A short piece that does a good job with the premise, but underbakes the characters just a bit. Not a bad time, but I prefer my romance with more meat.

Firstly, I’d like to say how much I adore this cover! It’s so lovely and I couldn’t stop staring at it while reading the book.

Secondly—this book! I was nervous because this has been an anticipated read of mine but I had no reason to be. I enjoyed the main characters and their relationships. Scarlet does such a beautiful job curating these endearing and wonderful characters with seemingly real personalities and ambitions. I absolutely busted out laughing so many times! This book was so fun, eerie and swoony!

I loved this! It was such a fun read and I got sucked immediately! It kept my attention and I couldn't put it down! It wasn't a long read and I finished it in one sitting! I will definitely read anything this author published!

This was a fun read! I usually read longer books, but I really enjoyed this short,
fast paced tale! I loved all the inspiration from different fairytales and stories. It was dark and spicy, yet sweet and whimsical at times! Even though it was a shorter book, there was a lot of interesting world building that I’m excited to explore more in the next books! I can’t wait to read more of these delicious fairytales from Scarlett St. Clair!

Finished this book in one day, I could not put it down. It was an easy read with plenty of spice and a great plot.

This a quick-spicy-fairytale/retelling mixed with some dark fantasy.. love the world building and characters..
The story is alluring.. is intriguing .. and is a helluva HOT ..
7 brothers 7 kingdoms
Curses
Magic
Lord Prince
Hate/love
Enemies to lovers
Sensual/ seductive
Closed-off heart.
A beauty and the beast retelling in the most darkest, spiciest and addictive way.
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Special thanks to publishers and #netgalley for giving me this ARC in exchange of my honest opinion.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

CW: kidnapped, death of sibling, non-consensual voyeurism, death of family, grief

I would recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)

-m/f fairytale novella
-hate sex
-BATB vibes
-grumpy magical elf prince

I enjoyed this dark fairytale retelling. There were hints of a bunch of different fairy tales. Dark, with a bit of adventure and magic that had me turning the page to see how things would work out. Very curious to see what will happen with the next prince.

Thank you NetGalley and Bloom Books for a copy of this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

I love Scarlett St. Clair and her books. I am partly through Hades x Persephone and love each book. I was so excited to see she is writing fairytale retellings. This was a short read. The beginning cut to the chase without much back story. I loved the characters and wish this would've been a full story. It was lacking the emotional depth between the characters. They went from hating each other to loving each other with not much development in the plot.

Overall, if you're looking for a spicier retelling novella, this is for you! I am very excited to see where she decided to take the other novellas!

Mountains Made of glass is a fairytale retelling of beauty and the beast mixed with some other dark fairy tales. This book is a really great quick dark fantasy retelling. The writing was smooth and entertaining, keeping me wanting to read until the very end. I look forward to reading more from Scarlett St. Clair in the future.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this e-ARC in exchange for my honest review of this book!

I'm a sucker for a good fairytale retelling especially when it comes to spicy retellings. This book gave me mixed emotions I will say.

Overall, I liked the fairytale aspects and the blending of the familiar with some unique stories. This book was a super quick and easy read. I thought the spicy content was decent throughout. I really liked the concept and the characters for the most part. I will say there wasn't much of a plot besides the "romance".

I will say I thought the pacing was wonky. It moved really fast, and in my opinion it made the romance awkward and rushed at times. The world-building was also weak. The world felt very vast and complex, but it wasn't really explained or elaborated on. For the length of this book, I feel like the world was too intricate. It also felt like the "conflict" of this book was super random and rushed.

In the end, I liked the simplicity of the plot and the overall length. However, I did struggle with the pacing and the lack of world-building. I will most likely continue on with this series as it comes out. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a nice, spicy yet simple fantasy retelling.

Overall Rating: 4.2/5

Thank you NetGalley for providing a free copy against an honest review.

3 1/2 ⭐️

I was intrigued by the blurb - I’ve read books by the author before so I started reading immediately.

The story is told by Gesela and the Prince of Thorns POVs.

The book is very spicy and the plot is driven by the lust of the two main characters.

Other than that not much happens, most of the book is uneventful and I feel like the ending is rushed.

I enjoyed that more than one fairytale was included in this retelling: Magic mirror (Snow White), Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstilzchen.

I would definitely give another retelling a chance if the author decides to keep this series going.

3.5/5 ⭐️ (ARC Review)

I feel like I've been saying this a lot lately but it’s just how I feel. A lot of books are good in theory like the tropes and plot sound right up my alley but the execution falls a little! In this case it might be because of how short the book was. I will say I loved the spooky, retelling vibes but the romance and the world building lacked again I think due to the length of the book. I was thoroughly entertained the whole read ❤️ I would recommend this book if you love Scarlett’s other books :)

Thank you to Source books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review

I very much enjoyed this! I love short stories and when a popular romantacy author tries to make short stories more popular, you bet I'm going to support them!

Mountain Made of Glass follows Gesela and the seventh prince, the Prince of Thorns. After she tries to lift the curse on her village by killing the frog in the pond, Gesela is captured by the Prince of Thorn and kept prisoner for killing his brother (the frog). But soon, she finds out that the Prince of Thorn, or Casamir, needs her help in guessing his true name before he forgets it. In those seven days, Casamir needs to woo her in order for her to say his name with love and lift the curse.

I loved the interactive part of this story! Guessing Casamir's true name alongside Gesela was fun and challenging. The story is very much an insta-love fuck fest, but let's be honest. We need those stories in our lives once in a while ;) I'm very interested in the rest of the short stories!

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for a honest review! This book was a dark, fast paced fairytale and I couldn’t put it down! The author incorporated different themes and details from many fairytales and lore. It made the whole story intriguing and exciting! The world building was wonderfully done. The spice in this book was more than I expected and it was fantastic! SO HOT! I’m excited for more books set in this world!

This book was such a fun and fast read! Fairy tales, especially involving fae are my favorite, and enemies to lovers is one of my all time favorite tropes to read. Although it was short, it had a great amount of detail, plot, and spice, and it kept me wanting more.
That's the onlv downside to shorter books, is that it leaves you wanting more, but at least it wasn't crazy long with a lot of useless information! I would definitely give this book a go if fairy tales are for you!

Gesela's village in the Enchanted Forest is cursed. Each curse requires a person to break it for the good of the village, but each curse breaker must pay a price. When the well goes dry, it's Gesela's turn to step up and kill the toad at the bottom. Kill the toad and the water will return....it returned but with the five brothers of the cursed fairy prince she'd killed. Her price is to now become the prisoner of the seventh brother 'the beast' for seven years.

All Gesela wants is her freedom from the men who think they can dominate her life, first the disgusting village sheriff and now the fairy princes. The Beast offers her a challenge: guess his true name in a week's time and break his curse or fulfill the original price. Can she free herself and her Beast or will the price of this be too much?

What I loved:
-I'm obsessed with retellings, but St. Clair has a flair for breathing new life into storylines as old as time (if you get my drift).
-The details. St. Clair is a master of making you feel like you're the one traipsing through the magical forests.
-For a shorter book, I was hooked the entire time. This story is packed with action and spiciness that you don't seem to notice the books length.

Worth the read and I'm impatiently waiting for the next installment.

My thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I love Scarlett St. Clair and her writing! And overall I thought this was a good novella; not great. I say not great bc as its deemed a novella it is inherently shorter than a typical novel, a lot felt rushed that could have been expanded more in my opinion. I enjoyed the characters especially the mirror and although this was a bit of smut with a plot it still leaves me waiting and wanting more novellas in this space.

3.5 ⭐️

Thank you to Bloom Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of Mountains Made of Glass!

I loved the fairytale retelling vibe this book had, as I’ve always been a big sucker for a good fairytale. The world and storytelling was very mystical and I loved the inclusion of the many different species within the world.

I wish this book wasn’t a novella, because I think it had serious potential to be a very detailed and incredible story, but it fell flat for me. The story was way too fast and I couldn’t connect with any of the characters. The romance was too unbelievable, and there wasn’t a lot of world-building, so I just didn’t fully understand what was happening.

This was my first book by Scarlett, and although I didn’t love it, I really look forward to reading her other books!

This is a quick spicy read! If you are looking for a short read that has a nice mix of spice and plot I think this book is perfect. Given its size, it sets up the continuation of the series, but never goes very in depth with anything. It also has a lot of fairytales references which makes it even more fun to read. I also liked that there was a darkness too it that brings back feelings of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen tales... I am excited for the author to continue with the other brothers!

4⭐️

It’s novella that inspired by many fairytale retelling which is so interesting and genius!! I love that on the author’s note, she explains which fairytale inspire certain scene in this novella. I’m hoping that this will turned into some kind of series because we still have 5 brothers left!!! Can’t wait to see how the author will explore the world and connect all the missing puzzle at the end!

As for the characters, i can say that both of Gesela and Casimir are not easy to like. They both turned hot & cold within paragraph… and it’s not only one or two times. I do understand their reluctant for trying to get to know each other and stuff but the hot&cold act were just too much at some point that it makes me really hard to get through the book especially when i’m currently on reading slump🤡

BUT, it does get better eventually. I love the banter between Casimir and the mirror, it’s like an unlikely friendship between these two but it somehow works. I wonder how the missing pieces of mirror will act towards the other brother tho. Does the mirror have its own separate feeling? or is it reflected on the owner’s needs? Because i feel like the mirror in Casimir is just trying to be there for him🥺

It always interesting to have a riddle in book even when i’m too dumb to guess it right:((( But i’m so excited everytime Gesela got the clue from Casimir!! More book with riddles in fantasy, please!!!

Thankyou for the author and publisher for this arc!!