"Kill me Softly" photograph. April 19th 2012. Google. Goodreads.com. February 26.
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MirabelleMirabelle also known as Mira, is the main character. In the story she is almost 16 years old. Mira has always been extremely sheltered by her god mothers. For example, "Mira wasn't supposed to ride in a car unless an adult was driving, had to use noxious-smelling depilatory because they wouldn't let her shave her legs, wasn't allowed to date, had to be home by ten on the weekends, couldn't pierce her ears or wear make-up or have a cell phone...the list went on and on" (Cross 8.) She lives with her god mothers because her parents died when she was a baby. She also is not like every regular person. She is cursed, like many characters in the story. Mira is cursed with her fate being Sleeping Beauty. Some would see being Sleeping Beauty as a good opportunity, but she sees it as being horrible. And throughout the story develops a different kind of friendship with Blue. Blue protects Mirabelle, even though she believes she does not need protecting. Mira also starts dating Felix, which relationship has many unexpected issues that end up being life threading.
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BlueBlue is overall a good person. He is always looking out for other people and never has undermining motives. For example, "[Blue] helped her; He'd done his best to warn her while bound by the rules of his curse" (303.) He tries to protect girls against his older brother Felix, and himself. He and his brother are cursed just like Mirabelle but has a punishing curse, a romantic. A romantic is someone who can kill you with just one kiss or if someone goes into their secret room has to be killed. He has only killed one girl because he kissed her. Blue had a theory that if you cared enough about the person you could beat the curse. Which sadly did the opposite.
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FelixFelix is the total opposite of Blue-personality wise-but is also a romantic. Felix is manipulative and tries to get girls to feed off of. Felix is the manager of his family owned casino, hotel and diner, which goes to his head very easily. For example Felix said,"'I run this place,' he said. 'Well, more or less. While my dad's away. And i love throwing people out. Just give me an excuse," (21.) He is the older brother to Blue. Blue and Felix do not get along though. They have very different thoughts on how to live their life. In the time of the book Felix and Mirabelle are dating, but Mira is not as aware as she should be about who Felix is and what his curse is.
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