Title: The Sleeping Girl and the Summer King
Author: Melissa Marr
In: Faery Tales & Nightmares (Melissa Marr)
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Dark fantasy, Fae, Paranormal fantasy
Pace: Medium
Format: Short story
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2012

This is a very sweet and simple short story. Not sweet in a romantic, happily ever after way, but rather, in its simplicity. It does fit within the Wicked Lovely world in that it is based around the Summer King and the fae. But beyond that, it’s a great little standalone. At least, that’s how I read it in my current position within my read of this series.

This is a great story about the end of summer and the beginning of winter. It’s a reminder that each season has it’s own beauty and serves its own purpose. And that the end of one season of our lives is just the beginning of the next.

I think I know what decision I would have chosen at the end of this tale. The choice to be a never-ending youth dancing in summer, or someone who gets to grow old and experience the new in winter. I mean, you’d never truly know… but I definitely know which decision calls to me.

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