Gesela expects to be the prisoner of a hideous monster, but the beast turns out to be exquisitely beautiful, and rather than lock her in a cell, he offers Gesela a deal. From the magic mirror to the enchanted forest to the plethora of fantastical characters and creatures (love them, especially the mirror and the bird named Wolf! They came with their own interesting backstories, with their own agendas and it made the book feels so colourful. Ella isn’t much better at sharing her feelings and being courted, and she vacillates between being confused and angry, which makes for some tense and humorous scenes, as well as some heated arguments and misunderstandings.

That isn’t a mystery; androcentric media has affected women on both conscious and subconscious levels, influencing what they have grown to believe is romantic and/or erotic, and what they define as “success” in life. When Elk's well goes dry, it is Gesela's turn to save her town by killing the toad that lives at the bottom. At the end of a dusty dirt road off California ’s Highway 395 lies a mountain made of volcanic glass, also known as obsidian. And it isn't a single curse-it is one after another, each to be broken by a villager, each with devastating consequences.The fact that the young woman is usually surly and obnoxious but beautiful adds to her appeal for the Bad Boy. I thoroughly recommend it, and I’m leaving it four stars out of five, and I will try to start A Touch of Darkness soon! I know I read an ARC, but this book feels like a really rough draft of a book proposal that has yet to be fleshed out, edited, and made whole.

Gesela is ostracized for certain reasons and when it's time to break a new curse, it's no surprise to her that she's next in line. Kenney Healer to the Ash King, Moutains Made of Glass was a perfect and dark fairytale, complete with all those elements I love in novels.When Elk’s well goes dry, it is Gesela’s turn to save her town by killing the toad that lives at the bottom. She’s forced to break a curse that lands her prisoner of an Elven King for 6 years unless she guesses his name. Una fiaba che trae tantissimi suoi elementi dalle fiabe – più o meno famose – della nostra infanzia e dal folklore irlandese, ma non per questo manca di originalità, anzi, la trama è del tutto nuova, non è un re-telling di una storia già letta. This exceptionally well-written novel is all about suspense, thrill, and drama, including the relationships between generations and what happens between long-standing friends. Just everything about this I thoroughly enjoyed, and I recommend it if your inner adult child is looking for a dark twisted mosh posh of fairytales to light your soul on fire.

Happily surprised that my lack of satisfaction comes from the fact that there aren’t more books yet, instead of disappointment that the story needed more. After reading the HadesxPersephone series, I wondered how I could be satisfied with a short, potentially stand-alone story. My favorite color is morally gray, my favorite book genre is novels that give off The Cruel Prince vibes. I'll probably read the second book, this world and the Brothers have potential, but I really hope the next be more engaging. the MC was reasonably badass but also a little stupid, like i did spend a bit more time than i would've liked screaming at her.If you're interested, * I'll add the author's personal list of fairytales and references she used as inspiration for this, at the bottom of this review. Casamir, the prince of Thorn, a beautiful and magnificent fae alas has been cursed by the Glass Mountains. Things happen one after another with little logic, and magic doesn’t have to make sense; it just exists. There are cruel Fae princes, humans being taken prisoner by them, toads that aren't toads, magic mirrors (in this case, the comical element of the situation! Ci sono crudeli principi Fae, umani che ne vengono fatti prigionieri, rospi che non sono rospi, specchi magici (in questo caso, l'elemento comico della situazione!

instead, there was some intense enemies-to-lovers vibes, followed by some fun hate-fucking, and just a sprinkling of lovey-dovey behaviour.Wolf is the only decent thing there; everyone wants something and is constantly bartering to get it, whether that is the selkie or even the prince. A curse claims a villager every year, egged on, of course, by the more powerful sacrificing the weaker ones, and this year it’s Ela’s turn. I liked Gesela as well, even if she was a little annoying and way too naive , with her rushed decisions in the beginning, especially for a person as smart as she was described to be. I’ve heard such good things about her writing, but I may have to hold off a bit before trying again. Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and Beauty and the Beast are only a few of the fairytales this story was inspired by, and damn, were they properly employed.