I will read anything Scarlett St Clair writes and this is no exception. She write whimisical fantasy worlds with lots of grit. I recommend this book to everyone!

I need more. I loved this book!

I'm a sucker for a good fairytale retelling and this one didn't disappoint. This book was packed with some decent world building and character building which is super impressive for how short it was. I am dying for more content though so I wish this book had been a little longer.

The magic and atmosphere overall was great. I loved the bits of spice and all of the little details.

This book is for anyone who enjoys a quick, but well done, fantasy read. Get lost in the world of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book is different than I expected. It's darker and more adult than I thought it would be. I couldn't get into this book, This just wasn't for me.

The writing style is very early-YA-fantasy. I didn’t get into the story. The style felt modern but then would throw in really old style phrases and dialog and it was all very jarring. The premise is cool.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC.

4.5 stars

I may be in the minority, but I loved Mountains Made of Glass. This is a quick novella by Scarlett St Clair and revolves around fae-born Gesela. Gesela accidentally kills a prince and is therefore punished by the remaining five brothers by being sent to live with the sixth brother. Once Gesela arrives, she is held captive unless she can guess his name.

The world-building was seamless and done very well, especially for such a short read. I also really enjoyed the enemies-to-lovers aspect as well as the plot itself. I can’t wait to read the rest in this series and hope it is combined into a bound book one day.

I absolutely adored this fairy tale inspired, fantasy romance and devoured it in a single sitting. It is different than what Scarlett usually writes but I love the direction!

Scarlett St. Clair is Scarlett St. Clair-ing again. This is definitely different from her other novels and is written in a traditional fairytale style. It was a bit of shock to the system and I had to get used to it at first, but was overall a quick and easy read! It is super fast paced and keeps moving. Worth the read!

I absolutely adored this fantasy romance, and devoured it in a matter of days! Cannot recommend this one enough.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

This is a fantasy romance that everyone will be wanting on their TBR list! This beauty and the beast retelling had so much more than just the one fairytale going on in it. This one was a definite page turner! And you can count on St. Clair to deliver on the romance and spice! If you’re looking for an enemies to lovers romantasy read, this is it!

This was a beauty and the beast retelling complete with some spice and other fairy tales mixed in. I loved her writing style so much. While I do wish the story was a little longer I did enjoy it. I also enjoyed the art that was scattered through it as well.

I am so in love with this book!! I could not put it down. This was an absolute page turner!! Yes! I want more like this!
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Absolutely love this take on combining fairy tales and folklore. It is just done amazingly well. It’s unique in that it takes other elements- not just Grimms which is darker to begin with.

This was probably my favorite fairy tale inspired book this year 😍

Thank you to NetGalley for giving this ARC, and this doesn’t influence my review. This was a great read, I was very hyped for the romance ;)

4.5⭐️ 3🌶️

“You do not get to leave this world of your own accord. And if you manage it, I will follow you in death and haunt you for all of eternity.”

Scarlett does it again! I don’t think there’s a single thing she could write that I wouldn’t love but I REALLY enjoyed this fairytale retelling. It was so uniquely crafted and I adored how she incorporated so many different fairy tales into one cohesive story–I lost count of all the lore I recognized and I’m sure there are even some I missed along the way.

“I wanted to beg for his touch just as much as I wanted to bury an ax in his chest.”

I really enjoyed Gesela and Casamir. Their enemies to lovers vibes combined with their undeniable draw to one another was utter perfection. Gesela was so intelligent, headstrong, witty, and resourceful while Casamir was broody and unskilled in the art of courting a woman, yet so clever and soft inside. Watching the two clash before finally coming together and all of the angst that built up while they tried to decide if the other felt the same way was everything.

“A name precedes you, and without one, you are nothing…A true name is a gift to the lover and a token to a death.”

The quest and adventure aspects of this book were so exciting and I really enjoyed the riddles, deals, traps, and trickery surrounding Gesela’s journey to find Casamir’s true name. All of the unique side characters that helped (and hindered) her along the way were fun to read about and I had a blast trying my own luck at discovering his name before Gesela did.

This was such a beautifully told novella and I really enjoyed all of the artwork incorporated into Scarlett’s detailed descriptions, making me feel fully immersed in the story. I’m thrilled that this is just our first look into the Fairyland world and I can’t wait for the rest of the novellas to release so I can devour them just as quickly as this one.

Mountains Made of Glass caught my attention because of the cover and then I read the summary and was intrigued. This was an interesting book in that takes a few different fairytales and mashes them into one story.

Gesela is the fmc and an outcast in her village. For her whole life, her village has been cursed and when it comes to her time to save the town (with dubious ways of determining who's turn it is btw) she comes face to face with a toad. Gesela's problem is that she has to kill the toad to save the town but she knows...the minute she completes the task, her days are numbered. As expected once her task is done, she comes to find out the toad was an Elven prince and his brothers have come for her seeking retribution.

As punishment, the princes banish Gesela to live with their seventh brother, the one they call the beast. Instead of being locked away, the beast offers Gesela a deal. If she can guess his true name in seven days, she can go free. As she crosses paths with all sorts of dangers (pixies, selkies, a prince) she is determined to do whatever it takes to win her freedom.

I enjoyed this story. As I mentioned it was a mashup of various fairytales but it worked and didn't feel disjointed at all. If you're looking for a new book to read, consider picking this one up.

I had heard lots of things of Scarlett St. Clair but this was my first time reading anything by them and I was pleasantly surprised!
I went in with no expectations and really enjoyed not only the story but the atmospheric setting that St. Clair created but also the characters. I really loved the darker elements to it.

This was a perfect introduction to her work.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the eARC for an honest review.

I have been dipping my toes in the waters of fantasy and this book is a great beginner book for people like me. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I am obsessed. But then again, its from Scarlett St. Clair, so I am not surprised by how enjoyable her works are.

Similar to my experience reading the Hades and Persephone retelling series, I was amazed by how seamless she wove her thought process to come up with a unique perspective. Think of the Grimms Brother version of Beauty and the Beast (among other fairytales) but also on a more nastier side - in a good way.

“𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦?” 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥.

For a book that's less than 300pages, the author was able to cover multiple points and the romance aspect wasn't all that bad, love the banters. While I liked the fairytale side of the story as well as the characters (which us rare for me, I might add) I felt a tad underwhelmed with the romance aspect of it. I just needed more development or I just probably didn't just want it to end 😅

All in all a short book worth reading for.

Another fantastic book by Scarlett St. Clair that seemed to end way too quick. This book took me into the wee hours of the morning and into my dreams. I loved the colourfully woven tapestry of fairy tales. The world building was great and I truly enjoyed all the characters basically from the beginning. There were a few loose ends though making me wonder if there will be more like this to come? I sure hope so. Thanks to netgalley for letting me review this arc early in exchange for a honest review.

If you’re familiar with Scarlett St. Clair, then you know what you’re getting into here. This is a super fun and quick read that’s perfect for people who love their folktales retellings a little dark and spicy.

I find it hard to fairly rate this given that by the end - I just wanted MORE. For me, this went by far too fast, which in some ways really added to the fable’s quality of the book. The plot and style of the writing was straightforward and simple. Once it became clear that the primary fairytale structure would be Beauty and the Beast there were few surprises.

Bite-sized and easy to enjoy as it was, all I can say is I truly hope there’s more to come in this vein from Scarlett!