Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for the eARC of Mountains Made of Glass in exchange for my honest review.

This is my first Scarlett St. Clair book and it definitely won’t be my last! I really enjoyed this fairytale retelling and feel like the author genuinely took time to research different fairytales to prepare for this book (especially if you check out the author’s note). The glossary at the beginning was an extremely nice touch as well. We love a well-researched baddie.

I was worried that the instalove trope would make this not enjoyable to read, but I found that somehow it didn’t feel too much like instalove (even though I’d absolutely was). I am a huge fan of Beauty and the Beast so I was living for this at each moment. Gesela and Casamir were sexy and so angry the whole time, but ended up becoming really soft for each other along the way.

If you enjoy quick fairytale retellings with spice, this will definitely be up your alley. I highly recommend!

4.5 stars rounded up to 5 ⭐️

Honestly, I would’ve DNF’ed this book if not for getting it through Netgalley for my honest review. I understand that it was a short novel, but that doesn’t mean you can leave out half of the story that would make it make sense. The beginning was too abrupt, it hardly made sense how Gesela’s life got to where she was, and the sexual elements were too much too quick. This was honestly just a soft core porn book, and I’m totally down with sexy time scenes in books, but these just didn’t work for me. Overall, I feel like this book could benefit from some edits/rewrites.

I loved this book I love fairy tale retelling much and then add anything written by this arthur and it's an absolute must read!!! This book was such a fast easy read I loved the main characters so much!

This was my first Scarlett St. Clair and it did not disappoint! This fully read like a Grimm fairytale, which made it so magical and fun.

The characters were so unique and honestly hilarious. The spicy scenes were done so well and I was hooked.

Honestly, this was just a short, entertaining read that I finished in a few hours. Couldn’t ask for more!

Thank you to the publishers for the copy!

I wish this was longer. I didn’t totally buy into the love between the two characters because it happens pretty fast. But this has everything I love in a fantasy. Curses, enemies to lovers, spice!

I didn’t love A Touch of Darkness but I’d probably pick up book 2 in this series.

Thank you to SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books & NetGalley for this advanced copy.

Very short and sweet!

I'm so glad to have enjoyed this given that I was a little dissatisfied with her vampy books!

This retelling was perfect and the main characters were a perfect match for each other. Clair also did a very good job with the world building and setting up the story's myths and fantasy elements.

It definitely has a dark fairytale vibe and I think most people will love it!

As a huge Beauty and the Beast fan, I loved Mountains Made of Glass

This retelling was magical, steamy, and captivating.

Gesela had faced multiple losses throughout her life and has blamed the Enchanted Forest. What she doesn't expect is one day finding herself captive to one of the forest's many monsters!

The Beast (aka Casamir) has only seven days until he loses himself unless he can find real love.

I was enthralled with this story from the first page and honestly was so sad when it ended. Scarlett St. Claire created a world I wish was real. The castle and Enchanted Forest were described perfectly and left me to imagine what it would be like to live somewhere so beautiful.

From the beginning, I couldn't put the book down, and you won't be able to either.

I highly recommend this book, and I rate it five out of five stars!

I LOVE Scarlett St Clair and was so excited to get to read this title early. I adore her writing and the way that she retells fairytales and mythology. My only complaint was that this story was short but it also allowed me to read quickly!

Well… this was a book that left me with mixed feelings. I honestly think that if this had been a full length novel, I could have truly enjoyed this story.
Let’s start with the good:
• Absolutely loved the fairytale setting and the authentic Grimm and Andersen vibes that I got while reading.
• Very original take on different fairytales, what made it an interesting read.
• I loved Gesela, our main female character. She is bad-ass and can think for herself.
• The side characters were absolutely amazing. (Wolf! Naeve! Mirror! Give me more of them!)
• No insta love feelings. And that was quite a feat. Considering it is a novella and they needed to fall in love quick.

The bad:
• This story was too short and it especially affected the romance part of the story. There was not enough time to get invested in the relationship between the characters.
• I wasn’t too keen about the sex scenes. And that is a hard one, coming for a woman who really appreciates a hot and steamy scene.
• Also the main characters were so bland. Their lives or on the line, but you wouldn’t have guessed that from their behavior.

Overall a descent novella, that actually needed to be a book.

Thank you so much to the author, publisher and netgalley to giving me the opportunity to dive into this story.

So interesting! I went in so blind and literally couldn’t put it down! I kept trying to guess his name! did feel a little bit insta-love but it was super spicy and hot

I absolutely devoured this book. As a girl who has always loved fairytales, Scarlett added so many incredible elements from different tales and her descriptions made me feel like I was in the world she created. The tension and angst was off the charts, and it had the perfect amount of spice, so it didn’t overtake the plot.

I loved the addition of the photos to add to the scenes and cannot wait to own this and add it to my shelves once the next book comes out. I own and love all her others and this is no exception. Thank you so much for allowing me the chance to read this!

I flew through this book! This is a fast paced beauty and the beast stand alone with some ~spice~. There is insta-love and some insta-spice that I was totally here for. I loved the fae/elf spin to this classic story and I loved the pictures throughout the book (they’re stunning). I would love to see other books with the remaining elf prices!! Read this in a few hours and I will 100% be reading this again.

This is my first time reading a Scarlett St. Clair book, and I’ve now realized that her style of writing her spicy scenes might not be my cup of tea. I read lots of smut, but I felt like this leaned a little more erotica than my taste. There was more smut than plot or character development. What I can say positively is that I enjoyed the illustrations and the cover is absolutely beautiful. This is probably going to be a favorite amongst her loyal fan base, but it was not for me. Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for this ARC.

I found the theory and conception of this short story to be quite interesting. It has a menagerie of various fairytales combined into a very quick and short love story. The eerie atmosphere is perfect for the fairytale vibe, and the conceptualization of the world is developed quite well. It just left me wanting more from Scarlett St. Clair.

The story moved along at a somewhat rapid pace, and left me longing for true and raw emotions, as it just didn’t seem enough time for Gisela to honestly fall in love and have the ‘happily-ever-after’ we all crave.

The cover image is gorgeous and the title is amazing, and I am a fan of Scarlett St. Clair - the Hades and Persephone series - so incredible. It just left me wanting a little more St. Clair in it.

Thank you to NetGalley, Scarlett St. Clair, and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for the ARC and the opportunity to leave my honest and unbiased review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for providing me with an eARC of Mountains Made of Glass in return for my honest opinion.

I'm going to start off with the fact that this book is short one, so a super quick read but seriously left me wanting more. I was tossing up between and 4-4.5 with this one, but ultimately gave it a 4 as I would've loved more fleshing out of the story. I do feel like there were hints within the book that there may be more to this series, so I'm going to hold on to hope that Scarlett St. Clair does have plans to continue this series.

The world building in this book was good, especially with how short the book was. I also really enjoyed the Glossary at the beginning with the "creature" descriptions and the illustrations throughout the book. I felt that these really helped with the world/character building and to the fairy-tale retelling vibe!

I felt that the idea of only having a week to fall in love with someone is a little unrealistic, but again this is a fairy-tale retelling so I'm going to give it a little slack there. I'm a sucker for an enemies to lovers (especially with a dual POV), so the love story between our two main characters Gesela and the Prince had me hooked from their first meeting. If you enjoy spice, St. Clair certainly has you covered, the spice in this book is steamy! I do wish there was more depth and development to the relationship, but due to the short nature of this story I believe it was lacking in this aspect.

I did like the undertone message in this book that every action has a consequence (or a curse in this story!).
If you enjoy dark fairy-tale retellings, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, lots of spice and shorter books, Mountains made of Glass is for you!

An interesting fairy tale retelling pulling from an assortment of different source material. A bit short but will not disappoint the author’s fans, this reviewer included! It also sets up a great new series…six more brothers to go!

Fairytale retellings are generally always a hit or miss. And I’d say this one was kind of a hit. It was a shorter book which was absolutely perfect for the story. The book seems kinda like a rumpelstiltskin retelling mixed with beauty and the beast. In this story there are many magical creatures, fae, selkies, beasts, fairys and all of the magical aspect draws you in with its wonderful world building.

Our main character Gesela lives in a cursed village whos curses have to be broken by the villagers inside and once it is her turn she breaks the curse but with an even more shocking almost to her curse of her own. She has to live with the seventh fae prince and she can only be free if she figures out his name in 7 days. I enjoyed Gesela she was a decently written character but at times she was just annoying. She was super stubborn and headstrong which is perfect for a female character but at times she just did stupid things. The prince wasn't bad either, he was pretty tolerable and getting to also see things in his persepctive put new looks on things.

The romance in this story wasn't all that for me. It was nice but so rushed (this is partially due to it being a shorter story) but it did affect my viewpoint on their romance. If they had more time to delve into their relationship I think I would've loved the romance way more!

Thank you Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Mountains Made of Glass is superbly written, and whimsically wonderful. A true fairytale for all the grown ups that still love their fairy tales. I loved this novella, with its unique world-building, classical curses with familiar but all new twists and turns. Scarlett St. Clair outdid herself with this one and you can feel the whimsy of the story take hold as you race to the ending. From the moment Gesela encounters a toad in the bottom of the cursed well, to the moment she meets the beast, it’s addictively woven to enrapture and capture. Loved it. Highly recommend this delightful tale, that is at some points so familiar but also so fresh and new.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Bloom Books and Netgalley for an ebook in exchange for an honest review.

This is a fast paced spicy fairytale retelling. It had me hooked and wanting to keep reading. I absolutely loved Gesela and Casamir’s characters. It was my favorite trope, enemies to lovers and the spice was 🥵.

Gesela’s village has been cursed for a long time. The curses are broken by the villagers but it comes with consequences. The well is dry and it is Gesela’s turn to save it by climbing in it and killing a toad. But once she kills it she realizes it wasn’t a toad. He is one of the Elven Princes. She finds this out when five of the brothers show up and her punishment is to be enslaved to the seventh brother, Casamir AKA The Beast. The beast strikes a deal with her. If she can guess his real name in seven days she can go free. What he doesn’t tell her is she has to speak it with love. That’s right, Casamir is under a curse and now it’s up to her to save him…

Mountains Made of Glass feels like every cautionary fairytale Hans Christian Anderson and the Grimm Brothers tried to warn us with (mixed with a healthy dose of spice 🌶 ).

Gesela has lived a rather cursed life and, as her luck would have it, she finds herself at the mercy of a beastly fae prince and the monsters that dwell in Fairyland.

MMOG is a captivating novella with an interesting premise, though it would have benefited by being a full length novel. A lot of concepts didn’t feel fleshed out enough to be of consequence, and any conflicts were resolved too easily.

Overall a good read, and worth a few hours of your time 👍

(Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review)