Red and Her Wolf by Marie Hall (Kingdom Series #3)

I got this book through Lendle and boy did it take a long time to get it, but it was worth it.  I think it is around 200 pages so it is a fairly quick read.  This book followed the third guy in “The Bad Five” which is the Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood.  Of course, it has Marie Hall’s twist on it so it is not at all the fairy tale that you remember.

Brief Synopsis:

The heroine of this story is kind of an anti-heroine.  She is “little red riding hood”.  Her name is Violet, but some call her the Heartsong.  The Heartsong is the incarnation of all the black magic from The Ten (the top ten most powerful fairies) and one of The Ten wants to kill the Heartsong to steal all that power.  The rest of The Ten attempt to keep her safe.  I am actually not sure how long of a time span that Violet is hidden away but one period lasted over 500 years!  The problem is that The Big Bad Wolf (we will call him Ewan from now on) found out that Violet is his mate and is going mad looking for her!  There is a plan for Violet that she will need Ewan to make it through, but Violet hates Ewan.  She has some memories of him that are skewed that has caused this hate for 500 years.  He has to win her over before the end.  There is so much more to the story line, but I’m not going to go into that here.

The next book in the series is about Jinni.  I really can’t wait to read Hook’s story.   

Gerard's Beauty by Marie Hall (Kingdom Series #2)

4 Stars

This is the second novella in this series with five planned.  The first was about the mad hatter and his Alice.  I absolutely loved that one.  This one is about a character called Gerard Caron who is a part of the story of Beauty and the Beast but due to his dealings with a malicious fairy, his part has been erased from the story.

He is a bit of a man whore which gets him into a bit of trouble with that same malicious fairy and he is on a month probation in which he must get his mate, Betty Hart to fall in love with him.  I really like Betty Hart, she is a librarian and has a mind of her own. 

Favorite quote (this one sounds weird, but there was a lot of banter back and forth between Gerard and Betty which turned into loving banter and I am a sucker for loving banter ):

“You talk too much, harpy.”

Her Mad Hatter by Marie Hall

5 stars

This was a super quick read (I think it is listed at 129 pages), but (or maybe it’s not a “but”, but an “and”) I absolutely loved it.  Since seeing Tim Burton’s re-make of Alice in Wonderland (which the author gives a nod to), I’ve wanted the Mad Hatter to have a happily ever after.  This first book is free (right now), and I was absolutely pleasantly surprised. 

The book starts off by introducing the series through a fairy godmother (Danika) to “bad boys” which includes Mad Hatter, Hook, the Big Bad Wolf, Gerard (I don’t know who he is) and…someone else…there are five of them.  Something bad will happen (not quite sure what, perhaps we find out later) if those five “bad boys”.  It’s a genie!  That is the fifth guy.  His name is Jinni. 

Ok so this book is the Mad Hatter’s.  He can change Wonderland with a thought and his moods.  He is slowly going mad and loves to quote Edgar Alan Poe.  I loved reading about Wonderland. 

Favorite quote:
"He means nonoe of what he says and only half of what he doesn't."

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