The Thorn and the Blossom : A Two-Sided Love Story (Other)

from dgmlrhodes

This book is truely unique from any book I've read before. It is set up in an accordian style binding where you can first read the story of Evelyn and turn it over to read the story of Brendan. The tale tells the story of two lovers, displaying each perspective. You have to read both sides to get...

from eidolons

The format of this book is unique and enough to draw you in. I used to make books, so this added a special dimension of reading for me. That said, accordian bindings do not make for easy one-handed reading. I enjoyed this book. I read Brendan's story first. I was under the impression that this wo...

from beserene

This was a lovely modern fairy tale, a love story that manages to evoke Anglo-Celtic myth -- it draws directly from Arthurian legend -- and create a sweet, lyrical atmosphere, while at the same time immersing itself in contemporary culture, or at least contemporary academic culture. In a way, thi...

from BookRatMisty

I'm a fan of Quirk Books. They're always looking for ways to challenge the status quo a bit, try something new, and I appreciate that.  (And with hits like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children to their name, they aren't doing a bad job of it, either.)  So I'm always curious to se...

from MyriadBooks

Oh, I loved this. It is brief and bittersweet, and the interlayered tales may be too repetitive for some people's taste, but the stories were lovely and hopeful and beautifully written. At scarcely 40 pages for each layer, there wasn't nearly the space for character growth but the constriction wo...