A review by sralujan
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

3.0

The idea of this book was wonderful, but the execution was a bit lacking. I very much enjoyed the snippets of the Briar Rose story told by her grandmother and the brillant contrast with the grandmother's experience. However, the love story was completely unrealistic and undeveloped and many characters were just flat. To me, it seemed it either needed to be cut back further to a short story or reworked to include some more dimensional characters. I would recommend it, but it's not my favorite book.