Review: Fast reading dark paranormal adult fairy tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2013
A fast read that zips along at breakneck speed and sizzles with heat between the two main characters, this adult paranormal romance has few slow moments. Told in first person from the main character Meg's point of view, the romance keeps shifting from dark to sweet, from lust to love, from sizzling to tender over the course of the story.This is a reinterpretation of an old Grimm Brothers fairy tale, an adult retelling of the story of Hansel and Gretel. Let me emphasize the "adult" part of that sentence, as I mistakenly thought this was YA and (oh boy!) it's not at all. I bought this before the cover redesign - and I have to add that I love the new cover art. With the more adult looking characters and the darker, creepier overtones, it's beautiful and scary, and does justice to the story.My favorite parts of the writing were the descriptions of both the evil forest (its own character, really) and the witch's house. And the sex scenes. Ms. Brothwell does a great job bringing heat and darkness to the characters interactions and feelings. While I would've liked to have Joey's character arc better defined (I desperately want him to be a totally changed man in the end!) I enjoyed this story immensely. It was a great escape - a guilty pleasure that I would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick, hot read for a day at the beach.