Like I mentioned last week, I was able to predict who the focus of the next book in the Transplanted Tales series would be due to more page time for a certain character. The cover of The Better To See You also kind of gives it away, and the title itself clues you into its biggest supporting character.
Lavender Seely, former fairy godmother to Cinderella, has been sober for a year. Getting sober has been great for her mental health, but not for her magic. An accident she caused due to a burst of faulty magic results in her needing to leave Chicago and find a safe haven until things calm down. Red sends her across the country to a remote community of tales, characters who have chosen to live amongst themselves, free of humans, where they can also mostly govern themselves. In this village, Lavender should be far enough away that the death threats promised by the victim of her uncontrolled magical burst should go unfulfilled. However, Lavender doesn’t even make it to the destination Red relayed to her before she gets into trouble.
This is a passionate story of two individuals who have had a very rough life since coming over. They have both suffered immensely, but in vastly different ways. It seems that the old saying misery loves company rings true here, as these two sad souls find solace in each other. I don’t want to say anything else, you will just have to read and see for yourself. I really enjoyed the pairing in this story, I wasn’t expecting it, but it works surprisingly well.
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