Next May is going to be a doozy! I am so looking forward to both of these novels by authors I've read and loved. Both retellings, they feature not only girls in red cloaks (FTW) but spirally, scrolly, medievally goodness. And, as such, I say next spring can't come fast enough (not really —I'm barely okay with it being fall now!) But book release schedule-wise, Yay for May! Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge This time Ms. Hodge turns her hand to retelling Little Red Riding Hood. Though it looks to be similar in tone, it is not set in the same world as Cruel Beauty . In an attempt to make up for the mistake she made as a girl, Rachelle fights evil on behalf of her realm, only to be ordered by the king to guard the man she hates. I really don't feel like anything else is required here, do you? Cannot. Wait. Due out May 5th Lion Heart by A.C. Gaughen As if being imprisoned by the truly dastardly Prince John wasn't enough, Scarlet finds herself embroiled in a plo...