Kill Me Softly

Name: Kill Me Softly
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Sarah Cross
ISBN: 9780449010396

Author: Sarah Cross

Narrator: Kim Mai Guest

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 04/10/2012

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Mystery & Detective, Romance

Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Sarah Cross loves fairy tales in all their incarnations. Her first novel, Dull Boy, is about another kind of myth—superheroes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mimi on September 23, 2013

**MY FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2012!** Warning: This will not be your average review. I loved it too much for that. Kill Me Softly is Brilliant with a capital B, Adorable with a capital A, and PERFECTION in all caps! It's easily my favourite book of the entire year. I loved it so much that, when I went back t......more

Goodreads review by Jillian -always aspiring- on October 23, 2015

Nearly sixteen and sheltered for much of her life by two overprotective guardians, Mirabelle Lively decides to take destiny into her own hands by running away from home and to Beau Rivage, the site of her parents' deaths...and the place she has been strictly forbidden never to go. When Mirabelle arr......more

Goodreads review by Anne on May 01, 2024

I'm glad I gave Kill Me Softly a chance, because it's not your typical fluffy YA fairytale stuff. Also, some of the main Curses (Fairytales) are not as well known as others. I'm going to assume that some of the younger readers won't be able to guess Blue's curse. In other words, Disney hasn't made t......more

Goodreads review by Jessie Leigh on May 26, 2024

Read This Review And More Like It On My Blog! 4.5 out of 5 stars. I loved this! It was unexpectedly charming and clever and just plain fun even when (especially?) at its most twisted. Kill Me Softly is a wholly engrossing and enjoyable read. This is one of those surprising books that went above and b......more

Goodreads review by Nafiza on April 19, 2012

Oh, the writing in this is like silk. Or satin. Or something smooth that glides on to your skin and makes you feel all pretty. It just flows so prettily that I wanted to hold it in my arms and squeeze it tightly. Okay, I’ll stop being creepy now. Kill Me Softly builds a fantastic world. I love fairyta......more