The Truth About Fairy Tales

The Truth About Fairy Tales
K T Casha
Echo Books
ISBN: 9781419662935
Fiction, Romantic, Contemporary Fiction
Reviewed by Kell Smurthwaite

I don’t usually go for romances, but the fairytale angle was the part that initially piqued my interest, as I’m very interested in folk and fairy tales, and I was drawn to the idea of life imitating art. Fortunately, what I found between the covers was a warm (but not fuzzy!) romance, that didn’t paint life as pink and fluffy in any way; instead, it highlighted the problems in a relationship with quite a difference in age and background between the couple.
The characters weren’t to good to be true and there was no guarantee that everything would come to a fairytale ending, and the all lived happily ever after. In fact, it was the fact that the characters were so down-to-earth that kept me reading - I got interested in the lives of these people and came to think of them almost as friends.
The story was sweet without being sugary and there were enough trials and tribulations thrown in everyone’s paths without it seeming too much; decisions were made and consequences followed - all very true to the ethos of fairytales - but there was occasionally a harder edge and a tendency towards sadness without it swamping into melancholy.
Overall, it is an uplifting tale of not just overcoming our differences, but actively embracing them; and also to follow your heart where it may lead.