Reviews

Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells

cheyennecole's review

Just kind of too fast and too slow at the same time. It’s all over the place and yet so boring. Also the grammar and writing style was just not for me. 

lesbrary's review

3.0

At first, Lena felt like a helpless character being pulled from one situation to the next. Who she trusted felt arbitrary, and often was just the last person she spoke to. But this fit into the fairy tale aspects of the story: being in dark, magical woods, being lost, and not knowing which magical being to trust.

As she gets used to this world, though, we start to see a different side of Lena, one who is angry and wants to wield power. She’s resentful of the life she’s had and of feeling guilty all the time for her curse. So it’s a bit of a revenge story, and a story about righteous anger.

This really pulled me in, and ends on an epic battle that brings all these disparate story elements and characters together. If you like dark fairy tale reimaginings, give this one a try.

I do want to give a content warning for cutting: this world using blood magic, so it comes up a lot.

Full review at the Lesbrary.

lfavazza's review

2.0

While I absolutely understand what the author was trying to do, this felt super forced. At one point I stepped back to figure out what the heck was going on and how it happened and was super annoyed with the main character.

therobinwrites's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

coralmath's review

3.0

tbh this book was not really good. Like some parts were okay and it was a pretty quick read but the main character was so genuinely irritating. She had major major trust issues and was so offended her parents lied to her like she was so annoying.

theflowerwitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

books_nyx's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

So glad for this holiday break! I was able to read quite a bit during this four day weekend 😋

Damn, Lena’s curse origins took us full circle didn’t it 😁 and along the way we met so many interesting characters. I’m partial to Alaric and the dragon! 💕

This book has mystery, adventure, love 🌈, family love, and character development ✨

yellowflowermai's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

abbyshef16's review

2.0

2.5/5

annettewolf's review

3.75

Fast pace, fun world building. Lots of nods to various media and stories (sleeping beauty briars, Labyrinth pit hands, Elsa-like glove obsession, etc).

I wanted more time spent with the characters and especially their relationships, because they didn’t come across as deep as they could have.