Well, I loved this. It's short and sexy, and I really liked our two leads. I'd love more stories of the other brothers, histrom-style. Give me a whole series. Bonus points for the blunt brutality that a fairytale should is right to have.

⭐️: 3/5
🌶️: 🌶️🌶️

This was such a short, fast paced & steamy retelling! I still can’t decide if I enjoyed it or not. I feel like there was a lot missing! I know it’s a short novella retelling but it lacked so many details I really wanted! I think if it would’ve been like 40 pages longer or so it would’ve been perfect.

It’s definitely an instant love kinda thing so if you’re not into that this isn’t the retelling for you 😂 it’s also a dual POV and easy to tell who is narrating in each chapter but they’re not labeled as such and that really bothered me. But that’s a personal preference.

And I love the ending 😂 I was hoping for something like that to happen. I love a good HEA!!

Thank you sourcebooks bloom books, NetGalley & Scarlett St. Clair for sending me this ebook in exchange for my honest review!

Mountains Made of Glass is the first book in Scarlett St. Clair's newest series, Fairy Tale Retelling. As the series title lets you know, it is all about fairy tales but with Ms. St. Clair's spin on them. In this first book, she tackles Beauty and the Beast.

Ms. St. Clair does not just retell the tale as old as time. In Mountains Made of Glass, she also plays around with the story of Rumpelstiltskin. And she doesn't stop there. Showcasing her love of all things mythical and fantastic, you will also see Slavic and Irish creatures appear throughout the story. When Ms. St. Clair retells a fairy tale, she makes it uniquely hers.

The essential Beauty and the Beast story remains intact in Mountains Made of Glass. A young woman must stay in the mansion of the Beast until he releases her. There are no talking teapots, but we do have a magic mirror and a delightfully snarky brownie named Naeve. The Beast has to make the girl fall in love with him to break a curse. Yada, yada, yada.

The changes Ms. St. Clair brings to the tale add a layer of complexity to this simple tale. For one, the Beast in Mountains Made of Glass is an elven prince. Except, one could make the argument that the Beast could also be the heroine, Gesela. Both are fiery, fiercely independent, easily angered, and downright nasty around other humans. Both are beautiful, and both are beastly. More importantly, they both need something from the other to escape their individual curses.

It wouldn't be a novel by Scarlett St. Clair if it weren't spicy, and here too, Ms. St. Clair does not disappoint. In fact, I think she has a lot of fun torturing her two characters in that regard, as both are too proud to cede any iota of control to the other. What I appreciate the most, however, is not the sensual torture but the fact that no matter how desperate they are to have at each other, they both take the time to obtain consent. It's a little thing, but it means so much in the battle against rape culture.

At 219 pages, Mountains Made of Glass is a fast and fun read. I found it particularly fun to see the changes Ms. St. Clair wrought in this famous tale while maintaining some of the humor from the Beast learning what it is to be human and feel something other than anger. After whipping through this first book and thoroughly enjoying myself, I look forward to seeing what other fairy tales Ms. St. Clair plans to retell in this series.

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.