Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor

Why should you read Lips Touch Three Times?

(Please excuse my constant motion during my vlogs. I often speak with my hands; keeping still for two minutes is apparently too difficult for me!) 

My immediate reaction to this book, "It's as if Laini Taylor took all that I love in a book: romance, fantasy, beauty, Gypsy-appeal, & other-worldly intrigue to make a very special novel." 

How does this text fit this book series? 

Lips Touch Three Times contains three short stories. The short story I feel that fits this text set best is Spicy Little Curses Such as These. A traveling soldier stumbles upon a diary that is full of the secrets and desires of a beautiful maiden cursed to silence, as well as cursed with an amazing voice. She can't sing or speak or those who hear her will instantly die. 

Anamique, the maiden, suffers from this curse at birth.  While Anamique is an exceptional singer, yet she can not share it with others. 

Have you ever felt trapped by a disability or talent? 

Are you good at playing the piano, but secretly hate it? Are afraid to voice your opinion, in fear of the consequences? 

Reading Spicy Little Curses Such as These will make you think again about making your voice heard. 

Memorable Quotes: 

• "There's DNA in saliva. You're like carrying his cells in your mouth like one of those weird frogs that incubates its eggs in its cheeks!' With a squeal, Evie added, 'You could have his mouth baby." (p. 31 from Goblin Fruit)
• "Kizzy wanted to be a woman who would dive off the prow of a sailboat into the sea, who would fall back in a tangle of sheets, laughing... she wanted to make love on a balcony, ruin someone... Kizzy wanted. (p. 41 from Goblin Fruit) 
• "Some would assert that Providence was at work, shaking out its pockets in Humanity's lap. Other would argue for that mindless choreographer, Chance. Either way it was a simple thing: a lost diary fell into the hands of a soul-sick war heron on a train from Bombay to Jaipur just when he grown tired of the scenery and need some thing to keep his thoughts from the minefield of his wretched memories." (p. 82 from Spicy Little Curses)
• "Even after all these centuries, his arms remembered the curve of Mahzarin's body, the weight and the warmth of her, and when she shimmered forth form the feathers of her eagle cithra, he would be there to catch her." (p. 265 from Hatchling)

Cherry on Top: 

 The page illustrations are marvelously creative. Images like these will aid your imagination in forming the tale in your mind.

Meet Laini Taylor:

Book Trailer

Here is a great interview with Laini on her highly popular book, Daughter of Smoke and Bones. 

Click here to visit Laini Taylor's blog!