Review: Very Dark
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2013
Scarlette is Little Red Riding Hood told with a dark twist for adults and contains the legend of the werewolf that terrorized a province in France. After a slow start, setting the stage and feel for the story, it did pick up with a lot transpiring in a short period of time!  You could feel the terror of the people in the village, as well as their reluctance to stand up and hunt the best down, all while pointing fingers of blame at those whose families had been victims of the best.Scarlette is a strong heroine in a small-minded time and place.  She lives under the thumb of her twisted mother, feeling love only from her grandmother, who dies early on.  She seems so alone and innocent to the evils of the world.  Often, she struggled with understanding the full picture until it was almost too late.The characters are all well-drawn, Scarlette's cruel mother had many secrets that are revealed, as did her grandmother.  The sub-stories with the whole made the book.  There is even a sort of love triangle going on for Scarlette.  Will she choose correctly?  Will the wolf be found and stopped?  Is there a cure?  Who is keeping the secrets of the werewolf?  who will survive?