A review by ashurq
Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

4.0

I read this one because I really enjoyed her first book and her novella (Cruel Beauty; Gilded Ashes). I liked that they were just kind of unexpected retellings and this one was the same way. It was a really interesting world that Hodge created and I also thought the legends were fascinating. I didn't like how everything was kind of French, but at the same time kind of not, though. I also think it's kind of weird how this isn't supposed to be part of the Cruel Beauty universe, but then the covers make it look like they're a series--I just think the cover design team needed to do something different there. Overall, I liked it but ***SPOILER*** I shipped Rachelle with Erec instead of Armand ***END SPOILER***. I don't know if that was really a spoiler, but I'll play it safe. I'm definitely going to keep reading Hodge's books.