Book Review: Between the Lines

Let me start off by saying that I gave this book five stars not because it was an amazing book of epic proportions, but because of its whimsy and simplicity.  The fact that this book isn't very serious makes it even more appealing.  There are pictures, colored words, you know, the works, that mark every page and keep it fun and light.

This story is about Oliver, the prince of a fairy-tale who doesn't want to be in the story anymore, and Delilah, the girl who finds his story and hears him talk.  They fall in love and Delilah promises to help him get out of his book.  The whole book is about their mishaps as they try to do just that.

Actually, this book is a little bit of a dream come true.  I would love for one of my book crushes ('cause we all have them) to fall in love with me and then come to the real world.  Wouldn't that just be amazing?

Both the characters are well written and you certainly don't confuse them.  The background characters are all pretty good, too, except for Delilah's friend Jules and her mother.  All the fairy-tale characters actually have me convinced that's how they would act in real life!

The mythology to the story is easy to pick up on and not to complicated.  It does make you look at your books differently, though.  You start to wonder what if....

Which is exactly my favorite thing about this book.  It brings you to the forefront of your imagination; a simple part where anything seems possible and you don't really need to explain how.  Like toy story, really.  It's a great feeling.  It's also a quick read which makes it appealing.

Like I said earlier, I gave this book five stars.