Really hoped I would love this one because the premise was so promising (beauty and the beast retelling), and I found it to be good, not great.

My brain is in a state of twirling like the Apple computer trying to boot orders. I'm just well...sigh.

Thank you to the author, NetGalley, & Bloom Books for the eARC in return for an honest review! All thoughts are my own.

Okay so...I honestly can't tell quite yet if I want to file this away in my Meh folder or keep it squirreled away in an undefined folder until the next one comes out. I see so so so much potential here that didn't quite reach that zenith of greatness for me. I liked the story retelling with its qualities of Beauty and the Beast (even though that particular story is getting far too much love in the retelling department), tantalizing fae loveliness, spicy heat, and maybe hints of Wonderland/Rumpelstiltskin. Maybe the disconnect is in the quick delivery. I think this is one that must be read and to each their own because I can see where some will be immediately on board and some (like me) that need a bit more of the story to become invested.

Definitely worth the read and we'll see where it goes. REVIEW TO BE CONTINUED!!!

No Regrets! 3 out of 5 stars

This was a short, interesting, magic-filled romp! I came away from it wishing for more, but what was on the page was plenty enjoyable.

Gesela lives alone on the edge of a small town full of curses. When the villagers force her to break the curse that’s dried up the town’s well by killing the toad living at the bottom, the consequences are dire. Not a toad, after all, but one of seven elven princes, whose brothers come to exact revenge. They dump Gesela with the seventh cruel and beastly brother, in his Kingdom of Thorns. This elven prince, Casamir, is under a curse of his own. Find a maiden who can fall in love with him and guess his true name, else his name will be lost forever and he will forget himself.

It all sounds highly promising, as far as premises go. Unfortunately, the fact that we’re confined to the length of a novella means that there really isn’t time to go about crafting the story with the amount of depth I usually look for in this genre. There wasn’t time to build chemistry between the characters in a way that feels authentic and gratifying. They just ended up sort of… magically, instantly horny for each other. And there were a lot — a LOT — of fairytale references and magical beings from a variety of cultures and source material… It’s clear from the author’s notes that she researched extensively for this story. The end result was more of a hodgepodge of borrowed lore, though, rather than a story that felt cohesive with intentional details.

Given that the author plans to write novellas for the remaining six elven princes, it’s possible that more of this detail and structured worldbuilding will come in the future. But at this point, I’m left wondering why the book was even titled “Mountains Made of Glass” when the Glass Mountains made all of two brief cameos in this book, neither of which bore much importance to the plot. Everything ultimately came together a bit haphazardly, though it was still an interesting world to peek into.

Will I read the next novella when it’s published? …Probably. I do love fairytales, and grumpy princes who fall reluctantly in love with stubborn main characters. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the author pulls back on the reins a bit, though, to put together a story with more focus and less background noise.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the DRC!

I didn't love this one. It seems this author is very hit or miss for me - I didn't love their Hades and Persephone story, but their vampire series is a favorite! I think this story would have benefitted from being in a longer format.

Pretty sure this is supposed to be a rumplestilskin retelling?
Listen this book was not it for me. As soon as she saw this guy it was like instant lust. I just did not like this.

Scarlett St Clair writes books that keep me up at night and Mountains Made of Glass is no exception. I have no idea how she does it and I'm in love with this series!

I love fairytale retellings and I love Scarlett St. Clair! I was super pumped for this and it did not disappoint at all!!

The world building, like all worlds she builds was phenomenal! The characters were great! You can't go wrong with anything she writes!

If you're in the mood for a quick, dark, spicy fairytale retelling, I highly recommend this!!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Incredible world building. Had a blast and loved all the influences. Scarlett is really into something here and I hope to see more of this style from her.

When I hear that the story will be a retelling I'm always getting excited about what the author will do with the concepts applied in the story. In Mountains Made of Glass, there will be a lot of them, and I think this makes it somehow hard to follow to me.
Gesela had lived in a cursed village and now she decided to do something about it - this was the beginning of her quest. On her way to save the village, she killed a toad... but this was a cursed prince! She needs to be punished and gets sent to the mansion of the Beast - that is a seventh-eleven prince, who was also cursed. A lot of cursed stuff right?
A plot was something that should be more on the spot here, as in some parts it felt like the erotic / smut part was overcoming other parts of the story - I think this was my biggest issue, but there was also the other one - beginning that was not introducing wholely the works set by the author, but provided a piece here, a piece there. Only in the later part of the book, I started feeling a connection with the characters and plot.

Received and EARC in exchanged for my honest review.

I LOVE a fairy retelling! However, I just didn't really like this one. The spice felt off and way too fast paced. The book was too short and moved way too fast. I actually wanted more plot and more world building. Not my favorite by the author

Beauty and the Beast retelling. The story was an interesting idea but I got bored in the middle and it just ended okay.

Mountains Made of Glass is not a Disney love story

MMOG is not Beauty and the Beast… it’s SO MUCH BETTER.
I picked up Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair ready to read a few chapters and go to bed, but I couldn’t stop reading until I finished it. It took about five pages for me to realize I was all in.

Gesela doesn’t trust the Enchanted Forest—it’s taken too much from her. After losing her parents and her sister, she has kept to herself, living recluse and avoiding developing bonds with anybody in her village. However, when the village’s well goes dry because of a series of curses the town is under, the villagers decide it’s Gesela’s turn to chip in by killing the toad inside the well.

Gesela kills the toad but then it turns out the toad is an Elven prince under a curse, and his brothers come to Gesela to seek retribution. And her punishment is to go live with a seventh brother, who they all call the beast. The only way for Gesela to escape this beast is to guess his name in seven days.

The beast has seven days to make Gesela fall in love with him, or he will lose himself forever. But he is called the beast for a reason; because he doesn’t have a single Casanova bone in his body. Fortunately for Gesela and us, this man/fae is physically irresistible. In true Scarlett St. Clair form, she made us fall in love with the captor and throw our moral compass out the window in exchange for some undeniable sexual chemistry.

“Choke me,” I said. He did not need encouragement, and I had expected this because since our first encunter, he had had an obsession with my neck.
Gesela
This story is fast-paced, creative and magical. Readers will recognize elements of many famous fairytales and Grimm stories in Mountains Made of Glass. If you love a morally grey spicy dark fantasy romance, I suggest you pick this one up ASAP.

Mountains Made of Glass was a good steamy novella that intertwined many different fairy tales into the story. The main couple misunderstood each other for a big part of the story, but they were both thrown into the situation together so it makes sense. The scenes where they were trying to get to know each other though were some of my favorite moments of the book. This is my first work by St. Clair and can’t wait to read her other series that I have!

“She makes me feel like it won’t matter if I have a name or not. So long as I know her, I will know myself.”

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This novella was everything you could want to scratch the itch of a classic fairytale with a dark, violent Grimm twist!!

Spicy from start to finish we follow Gesela as she is thrown down the well in her town as a sacrifice out of spite for not accepting the romantic advances of the sheriff. She completes the task given to her, killing the toad at the bottom of the well, only to find out he was actually a fae prince and finds herself cursed and imprisoned by the seventh brother. He himself, however, is cursed to die in only a few days time if his true love does not learn his true name.

Seriously, if you’re looking for a quick, spicy, dark, fairytale don’t miss out on this one. It was more than worth the binge and I cannot wait for the rest of the stories!!

I was super excited for this novella, having a love of the darker side of fairytale retellings.. Mountains Made of Glass did NOT disappoint!
Tam telling you, ¡ enjoyed reading this so so much! It was romantic, and dark, and lovely, and horrific, and just everything didn't know I needed and was so happy I found.
I tend to read books super fast no matter how much I like them. I kept forcing myself to put this down so that it wouldn't be over. I truly enjoyed reading it so much.
Im also so excited to read the next book, which Scarlett has said will feature one of the other brothers. Eek!
Huge thank you to Scarlett and team for sending me an ARC of this novella! loved it!

I absolutely loved this book! Such an awesome conglomerate of fairytales! Enemies to lovers with duel POV. Such a fun read with fantasy, romance, suspense, and horror. Kept me on my toes the whole time! I can’t wait until the next one!

This book surprised me and I don’t even know why. Scarlett St Clair is an auto buy author for me. The MMC is chiefs kiss. The beauty and the beast aspect is one of my favourite retelling and the puzzles and mystery and tension soooo good. Don’t trust anyone. So so good.
Thank you for writing this smutty masterpiece.

I've had th priviledge of enjoying every one of Scarlett St. Clair's novels and to no suprise this one did not dissapoint. Mountains Made of Glass was a bit of a shorter novel but I feel like I can read this one over and over again. The way that St. Clair writes her reteling or any fairytale-esque novel feels so authentic and real and I've always read her books in single sittings. This one in particular is super easy re-read, it hooks right from the beginning and doesnt dissapoint.

This was a slow start for me, I think mostly because I'm unfamiliar with the fairytale/folklore than was the inspiration, but it ended up being even more beautiful than I thought a novella could be. Perfect for anyone looking to read an adult fairytale.

Thanks to Bloom Books and Netgalley for my chance to review.

A really fun beauty and the beast retelling! It did feel a little ACOTAR for me, but in a good way! The enmities to lovers ways great!