Book: Scarlet Moon by Debbie Viguie
Age-Range: 13 and up (if it were a movie it would be PG-13 for blood and violence)
Rating: 9 out of 10
This is another book in the Once Upon a Time series, which are re-tellings of fairy tales written by three different authors. This particular book is a take on Little Red Riding Hood. It had all the elements you would expect to find in the story: a little girl walking in the woods, a red cloak, a wolf, a grandmother. There is a complete ommission of the woodcutter, though.
At its core this story is a romance. A very beautifully-written romance without ever veering off into dirty romance territory. The main character, Ruth, is likable and well-written. All the characters are well-written, except one whose motivations are left in the dark a little too long for my taste. The ending also came a little too abruptly for me, but all in all the story was written so well that I would love to re-visit it again when my to-be-read list is not so full.
Correction: The Once Upon a Time series is written by five different women, not three.
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The ending made me so angry on this one I would have docked it another point. However there were several beautiful scenes.
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