Lips Touch: Three Times tells three short tales of three girls who find a certain magic through a kiss. These stories possess a fairytale esque feeling, with stories that are original, strange, a little dark, but with hope and beauty strung in between. Laini Taylor has quite an ability to grab the reader and pull them into her writing. I wasn’t riveted the whole time, I sometimes felt the flow or enchantment lacking a little, but I still enjoyed the stories.

The writing was done well, and was at times beautiful. I would read a sentence and think, that was nicely worded, and read it again. I didn’t think that through the whole book, I wasn’t overall impressed with the writing, but several times I did love a certain phrase or the pacing, or a characters actions or thoughts. The characters were written well. Taylor gives us insight into each characters mind, handling it with care and giving us bit by bit a piece of their thoughts.

Even though I may not have loved this book, I did like it. I liked it for its originality, for the dark fairytale type feeling with little moments of happiness shinning through a kiss. I can just imagine the novels and ideas that Taylor will put forth in the future, and I can say I’m excited for it.