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!

I wish this could have been longer. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairytale and i was excited for this retelling twist. I didn't really see the romance but there definitely was spice from the very beginning!

Another winning book from Scarlett St Clair.

If there’s anything I love as much as Greek mythology, it’s fairytales and I would 10/10 recommend this.

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This beautiful retelling was many symbols and representation of classic tales that many would not know of including me. This beautiful book will test you of how far are you willing to go to get your freedom. But what happens when the charm and the growth of a prince makes you second guess wanting true freedom!!
Scarlett has done it again with a new series and her dedication of basically why the hell not allows you to know what is to come and the love she has for this world.

Side note. Right now it is of ebook release. Once book 2 of this series comes out there will be a book released with both of them. I do understand that there is a few conventions that may have limited OG paperback of MMOG.

This was an okay short read. Probably took me a bit longer than it should have but I don't think it was too much the book's fault. It was an interesting mix of fairy tales put into one and I enjoyed the concept. I didn't love the characters but they were not bad and there was an interesting cast of them, I especially enjoyed Wolf who was a wolf but not a wolf.

I know there is only so much you can do with pacing in a short novella such as this but the story really fell short for me because of the time frame it was crammed into. I wish there could have been more development with the characters and the romance. I'm also not super satisfied with the way it ended. I don't know if I missed something but it seemed to me that the girl, Elsie, I think her name was, was treated a bit harshly regardless of being spared raining glass. I thought she was a friend??

This was my first read from Scarlett and I did think the writing was done well so I will be trying some of her full-length novels and I look forward to it!

Thanks, Netgalley for the ARC!

<b>Actual Rating: 3.5⭐</b>

If you’re looking for a quick, simple and spicy dark fairytale retelling then you can give this one a try.

I admit the world building was fascinating to explore with danger lurking in every corner. The forest gives the sense of enchanting and magical but also felt spooky and mysterious at the same time.

So many elements from various fairytale you might be familiar here right from the character’s name, the name of some places and even right down to some events that occur here.

As for the characters, to be honest I don’t really feel connected to them. The main characters lack of depth and I wish the length of the book was longer to get to know them better.
Nevertheless, I really like the side characters like the Mirror and the Brownie which liven up the story with their bantering with the prince by trying their best to help him woo the FMC – Gesela.

As for the romance aspect, while it’s not a straight insta-love, I felt their relationship progress slightly too fast.
Once again I wish the length of the book is longer to make room for the main characters to explore their feelings toward each other instead of only showing the high sexual tension between the two of them.

Overall, it’s a pretty good retelling and I finished reading it in just one day.
If there’s a sequel, I’d be interested to read it again because the world building is impressive by combining different fairytale element into this one story.

⚠️ 𝐓𝐖: sexual content, violence, murder, death, grief, blood, animal death, toxic relationship

<i>I received an advanced review copy for free through Netgalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Huge thank you to the author and publisher!</i>

"Could you love me?" he whispered. The question stole my breath and burned my lungs in the silence that followed.
I wanted to answer, to whisper yes into the space between us, but I was afraid.

You guys!!!! Scarlett St Clair does not disappoint, especially with this enemy to lovers, little bit of spice novella.!
Thank you to the author, netgalley, and publisher for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

Short, entertaining, spicy romantasy! Enjoyed the darker fairy tale vibes!

What you can expect:

Morally grey MMC
Magical world with fae, pixies, etc
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Enemies to lovers

What a fun (and spicy) hate to love, Beauty and the Beast retelling! A quick read too! Once you start, you won't want to stop! It also had hints of Rumplestiltzkin which I loved! Can't wait for the next installment!

You can never go wrong with Fairytales and Fae. This author is a master at weaving brilliant stories from fantasy and mythology.

What I loved:
It’s well thought out and written
Great side character
Steamy bits
I’m a fan of novellas, so the length worked for me

Overall, a quick and imaginative read!

Retelling of beauty and the beast storyline. It was my first book by the author and it was an okay read. Liked the characters but plot seemed a little confusing to me. Quick read for sure.