Review of Lion Heart

Title: Lion Heart

 

Author: A.C. Gaughen

Series: Scarlet book 3

 

Chapters: 33

Pages: 346

Genre: teen retelling

Rating: 4 stars

Lion Heart is the third and final book in the Scarlet series.   In which everything Scarlet and Rob have been working towards come to a head.  Scarlet gets news from her father through her grandmother that will change both her life and Rob's as well.  This news will allow them to better help the people of Nottingham.

I enjoyed Lion Heart, it was my favorite of the series.  Things happened in this book that I was waiting to happen since book one. I have to say that I was happy with the ending. After the stress and cliff hangers of the first and second book. The only thing that kept me from giving this book five stars was the language and a few scenes.   This series was my first Robin Hood retelling and I hope to read more Robin Hood retelling.  I am also looking forward to more books by this author. 

Review of The Princess of the Silver Wood

Title: Princess of the Silver Woods

Author: Jessica Day George

Series: The Princess of Westfalin Trilogy book 3

 

Chapters: 22

Pages: 322

Genre:  Fairy tale retellings

Rating: 4 stars

Slight spoilers

Princess of The Silver Woods is my favorite of the three books in this trilogy.  It focuses on the youngest daughter of the twelve dancing princess Petunia.  The tagline on the cover was Twelve dancing princess meets Red riding Hood. But to me it had a bit or Robin Hood in the story as well.

I read this book when I was a fairy tale retelling kick and I am glad I did. I enjoyed it.  It's was easy to see how each fairy tale played a part in the book. The Twelve dancing princess because Petunia is the youngest of twelve daughters. Red riding hood because of the clock she wears and Robin Hood because Oliver is the son of a Lord without a kingdom who robs from rich travelers on the road.

Princess of the Silver Woods is a must read retelling for anyone who likes  The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Red Riding Hood, and Robin Hood. As well as fairy tale retelling in general.