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A review by scostner
Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross
2.0
"Ever After High", "The Descendants", "Grimm", or "Once Upon a Time" fans will recognize the fairy tale that this book is based on right away. Vivian is living under a Snow White curse. Until recently she felt safe because her boyfriend Henley had sworn to protect her from the Huntsman who would be her doom. But then Henley was chosen as the Huntsman, so what's a girl to do?
Viv and all the other characters live in a place called Beau Rivage where anyone with the tiniest bit of fairy blood in their family can expect to have a curse of some sort. Not everyone turns out dead from a curse. Viv's friend Jewel "was the Kind Girl in a Diamonds and Toads curse...now gems and flowers fell from her lips when she spoke." And there's Jewel's friend Luxe, whose curse had come to fruition while she was still a child." She had all the attributes that went along with her Goldilocks curse: butterblonde curls, the charm of a sociopath, no regard for other people's property. And she complained about everything." Watching movies with Luxe is no fun because the volume is too loud or to soft, the plot is too complicated or too simple, the popcorn is too salty or to plain. (You get the idea.)
The whole place is full of people with these curses. And the whole setting is modern with cars and cell phones and a world that readers will recognize, for the most part. Viv's father owns the local country club and has parties for all the important people in Beau Rivage. Some of the older men at the country club are reformed Beasts or retired Huntsmen. The Twelve Dancing Princesses can be found every evening at an exclusive nightclub in the underworld, "a kingdom the fairies had carved out of stone and darkness so long ago that no one remembered who had done it." So at first glance, I'm sure it seems like a normal town full of people with normal worries.
But Viv worries a lot about her fate. Will Henley resist the curse and let her live? Will she wind up with a prince who has a thing for dead girls, or at least very passive girls? If Henley does resist, will her stepmother Regina just hire another Huntsman to do the job? Will she get a happily ever after?
Those readers who enjoy the way characters in "Once Upon a Time" have been transplanted into modern life should feel right at home in Beau Rivage. Although this is the second book in the series, they can each be read as stand alone stories or in any order.
I read an e-book provided by the publisher through NetGalley.
Viv and all the other characters live in a place called Beau Rivage where anyone with the tiniest bit of fairy blood in their family can expect to have a curse of some sort. Not everyone turns out dead from a curse. Viv's friend Jewel "was the Kind Girl in a Diamonds and Toads curse...now gems and flowers fell from her lips when she spoke." And there's Jewel's friend Luxe, whose curse had come to fruition while she was still a child." She had all the attributes that went along with her Goldilocks curse: butterblonde curls, the charm of a sociopath, no regard for other people's property. And she complained about everything." Watching movies with Luxe is no fun because the volume is too loud or to soft, the plot is too complicated or too simple, the popcorn is too salty or to plain. (You get the idea.)
The whole place is full of people with these curses. And the whole setting is modern with cars and cell phones and a world that readers will recognize, for the most part. Viv's father owns the local country club and has parties for all the important people in Beau Rivage. Some of the older men at the country club are reformed Beasts or retired Huntsmen. The Twelve Dancing Princesses can be found every evening at an exclusive nightclub in the underworld, "a kingdom the fairies had carved out of stone and darkness so long ago that no one remembered who had done it." So at first glance, I'm sure it seems like a normal town full of people with normal worries.
But Viv worries a lot about her fate. Will Henley resist the curse and let her live? Will she wind up with a prince who has a thing for dead girls, or at least very passive girls? If Henley does resist, will her stepmother Regina just hire another Huntsman to do the job? Will she get a happily ever after?
Those readers who enjoy the way characters in "Once Upon a Time" have been transplanted into modern life should feel right at home in Beau Rivage. Although this is the second book in the series, they can each be read as stand alone stories or in any order.
I read an e-book provided by the publisher through NetGalley.