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Good, but not great. Even with a hero modelled on David Bowie in Labyrinth

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

March 23, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Liesl dreams of becoming a famous composer, but is left to write compositions for her talented younger brother to play instead. Her beautiful younger sister is set to be married to the most eligible young man in the village, while Liesl helps her long-suffering mother and bitter father run their inn, their days of musical success and glory behind them. Jealous of her sister’s beauty and brother’s opportunities, Liesl becomes careless and suddenly, it seems her sister has been enchanted by the goblins, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: beauty and the beast, cbr11, goblins, historical fantasy, Labyrinth, Malin, music, retelling, romantic, s jae jones, wintersong, Young Adult

Malin's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: beauty and the beast, cbr11, goblins, historical fantasy, Labyrinth, Malin, music, retelling, romantic, s jae jones, wintersong, Young Adult ·
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I liked this??????

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas

January 9, 2019 by narfna 6 Comments

I was already poised to like this book, past feelings about Sarah J. Maas aside. It’s a Beauty and the Beast/Ballad of Tam Lin hybrid retelling, and unless you make some sort of grave mistake, you’ve already got the outline of the story ready to go (tried and true over hundreds of years and variations), and it’s pretty hard to mess that up. And she doesn’t! I thought the story worked well as a combo B&B/Tam-Lin/original elements mish-mash. The first half is mostly Beauty and the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, A Court of Thorns and Roses, beauty and the beast, narfna, retellings, Romance, sarah j maas, tam lin

narfna's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, A Court of Thorns and Roses, beauty and the beast, narfna, retellings, Romance, sarah j maas, tam lin ·
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