New Addition to "To-Be-Read" Shelf: The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis

Blurb:

Anna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prisonlike tower block at the edge of town. Anna is afraid of him until she realizes that he is caring for his six-year-old sister on his own. Fascinated, Anna follows the two and listens as Abel tells little Micha the story of a tiny queen assailed by dark forces. It’s a beautiful fairy tale that Anna comes to see has a basis in reality. Abel is in real danger of losing Micha to their abusive father and to his own inability to make ends meet. Anna gradually falls in love with Abel, but when his “enemies” begin to turn up dead, she fears she has fallen for a murderer. Has she?

Award-winning author Antonia Michaelis moves in a bold new direction with her latest novel: a dark, haunting, contemporary story that is part mystery, part romance, and part melodrama.

Rant: 

Whoa! This sounds kind of amazing. No, really. Go re-read that blurb.

I haven't read a YA romance in quite some time and I miss it. I also have a soft spot for any kind of Romeo and Juliet twist. It may be an overly used trope in romance writing, but it's one I cannot resist. Add in some potential fantastical elements and a possible adorable kid and I'm hooked!  

The Storyteller also has grand ratings on Goodreads, a whopping 4.17/5. And reading through the reviews by other readers makes me want to go. buy. this. book. right. NOW. I'm trying to resist though because as you see my TBR list is already long enough. It's only fair that I read those books who've been on the list longest, first. That way no one gets hurt in the feels. (Yes, my books are personified. What of it?)

Though... #1. Level 26: Book 2: Dark Prophecy by Anthony E. Zuiker is probably already flipping depressed. He's been on the list a loooong time and I went ahead and read Wonder yesterday afternoon.  I'm sorry, forgive me! Actually, I apologize in advance to all 41 books on my TBR shelf yet to be read. I think you're definitely going to be slighted for The Storyteller. It just sounds too dang good for me to wait to read.

Anyone else looking forward to this baby? Anyone read it already and wants to torture me by gushing about it? Please leave a comment!

Giddily yours,

Fatuma