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A review by hsinjulit
Burning Roses by S.L. Huang
Burning Roses is a retelling of Hou Yi, Little Red Riding Hood, and more.
For the first half of the book, I wasn’t particularly invested: there were a lot of flashbacks, and the story wasn’t rooted in the now. I hadn’t anticipated how emotional I would end up being by the time the 150 or so pages concluded.
The quiet non-romantic companionship between Rosa and Hou Yi tugs at my heart. Both of them live in their own past: they have both hurt those they love and suffered in silence. It is their wildly different yet mirrored past that made Rosa and Hou Yi understand each other. Huang cleverly weaved various folklores into this novella and delivered the story of two … reformed villains? so beautifully.
For the first half of the book, I wasn’t particularly invested: there were a lot of flashbacks, and the story wasn’t rooted in the now. I hadn’t anticipated how emotional I would end up being by the time the 150 or so pages concluded.
The quiet non-romantic companionship between Rosa and Hou Yi tugs at my heart. Both of them live in their own past: they have both hurt those they love and suffered in silence. It is their wildly different yet mirrored past that made Rosa and Hou Yi understand each other. Huang cleverly weaved various folklores into this novella and delivered the story of two … reformed villains? so beautifully.