Unfortunately I just couldn't get into this book at all. I put it down and picked it up so many times, that I finally gave up on reading this book.

I wanted to love the book the goblins of Bellwater but it fell a little short for me. It felt a bit predictable for me. The beginning started out a bit creepy with the goblins but the romance was predictable and felt rushed. It would be good for a day when you want to watch reality shows and not do much.

The Goblins of Bellwater was a light, interesting read - which might seem odd, considering the subject matter. Even though the goblins were evil, they were more cartoonishly depicted, as was the rest of the fae world. So nothing ever felt too bleak or scary. It was a diverting read for sure, but not a super deep one.

I received with thanks an ARC copy of The Goblins of Bellwater from Cemtral Avenue Publishing & Netgalley.

This is my true and honest review of The Goblins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle. This was published in October 2017

I love goblins so had a feeling that I would enjoy this very much. This a creepy fairy tale, paranormal romance that is great for urban fantasy lovers.

Give this a go if you love urban fantasy.

DNF. I had a very hard time with this book; it was very difficult to get sucked into the story, and I did not find myself invested in the characters. I wanted so badly to enjoy it, but I just had to put it down at the halfway point. Perhaps I will revisit it someday and give it another try.

I liked the fantastical premise of this book and the basing off The Goblin Market poem. At first I thought it was YA but quickly figured out it's adult or New Adult with all of the hanky-panky that happens. In one update I called it 50 Shades of Goblin. Most of the whoopie is justified though based on the premise that two of the four MCs are under a Goblin spell and have become "mated" to each other.

This book grew on me as it went. I liked Livy and how strong a female character she was. My favorite part was reading about all of the things she had to do to save her friends and family. I would recommend this book to someone who wants something different with elements of fantasy.

This was one of those books I felt forced to read as everyone was talking about it. I now however understand why. For a genre I am not a hug fan of I loved this book to bits !

A creepy, sexy book with shades of Labyrinth and The Goblin Market. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't desperate to find out what would happen. I liked the goblins and Kit's liaison job.

Clever and well written.

While I adored the close to home Puget Sound setting of this modern fantasy, I just wasn't as charmed by the characters as I wanted to be. While this wasn't quite for me, it did make me look a little differently at the woods I live among.

This title is so good!! I really enjoyed it. The cover is not my taste but it´s kind of witting for the book. Also, it was the first time I read a book about goblins. I didn´t think it would be so good and enchanting.

Hmmmmmmm...... what to sat about The Goblins Of Bellwater?!?

I will admit that I had been really looking forward to reading this book ever since I first heard about it, I mean it sounded totally like my thing with goblins and a dark scary wood, battling to save a girl from joining the goblin hoardes..... the truth turned out to be a disappointment to me personally.

Don't get me wrong, it was a perfectly readable and decent book but it left me very disappointed for a couple of reasons:

1. I was expecting a book containing a mass of creepy, sneaky little goblins, up to no good and causing trouble as the main focus of the book. Yes, the goblins where there doing all that but the focus of the book wasn't with them as much as I had hoped and prayed. They were just secondary to the human and their woes/affairs.

2. This turned out to be less of fantasy book than I wanted and turned into much, much more of a romance book that I wanted to read. I can do romance in certain settings but personally I didn't like it here with the two human couples. Most of the books focus was on the insta-love rather than battling with the goblins, I found that a little sad.

As I said, the book is a perfectly good read but I think in my mind I had hyped it up to be something it wasn't for me and that's probably why I was left feeling so gutted and more than a little cold after reading it.

I do other had much better luck with The Goblins Of Belltower that I did as it probably deserves more praise that I give it right now.

I'm going to be honest here I really wasn't feeling this book. The atmospheric dark and creepy forest was really great and I liked where the story was going but I feel like it is lacking quite a bit in the character building and the plot was not quite up to snuff. In my opinion, the story should have been worked on just a little longer.

Before we talk words can we please take a moment to stare at the cover! Look at how beautiful that cover is. It completely draws me in and makes my eyes happy. I love it! *claps for the cover design* I loved the goblins, the magic and the folklore infusion in this book. It was a quick read and I loved the somber undertone that pushes you to keep reading, to find out how things will end. Molly's writing is fantastic and I really would love to see her do another tale re-imagined. The last quarter of the book was so mesmerizing I loved how we got to see different fae incorporated.

If you've ever walked through a seemingly empty forest and felt that you were being watched, now you know why...

Wonderfully imaginative, with a just a touch of darkness. The Goblins of Bellwater stands out in a the saturated fantasy and paranormal genre. The characters are well-written and believable, and the mix of everyday activity and old legends lends the story a haunting reality - perfectly matched with the setting of rural Washington state.

I highly recommend this book for fans of Holly Black or Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses series.

*I received this ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Actual rating: 3.5 stars

I liked this a lot- a creepy and magical goblin tale with such strong links to nature. I loved the Pacific Northwest scenery and the relationships between the main characters was cute/real hot.

Really solid and enjoyable and I read it in practically a day.

Most people have no idea goblins live in the woods around the small town of Bellwater, Washington. But some are about to find out. Skye falls victim to a goblin curse in the forest one winter night, rendering her depressed and silenced, unable to speak of what happened. Her older sister, Livy, is at wit’s end trying to understand what’s wrong with her. Kit would know, but he doesn’t talk of such things: he’s the human liaison for the goblin tribe, thrust on him by an ancient family contract. Unaware of what’s happened to Skye, Kit starts dating Livy, trying to keep it casual to protect her from the attention of the goblins. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Kit, Skye draws his cousin Grady into the spell through an enchanted kiss in the woods, dooming Grady and Skye both to become goblins and disappear from humankind forever. It’s a midwinter night’s enchantment as Livy, the only one untainted by a spell, sets out to save them on a dangerous magical path of her own.



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The Goblins of Bellwater
Molly Ringle

For a title including 'Goblins' this book did not have enough goblins in it. I was fully ready for a goblin filled adventure and I was completely let down when I realised this was basically a contemporary romance with a sub plot about goblins. This is another one of those books that were in the fantasy genre on Netgalley, and I really should start double checking on Goodreads before requesting.

The romance itself was extremely toxic. Skye and Grady's romance is all because of the goblin curse. She first kisses him which 1. traps him as her chosen mate for the curse, and 2. is not consensual at all. This non-consent just continues throughout the book, including when they have sex in front of all the goblins in the woods. It wasn't cute, I wasn't routing for them and it was just an awful trash romance to read.

The forest itself is extremely creepy and eerie and feels magical. But... we rarely spend any time in the magical part. We're there as Skye gets cursed, as Kit liaisons with the goblins and then for the big finale. That is basically it, I came for a magical wood full of goblins, all I got was annoying characters who just want to bone all the time.

Goblins of Bellwater nearly redeemed itself when Livy has to fight her way through different magical tasks to get to her sister to save her. But then I realised, the entire book could have been written this way. The author clearly has the skill to write a fast paced, magical filled adventure. Unfortunately, that is not what she gave us. This book was so slow to read, and I really should have DNF'd because it never lived up to it's expectations.

Overall, I really disliked this book. I would've been a bit more lenient about the romance if it was just me being dumb when requesting it. But the 'romance' was just so bad that I really don't think anyone would enjoy reading it. It was also way too slow pacing in the non fantasy parts, and the fantasy areas lacked completely.

POSITIVES
+ Forest feels creepy and magical

+ Livy's journey for her sister

NEGATIVES
– Romance is toxic

– Not really a fantasy

– Poor pacing

I received Gobins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review

In a small northwestern town, two sisters are drawn into the world of goblins and fae when one is unwittingly cursed. A modern take on Goblin Market with lyrical prose and a naturalistic slant, the Goblins of Bellwater is perfect for fans of Holly Black.

Sadly, this is one of my DNF pile. I tried so hard to give this a chance but to no avail.

The Goblins of Bellwater was a fun and immersive story. At times it was hard to put the book down. The characters were relatable, and the setting was magical. I loved that the story had a good mix of romance and sisterly love. One downside was that the characters fell in love a little too quickly for my taste - but I did feel that given the quickness of the read it was okay.

The book made me more interested in stories about fae so it could be a good jumping off point into the genre for others as well.

This novel wasn’t as immersive as what I was expecting from a story that claimed to be a modern retelling of a narrative poem as iconic and ethereal as “Goblin Market.” The poem is famous for having multiple layers of meaning and interpretation, and I was hoping to find something comparable in this book, but I ultimately found it to be just a very standard teen/new adult fantasy novel. I would recommend to younger adults and less discerning fantasy fans.