2019 A to Z Challenge - "Q"
An old school fairy tale including the ever afters; what makes them happily ever after? I suppose, like real life, its more perspective than anything else.
There was a little bit of repetition in this tale, but not enough to annoy, just enough to notice. Nonetheless, I felt connected to the story yet I can't exactly say why. Maybe because I just needed reminding to live in the now; to not wish for more or less, to just be present.
Summary from Goodreads: Be careful what you wish for. A small town librarian lives a quiet life without much excitement. One day, while standing in her house, she is struck by lightning. But instead of ending her life, this cataclysmic event sparks it into a new beginning. She goes in search of Lazarus Jones, a fellow survivor who was struck dead, then simply got up and walked away. Perhaps this stranger who has seen death face to face can teach her to live without fear. When she finds him, he is her opposite, a burning man whose breath can boil water and whose touch scorches. Will Lazarus prove to be the talisman that restores her to girlhood innocence and possibility?
Quotes: "People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort."
"Our house was littered with books...far too many for her to ever finish."
"In every fairy tale the right way was the difficult path, the one that led over boulders, through brambles, across a field of fire."
"'I don't want to hurt you,'...That's what they all said, and then they went ahead and did anyway."
"...love and why it mattered. It was an idea,...nothing real, nothing lasting, nothing to live or die for."
"Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever."
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