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A review by retoldbydaisy
The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This being a Beauty and the Beast retelling had me intrigued, but it was the witty banter that kept me up at night nonstop reading this beauty.
This book follows Wren, a feisty woman doing everything she can to keep her and her twin sister safe, and Boreas, the nefarious North Wind. This book is filled with hatred, revenge plotting, self-loathing and a whole lot of growth.
I found the world easy to digest and understand, however I would have loved to have seen more depth and perhaps questionings of things that were happening. I found some of the scenes felt kind of out of the blue. Perhaps with even a sprinkling of some details or conversations, parts of the read would have had a more seamless flow to them.
The characters really make this book the fun and interesting book it is. The side characters offer support, love, and confliction, all of which act as tools for our main female protagonist to develop and grow in a really beautiful and honest way. Both Wren and Boreas are both flawed characters in need of a really good wake up call.
The tension was phenomenal, the sass, hilarious, and I loved that even when the main characters grew closer that snappy banter didn’t turn into sappy lovey mush. And this is not to say they don’t have gentle moments with each other because they absolutely do. But the fun essence of the relationship thankfully doesn’t get lost.
The characters were memorable but the overall setting perhaps not the most front of mind. The pacing I would say is in that medium realm. This book also has quite literally the most wonderful epilogue I have ever read.
Worth a pick up if you love a good enemies to lovers. Or more simply if you enjoy Beauty and the beast the parallels are done really well.
This book follows Wren, a feisty woman doing everything she can to keep her and her twin sister safe, and Boreas, the nefarious North Wind. This book is filled with hatred, revenge plotting, self-loathing and a whole lot of growth.
I found the world easy to digest and understand, however I would have loved to have seen more depth and perhaps questionings of things that were happening. I found some of the scenes felt kind of out of the blue. Perhaps with even a sprinkling of some details or conversations, parts of the read would have had a more seamless flow to them.
The characters really make this book the fun and interesting book it is. The side characters offer support, love, and confliction, all of which act as tools for our main female protagonist to develop and grow in a really beautiful and honest way. Both Wren and Boreas are both flawed characters in need of a really good wake up call.
The tension was phenomenal, the sass, hilarious, and I loved that even when the main characters grew closer that snappy banter didn’t turn into sappy lovey mush. And this is not to say they don’t have gentle moments with each other because they absolutely do. But the fun essence of the relationship thankfully doesn’t get lost.
The characters were memorable but the overall setting perhaps not the most front of mind. The pacing I would say is in that medium realm. This book also has quite literally the most wonderful epilogue I have ever read.
Worth a pick up if you love a good enemies to lovers. Or more simply if you enjoy Beauty and the beast the parallels are done really well.