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A review by forloveoflit_
The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie
3.0
I was not sure what to expect when I requested and received this ARC and I tried to keep an open mind but I’m really not sure how I felt about this book…
The story is a retelling of a handful of Grimm’s fairytales with the main thread being Little Red Riding Hood— it’s a romantasy that’s meant to have a creepy element to it and normally I love a retelling, love some chilling elements, love some romance, but in this case all of it was just very underwhelming.
The story was fine but I felt like both the characters and the plot were underdeveloped. I didn’t care for the main characters at all and honestly it was because I felt like I knew nothing about them. The languages and settings were random and the random plot elements thrown in at the end just further confused it all— like I’m sorry why are there shapeshifters and vampires in a Grimm’s fairytale retelling?
Soooo not the biggest fan but it wasn’t terrible?
Was given an ARC by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
The story is a retelling of a handful of Grimm’s fairytales with the main thread being Little Red Riding Hood— it’s a romantasy that’s meant to have a creepy element to it and normally I love a retelling, love some chilling elements, love some romance, but in this case all of it was just very underwhelming.
The story was fine but I felt like both the characters and the plot were underdeveloped. I didn’t care for the main characters at all and honestly it was because I felt like I knew nothing about them. The languages and settings were random and the random plot elements thrown in at the end just further confused it all— like I’m sorry why are there shapeshifters and vampires in a Grimm’s fairytale retelling?
Soooo not the biggest fan but it wasn’t terrible?
Was given an ARC by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!