover would have you believe its a trashy romance novel, but it really isn't. That's not to say there aren't sex scenes, but they're very short (for a romance novel).

I actually really liked it. I'm a sucker for fairy tale re-tellings, but this one was good. There were magic and supernatural elements, all equally balanced and explained. The main story was essentially the same, man is turned into a beast by a witch and saved by love. But it's a much slower process and the solution isn't as easy. It was a quick easy read, I finished it in a couple days.

Then I charged up my Kindle and looked through what I've got there. I have a bunch that I've gotten for free that I haven't read. Usually book one of a series, mostly "young adult" and pretty short.

I flipped through and found ( Sinful Cinderella by Anita Valle )

It's another re-telling and while the writing was a bit...juvenile? It wasn't bad, just felt like it was for a very young audience. If not for the content, my 8 year old could read it. But the story was great. I loved the idea of Cinderella being a bit evil. And it set up nicely for the next one with Cinderella as the Evil Queen. I may look into getting the rest of the series. At only 100 pages, I read it pretty quick.

So now I've started ( Keepers of the Light: Broken Prophecies by SA McClure )

This is another eBook, so book one of a series, but it's about 400 pages, so it'll take a bit longer to read. The story just jumps right in so far and seems to be quick paced. I haven't gotten in far enough to have a real sense of what's going on, but it's good so far.