Once Upon A Peach

Me every time I encountered something disturbing but brilliant....

These books were amazing guys! I was fortunate enough to have BOTH available from the library (Bless libraries) so I did not have to wait between books (though I just saw there will be a 3rd and fourth so I am SCREAMING) and O.M.G. I am also fortunate that I was not spoiled on anything going into them because these are books that you HAVE to experience it as it happens or else it will take out the punch. I mean I gasped out loud (and my stomach turned)! I was on the journey with them and so many times I thought I knew something only to find out how wrong I was. I actually learned a lot too which was a plus!

I was riveted from beginning to end with both books and I adore the characters. If you could see how many times I have typed in Cressworth the past several days it would be embarrassing if I was ashamed...which I’m not because I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Audrey Rose Wadsworth is a formidable and intelligent young woman. When I hear the saying ‘She’s beauty, She’s grace, She’ll punch you in the face’ (or more likely scalpel you in the face) I will think of her. I personally feel she was really well rounded as a character - you see her strengths and weaknesses, she is smart and beautiful and does not apologize for either. She is battling the pull between how society THINKS a young woman should be and her own dreams. Then there is THE Thomas Cresswell....be still my beating heart... I adore him (I am kicking myself for not getting into this series sooner since I missed out on ‘Meeting Thomas Cresswell’ sobs)! He is so funny and flirtatious but also caring and intelligent.....and and and he is an instant favorite for me. His adoration for Audrey Rose can move mountains - they are perfect together and the progression of their relationship just feels so right and I have swooned so much. I can only hope for more more more from them and if the author decides to show us some hot and heavy I will not complain (hint hint) because so far it’s just.....sigh....wonderful.

As I said, you really have to experience everything for yourself so I am not going to talk to much about what happened IN the books but I could not encourage you more to RUN and get them!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28962906-stalking-jack-the-ripper

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33784373-hunting-prince-dracula

This book was magical, strange and creepy in all the best ways. When I read the synopsis of this online I really really reeeeaaallllly wanted to read it!!! but then I couldn’t find it ANYWHERE then I saw that BookDepository and Fishpond had it so I ordered it on BookDepository (whoo whoo free shipping and cheaper) and it arrived from Australia a couple weeks later.

It had a deepness and layering I was not expecting and actually didn’t see the plot twist until towards the end (though once I figured it out I feel like I should have caught on).

Love love love the characters and there are so many! I want brother princes too! I laughed, I cried.

Life lessons, pop culture references, awesome writing style. No joke, I adored this writing style and how the book was split up.

I want to keep this short because this is a book best read for yourself.

I give it a 4 star rating!

I REALLY THINK YOU WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK TOO!

This book jangles my thoughts.

This book was.....drum roll......enchanting (badum toosh)! It had the right feel, the writing style was beautiful and the plot was good.

The feel felt very..... Howl’s Moving Castle/Uprooted? Adventure, Leads that care for each other but also exasperate each other, magic happenings.

Rook....ah Rook....tall, dark, handsome and very vain but hey he is a Fair Folk Prince of the Autumn Court so I let it slide because he charmed my pants off.

Isobel was a relatable and likeable character and I enjoyed seeing the book through her.

I wish there was more to this book because I loved the world, the author’s take on the Fair Folk and how they interacted with the humans and would have loved to have more time seeing it. The time Rook and Isobel spent together “pre-adventure” (finger quotes) ended in a snap - their time together is fast moving with only small snippets of the in between and I felt it set up the book JUST ENOUGH to still make it enjoyable and to feel their connection but still not enough to not make me grumble about it. Grumble grumble. I want to touch a bit more on this because it had me thinking on it. I mentally compared it to Celia and Marco in ‘The Night Circus’ who weren’t together that much and time spanned far between but they just had that *clench fist* that something that you know they were for each other and it was still beautiful despite not seeing a long drawn out courtship. Make sense?

Rook and Isobel’s banter is A+ stuff and their scenes together made me swoony mcswoon and laugh and cry (because at the end when I thought something might happen and was considered I was dry heaving but then it was thrown off the table and I could breathe a bit easier)

I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS WORLD! I need another book because how it ended I was like woooooooooooooooooooooooow how is it going to be for them? but it is a standalone so alas I will take what I get.

I would rate this at a 4ish because it could be a bit more because of the gorgeous visuals it gave me (and Rook) but with that needing more 4 it’s going to be.

Actually Dorian:

(Video from Youtube)

DREAMCATCHER playing the pocky game was so funny and cute oooomg.