Review: Amazing werewolf story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
I hadn't read a book about werewolves in a long, long time. Books about werewolves can be a hit or miss, they can be either amazing or terrible. Thankfully, Scarlette was amazing. I loved it.I'll start off by talking about the general plot. This book is a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood mixed with the legend of a beast that terrorized a province in France. I found this blend to work very well for the story. It made the story grown up by not having it be only based on Little Red Riding Hood. By bringing in the legend of the beast the story took a different tone and became much more interesting. The author blended in these two things seamlessly, making sure to give enough information throughout the book about the backstories so that the reader wouldn't have to dwell on the less important details.Though the plot was very well thought out and planned, the characters in this book were definitely the highlight for me. I loved them, they seemed real and were very well described. They each had their own stories and they weren't there just to be "fillers" as we see in some other books. Each character had a purpose from start to finish. The main character was my absolute favorite. Scarlette was exactly how I hoped she would be. She listened to her heart and never did she forget about what was best for her friends and family. Everything she did was to help them, she was so selfless!Scarlette kept my attention from beginning to end, every time I sat down to read a little bit of it I ended up reading big chunks. Overall, it was a great book and it was super fun to read. It was a unique werewolf tale, unlike any that I have read before. I really enjoyed it. It was very well written and I'm so glad that I got an opportunity to read this!