The first review of the year! Writing this one always feels fresh and hopeful to me and like it may set the tone of my reading year in a way. This was a very good one to start with. And the moral of this story appears to be: I will never tire of Beauty and the Beast retellings. A fact I was not unaware of, but that I am happy to have confirmed once more, this time after reading Brigid Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely. My favorites tend to run the Robin McKinley way, with the most recent favorite retelling being Meagan Spooner's wonderful Hunted. But this is the first retelling of my favorite fairy tale that I've read that includes both traditional fantasy and modern contemporary settings. I didn't think it could work. Or, at least, I was skeptical that the one would interfere with the other or that the different dialogues might clash. How happy I was to find that the whole thing played out seamlessly. How happy I am to have discovered Brigid Kemmerer's writin…
I can not wait to read this. My cousin is reading Scarlet right now and she has refreshed my memory. You are so right about that ending.
ReplyDeleteI think I may need to reread it before I dive into this one. It's been a year, and I want to be all ready.
DeleteI'm curious about this one because of the ending, but I wasn't a huge Scarlet fan.
ReplyDeleteIt did seem to be a somewhat polarizing read. I'm glad it didn't put you off completely, Livi. I'll let you know what I think as soon as I read it. :)
DeleteWHAAATTT!!??! There is going to be a SCARLET sequel?! I had no idea. Just...*joy*...right now.
ReplyDeleteYES!!! Isn't it just the best news?
DeleteI saw this on NetGalley this week. Maybe you could get your hands on it early.
ReplyDeleteDone and done!
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