Literary Devices in Lips Touch: Three Times
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
We have three stories on our hands in this book, and each has its own setting. So let's take a look at these places one at a time.Goblin Fruit: Small Town America Kizzy grows up on a small town tha...
Narrator Point of View
All of the stories in Lips Touch: Three Times are told from a third person perspective, with some insight into different characters and their thoughts. In "Goblin Fruit," we get into Kizzy's head e...
Genre
Coming of Age In each of the strange tales in Lips Touch: Three Times, the main character is a girl who is just coming of age—and experiencing all of the turmoil and confusion that comes with bec...
Tone
The stories in Lips Touch: Three Times are told in a dreamy fairy tale tone, but there's something dark underneath the surface. In all of the stories, the tone is quite romantic—but at the same t...
Writing Style
The writing in Lips Touch: Three Times stays true to its fairy tale inspirations. The language is flowery and romantic, and can seem antiquated at times even when it's dealing with modern day subje...
What's Up With the Title?
The title—Lips Touch: Three Times—refers to the three kisses that happen within the book, one in each of the three short stories. Right away, we know we're in for some lip locking, and we know...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. - Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound Ready to have your mind blown? The epigraph for Lips Touch: Three Times has to do with kissing. What's that? That di...
What's Up With the Ending?
Because the stories in Lips Touch: Three Times are basically fairy tales, they all come with their own neat little ending. Check it out:"Goblin Fruit" ends with Kizzy deciding to kiss Jack Husk des...
Tough-o-Meter
Although Lips Touch: Three Times has illustrations, it's not exactly for beginning readers. First of all, the language can be a bit flowery and poetic at times because of the book's fairy tale natu...
Plot Analysis
Tasty Girls Kizzy is a teenage girl who's dissatisfied with her life and the lack of romance in it. Meanwhile, some goblins are watching her and trying to figure out ways to tempt her to give up h...
Trivia
Did you wonder how author Laini Taylor was able to find such a perfect illustrator for Lips Touch: Three Times? Well she didn't have to look very far—her husband drew the accompanying pictures fo...
Steaminess Rating
When a book has a chapter titled "Butterfly Rape," it's pretty clear that it's not going to shy away from the topic of sex. And Lips Touch: Three Times certainly delivers on the steaminess. All thr...
Allusions
Rudyard Kipling (2.5.22)