This is a rather shocking review to have to write because frankly Scarlet Hyacinth is one of my favorite M/M authors. Unfortunately, this book was an absolute epic fail for me. I didn't even finish it. Two pages in, I started scanning instead of reading to see if perhaps later in the book it would get better. Unfortunately, it didn't. The mixing of fairy tales and fables into a story is either going to work for you or it isn't. In this case, it didn't.
The fanged meat eating bunny I could live with, the mixture of vampires, witches, elves, I could live with, bringing in fable characters and mixing them all around was way too much. It also felt forced and wasn't nearly as well written as the rest of her stuff. I, at first, thought that perhaps, she'd had a ghost writer have a go and they'd done a poor job. Unfortunately, in any case, This isn't a series I'm going to be buying the rest of and I'm honestly glad I borrowed it from a friend because it definitely isn't worth buying in my opinion.
This doesn't go for her other books. I definitely enjoy reading her others and will be reviewing them as well. Those will definitely be positive since as I said she's one of my favorite authors.
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