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I tried so hard but had to DNF.. I read 165 pages and feel like the story is going no where and is SO boring 🥲 It was in my TBR list so atleast there‘s that 🤣 #catsoflitsy

I‘m gonna so-so this book not bc I didn‘t like it (I did!) but bc it was one of those that (for me) was hard to pick up after I put it down. I will be reading the sequel. I didn‘t like the amount of repetition in this book. It felt stylistic, but also since reading SJM I‘m just very much not a fan of it.

4 ⭐️ | #fantasy

Thank you @shortsarahrose for the #hhs box! I love the mug! #hhs24 #hauntedhallowswap @wanderinglynn

Woke up a bit earlier than expected (thanks to my cat deciding to play attack my feet), so decided to use the extra time in my day to check out a coffeeshop/bookstore that I‘ve wanted to visit for quite a while! It‘s so cute! Enjoying my Earl Grey tea and cinnamon roll with one of my current library books and then will probably look through their books (because it‘s a bookstore, duh 😆).

Also, high temperature of 69 degrees F. Happy for fall! 🍂

It feels like August (87 degrees F for the high temp and road construction), but I can at least pretend it‘s October while enjoying a sandwich (egg and cheese on a cheddar chive biscuit), tea (Lady Grey), and a dark fantasy book 📖 🍂 🫖

Another #roll100 read and this was… ok. Like other readers I found the backstory slightly confused and didn‘t really understood what the Wilderwood was or exactly what the point of the Kings was. Probably won‘t read the sequel.

I finished this but by the end I could have cared less if Red found her sister. A retelling of Little Red Riding hood. The woods that attacked and attacked got to me by the ending…did anyone like this out there?

Starting this one tonight! First chapter has already hooked me, so I'm excited to see where it goes.

Long time, no post. Summer was super busy. I‘m looking forward to some cozy fall reading. This book was a sale purchase on Kindle some time ago, and I‘m finally getting around to it. It has totally sucked me in. I love fairy tale retellings/reinventions. This one has elements from several tales, but it‘s an original fantasy story. 40% in and hooked. #highfantasy

The second daughter is sacrificed to the Wilderwood to protect the kingdom from monsters. Only, nothing in the woods is so clear cut.

I liked the Red Riding Hood/Beauty and the Beast fairy tale fusion, loved the world building & the sisters‘ relationship, & I was enthralled with the horror elements of the twisted wood. I was less a fan of the romance & the fact that Red‘s magic was intrinsically linked with her romantic relationship. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

153 pages in and this is giving off some serious Gallant vibes. Not sure how I feel about that!

NOOOOO!! 😂😂😂 #Libby

Heading on vaca with my TBR, nothing but beach ⛱️ , family, and a good time! Which book should I read first?

This story felt like A mix of Game of Thrones and Twilight, Hannah Whitten did a great job of immersing readers into a fantasy world. Centuries of historical sacrifice to keep monsters at bay, the loving bond between twin sisters shakes things up. How far would you go for the person you love most?

Overall I enjoyed this dark fairytale however the world building could have been a bit better and it took a while to really get going. It was entertaining and I‘ll read the second book if I find it on offer 3/5 ⭐️

This was blazingly good — a fantasy woven of fable and its own myth, promises and obligation, love and need, secrets and magic and loss. The characters live and breathe in a way almost tangible, and the story just pulses with their emotion and experiences truly exceptional, esp as a debut novel.

Two nights before she was sent to the Wolf, Red wore a dress the colour of blood.

#firstlinefridays

This felt like a good fall-winter read, but boy am I sorry I picked it up over my lunch hour. Kickstarts right into the main action of the story, and is immediately compelling. How I am supposed to pay attention to work now is beyond me🤣

If it comes down to Evelyn Hardcastle vs For the Wolf….I‘m going to declare a tie by default and refuse to pick a bracket winner! Lots of pressure on November and December to have good books!

I finished this last night and haven't started a new one yet... So here is the quote from the book. The Wilderwood Series. #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

Maybe this makes me sound kind of dumb, but this book was a little hard to follow at times. It was another one of those situations where the main character(s) don‘t know the whole or true story of the situation they‘re in, so that might have something to do with it. I liked it, but I‘m in no desperate rush to read the sequel.

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl #lmpbc

"Sometimes you don't mourn people so much as you mourn who they could've been."

For the Wolf is a devouring book with strong roots in fairy/folk tales. The world building could have been tighter. Definitely invested enough to read the sequel.

My new favorite duology. I love how each book followed a different twin but still showed how their lives intertwined the whole time.
Red is to be sacrificed to the Wolf to keep her kingdom safe, but she might not be the only person given a role they don‘t want.
Neve is trapped in the Shadowlands after trying to save her sister and the only person she can trust might be the one person she shouldn‘t.
TW:if you‘re a twin, book 2 will make you cry

August #bookspin board. I forgot to fill in the squares for Owl People and The Heartbreak Bakery but I still wouldn‘t have gotten a bingo. I totally thought I would get one but my hold on A Closed and Common Orbit never came in! It‘s my #doublespin for September, though, so 🤞🏻

Unfortunately I had to DNF this book. I just could not get interested in it and only made it to page 82 the 4 times I tried to read it. I hope the rest of you girls like it. @persephone1408 @KateReadsYA @Readergrrl #LMPBC @suvata

For most of this book I liked it a lot but wasn‘t sure it would live up to the hype… but then things started coming together, and exploding, and WOW, it totally does. I love all the characters, the setting, and the twists on fairy tales so big they leave the original stories in the dust. I want to play a video game set in the Wilderwood (I don‘t even play video games)! Of course I put For the Throne on hold immediately.

If I‘d known this hold was going to come in today, I would‘ve worn this pendant! I guess I‘ll wear it tomorrow 😆

I‘m loving this so far. It is absolutely giving me chills. Rory Power vibes. (And just like with Power‘s latest, I long for a map.)

@Readergrrl it arrived today safely thank you #Lmpbc @KateReadsYA @persephone1408

#AlphabetGame #LetterF

I read and loved the first book in this duology, so I'm really looking forward to starting the second one! Also, aren't these covers amazing?! ❤️📚

I enjoyed the dark twist of Little Red Ridinghood with beauty and the beast. The magic is within the woods, claiming them both. A subtle theme was choice. Choosing who you want to be in accordance with what has been given to you. That‘s why it was different for Red, the generations Second Daughter for the wolf. There was a lot of time in the wood, fighting the wood, that could‘ve been whittled down a bit. Their attraction is mutually blooming

Not a bad book, just not my favorite. I almost gave it a pick but it took so long for me to get engaged, that I decided so-so was more appropriate. Oddly, I think the next in the series will be much better! I was frustrated with the character development at first, but eventually I clicked with the MC. I‘m glad to learn that Neve‘s story (I liked her dev. better than the MC) continues in the sequel, For the Throne, and I willread that too. 3/5⭐️

Working my way through this fun novel on this beautiful cool morning! Good morning, Littens! #LMPBC #Round15 #GroupX

I loved this dark fairy tale and can't wait to spend more time in this world.

4.5/5

In this matriarchal society, second daughters are sacrificed to the Wilderwood that trapped the world's gods, monsters, and magic centuries ago. Red has had a taste of the dangerous magic the forest contains, but she learns that the stories she's been taught aren't entirely fictional or entirely true.

Ms Whitten‘s fairy tale is competently crafted but, in a word: overwrought. A bit too much unfulfilled sexual tension; a few two many familiar tropes, but at its foundation an okay story. The Wolf, Eammon has inherited the role of Wilderwood warden, keeping evil forces imprisoned. The 2nd regal Valleydan daughter is traditionally sent as a sacrifice to the wood. Redarys (Red) embraces her fate because she fears the wild magic within. 1st in series

🌸 Magical realism often does it for me.
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🌸 Tagged. Got this from lovely @maich as part of #LitsyLovesAnimalsSwap . As I'm obsessed with wolfish creatures lately, this became the instant top of my TBR list. ☺️
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@DinoMom @ShelleyBooksie Thank you for organizing this fun swap!

@maich Thank you sooo much for this sweet parcel, Maja! It's perfect! 🐇😊

“I want the roots…I understand what it means, and I want them anyway, because I am for the Wolf, and the Wolves are for the Wilderwood.”

Realising your own power is an important part of this book

“His eyes arc away from her, to the waiting Wilderwood beyond their ring of cleared ground. I warned you before, Red. None of the stories here have happy endings.”

An intriguing dark fantasy that focuses on ritual & romance

A retelling of both Little Red Riding Hood and Beauty and the Beast, we enter the world of a magical forest and the Wolf, a title given to the man/monster/God (no one is really sure) who lives within the woods.

Really enjoyed this - definitely uses very familiar tropes and set pieces but the characters are very engaging and the story is compelling. A solid dark fantasy with aspects of fairytale retelling. It is going to be a duology but the first ends satisfactorily; the core of the story is the relationship between two sisters and so it‘s basically one book for each sister. I will definitely be getting the second when it comes out.

Started slow, but eventually I was pulled into the story. Kind of a Red Riding Hood/Beauty and the Beast retelling mashup. I liked the build up of the romance and the fantastical elements mostly worked really well. The main thing I didn‘t enjoy was the interludes following the MC‘s sister back in the kingdom - way too much boring political/religious machinations. I will probably check out the sequel even though it continues with the sister‘s plot.

Small post binge this morning as I am a bit behind!!

I don't want to say a lot a lot about this one because it was an #LMPBC read, but I did overall enjoy it, although I did find the world-building a little uneven/slow, which meant that there were times that I was frustrated because I didn't really know what was going on. Still a pick overall, and I'll definitely read the sequel when it comes out.

My #bookspinbingo board for February 2022.

I DNF'd the tagged book (yes, already)...It just wasn't cutting it. I need to quit adding fantasy to my tbr...because there isn't much that interests me lately. It's kind of weird it starts out feeling like a retelling of Red Riding Hood and then turns into a retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

Dark and lovely, the prose in this book was amazing! Great characters, an ethereal setting and an epic story make this fantasy one to remember. So good!

Next up! #currentread I have to work some today so I‘m not sure how far I‘ll get but liking how it has begun!

This one arrived yesterday @Laughterhp !!

#LMPBC @Chrissyreadit @HOTPock3tt

I‘m always up for a #readathon with @Andrew65 ! My goal is to make a dent in this pile. I won‘t finish all of these, but as I‘m feeling a bit under the weather, I may get in more reading time than usual so I want to be prepared. Trying to finish up my current reads first so I can start early! #joyousjanuary