A review by alicebme
Adaptation by Malinda Lo

4.0

I got Malinda to sign my ARC at the ALA conference in Anaheim, and I was pretty thrilled to talk with her. I love that she went another way, even though I was hooked into her medieval, fairytale sort of realm as well. The romantic scenes between the main character and Amber were hot and tasteful, and I am so pleased to have read something like that finally. I also can't say enough thank yous to Malinda for having a character who is attracted to people regardless of their sex. The conversation between the main character and her best friend about labels rang true.
There were some pretty silly parental behaviors in this book, I suppose it is necessary in the YA world to kill off adults or render them useless whenever possible. It always makes me giggle and roll my eyes when it happens as abruptly as it did to the poor debate coach. Geez.