Sidrah Anum's Reviews > The Thirteenth Tale

This book has been on my tbr for the last three years! Then with time, I lost track of my old list to be read and moved on to reading other books which sparked my interest.
Then recently I came across these books which I thought I would red but had never looked at them again, so I decided to start reading my old interests... This turned out to be the first one!

After a long long time, I came across a story that had me captivated until the last word. It kept me awake at night, every moment I tried to catch a point so that the mystery be solved but it kept me hooked up until the very end.

This is the story of unwanted attention and lost love..
Of unbearable sorrow and irreplaceable loss..
Of broken hearts and lost souls..
Of damaged minds and clever ideas..
Of beautiful lies and ugly truths..
Of blue eyes and red hair..
Of empty reality and colorful tales..
Of forbidden passionate romances and
quick witted, motherless babies..
Of alive and dead twin children..
Of blinding beauties and dysfunctional families..

I specifically loved the way the story is written. The writer seems to be truly in sync with the way stories should be told. I felt lost to the world and living in the story itself. And when I came out of my imagination, I knew the characters are gonna stick with me for a long time. You just cannot not hate them, not like them, not get used to them or not think them to be just characters and in the end not let yourself be in love with them at a certain level.

It has those few attraction my mind craves in a book .....
story setting in the world of literature, classical novels and their heroines, a gothic atmosphere, time worn buildings and family history, poetic at certain levels, normal days enveloped in mysteries, multiple layers, unexpected twists!
So basically this book was a treat for me!
I look forward to reading more books by the author!

5 stars!
Highly recommended!