7/10

I have very different feelings about this, I mean... this was ok, even good in some ways, alas not close in another, and took me too long to read too short.

Beauty and the Beast PLUS Grimms' Tales PLUS some kind
of Alice in Wonderland, but don't count on it much PLUS typical Clair Dark Erotica.

Casamir, the prince of Thorn, a beautiful and magnificent fae alas has been cursed by the Glass Mountains. When Gesela accidentally also brutally killed one of the seven brothers, the other five send her to the cursed brother to may break it by learning the real Casamir’s name.

“There is always a curse, always a choice,”

The beast’s realm, I mean Casamir’s realm, The Kingdom of Thorn is quite a thing, with hot Selkie, goblins who love blood, fairies here and there, Wolf the raven, and Enchanted forest.

Gesela hates his jailor but this wouldn't stop her from wanting to fuck him, what was that, ah... passion and pleasure in hate!

Give it a chance if you enjoy enemy-to-lover, duel POV, short and harsh stories. I'll probably read the second book, this world and the Brothers have potential, but I really hope the next be more engaging.

Many thanks to SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books via NetGalley for giving me a chance to read the first book of Fairy Tale Retelling, Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair, my review is honest and my own.

It was a sweet-and-spicy fairytale retelling! Love how easy the plot flows, like all St Clair's books. I really enjoyed how atmospheric and fairytale-ish the setting were. LOVE how clueless Casamir and Gesela (and how hopelessly in love they are). Will there be more books in this series? Looking forward to read!

Mountains Made of Glass was the perfect amount of fairytale, horror and romance. I loved this story from start to finish. Do I wish it was a full length novel? Yes. Will I read the rest of the series? ABSOLUTELY

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC

A quick, gothic and atmospheric fairy tale retelling that I enjoyed! It's like a quick fix if you're ever looking for something (with a bit of spice) to fulfill that fairy tale craving!

This book was okay. I keep giving Scarlett St. Clair a chance and I keep being disappointed. I really like fairy tale retellings but this one just fell for me. I felt the story was disjointed bringing too many disparate stpries together. I also didn't buy the main character's development.

This was just alright. It was very middle of the road fantasy for me. I do like this author and will continue to pick up their works.

2.5 I'm a huge fan of dark fairy tales and I definitely those vibes and atmosphere I was hoping for. The beginning really captured my attention with a cursed town and the protagonist/outcast who had to battle a curse. I really liked the different trials that the town went through and the twists the author put on familiar fairy tales. The prince's castle is also wonderful and filled with a variety of dangerous and tricky creatures. Unfortunately, the romance in this fell flat for me. It didn't seem like the characters truly cared about each other, they just had physical urges (a lot and bordering on consensual or at least hate filled). As most of the plot is focused on the romance, my rating went down, but I know it was also just not my kind of romance; I wanted more of the quests, castle, and mountains. For it being a short novella, the author provides a very full plot and a lot of action and readers looking for a spicy story with dark fae and fairy tale vibes may enjoy this!

Thank you Source Books and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Warning: mild spoilers ahead

You lost me when the main character, Gesela, popped into a fae prince's home who was kind of kidnapping her but wait, he's also sexy and is aroused by a random stranger popping up out of nowhere and Gesela is scared but also horny and I'm confused as to how it suddenly became a smut but also disturbingly similar to s*xual assault? It defies all logic and I simply cannot read anymore.

I recommend this book to people who like sexy scenes and don't mind if it doesn't really make any sense.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Side note: I really started struggling whenever Gesela was trying to save the frog but then in a fit of high emotions (?) ended up murdering it instead. Like huh

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Oh wow what a great novella this was, I read it in one sitting and devoured it! The author has reworked a few fairy tales into this story with great skill. It’s easy to adore both the main characters and root for them from the beginning. Great pacing, storytelling, enemies to lovers in a whirlwind fantasy tale. Can’t wait to read the others!!

Gesela’s village has been cursed time and time again and, each time a villager is chosen to break one of the curses, something terrible happens. When the village well goes dry, it’s Gesela’s turn to break the curse by killing the toad that lives at the bottom. Of course, nothing is as it seems in fairytales, and the toad was really one of the seven Elven princes of Fairyland under a curse of his own. As punishment, the other princes banish her to live with their seventh brother, the one they call “the beast”.

Gesela expects to be thrown into a dungeon by a monster, but instead is offered a deal: guess the beast’s true name in 7 days and she will be free. But, of course, in order to free him of his own curse she must also fall in love with him.

Although that last part looks a lot like a Beauty & the Beast retelling, this short story really managed to blend in and reference a bunch of different fairytales, which I really enjoyed. As a retelling, it was perfect.

As a romance, however, I felt like it was too much. The moment their eyes meet they’re already lusting for each other. I know it’s a short story, but it needed a little more slow burn to actually work and feel like the romance had a minimum foundation. We could’ve dropped a few of the hate-fucking scenes and added a little more substance to the romance and the story as a whole. At least spend a day together before pinning for each other, people.

That being said, it did grip me and managed to make me want to keep reading, which unfortunately isn’t something very common these days. The fact that it is a short story made it so that there couldn’t be dull moments and I really enjoyed reading it. I look forward to reading the stories on the other 6 brothers if they are short and quick like this one.

I really like Scarlett St. Clair's „Touch of Darkness“ series and that's why I was dying to read her new book. The blurb and the mixing of the many different fairy tales just sounded very interesting and I was curious how the author would implement it without losing track of all the different fairytales. Unfortunately, I sometimes had the feeling that everything was a bit much. A few times I had lost the overview while reading and some things were dealt with in a rushed manner. It was extremely noticeable that this book was only a little over 200 pages.

There were many different tropes in the book and anyone who likes enemies to lovers and spicy retellings will get their money's worth here. There isn't too little of that. Gesela was my favorite character in the book. She was tough, had strength and didn't give up, no matter how difficult the situation was. The love story in the book had an absolute Insta Love feeling but I could absolutely relate to the two pages.

Mountains made of glass was a nice, spicy book for in between and fans of Scarlett St. Clair will definitely enjoy the book.

I mean, I'll always love creepy, spooky fae. This was a little too short for me to be super invested in the characters, but I'm interested in seeing where it'll go in the future.

Big thanks to Scarlett St. Clair and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for a review.

I'm a sucker for dark fairy tales and this one hit the spot.

I love the twisted plots taking over the old as time stories we've all read a million times. Beauty and the beast meets Cinderella and becomes the magic that SSC pulls together time and time again.

Loved this fantasy short story. It has the dark fantasy aspects of death and loss and also the happiness of finding a fated love.
The story is such a fun and quick read especially after heavy dark fantasy books. Scarlett always does amazing. I loved this so much I wish it was longer.
Read this if you love dark fairytale retellings.

Scarlett St. Clair can do no wrong in my opinion. Though a novella, it had everything I wanted from her. The world building was great, the twist on Grimm fairytales was delightful and spooky, it had romance, suspense, and kept me on my toes. Gesela is feisty and Casamir is dark and dangerous and delicious. Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, captive, this barely 300 page book hit all the checkmarks.

A great fairy tale retelling with Scarlett St. Clair's signature style and steam. I can't wait to read the rest of this series. If you like fairy tale retellings and morally grey heroes, this is for you!

Rating: 4.5/5
I received an eARC for my honest opinion.

If you like darker fantasy, retellings, romance, amazing vivid details, great characters, and a short read. I would highly recommend this book to you.

This is the first book of the newest fantasy romance series, and it was just as I thought it would be, freakin amazing. I really enjoyed that this book had inspiration from other fairy tales/lore. However, the main one would be Beauty and the Beast. This book is shorter, but it did not lack in worldbuilding, the well-developed characters. I thought the dual POV was done great, I didn’t have a hard time understanding the transition between the characters. I really enjoyed the scenes where Casimir was trying to figure out how to make a female love him. He is such a beast but deep down you can see the sweetheart in him and at least he is a sexy one as well. Gesela is feisty, and fierce. She doesn’t back down and isn’t scared to ask the hard questions that most wouldn’t. I didn’t mind at all the steamy scenes in the book, and I thought they were well written, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from the author. I loved the dark and twisted version of this fairy tale, and the author nailed it. Can’t wait to read the next book in the series.

I want to thank NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the opportunity to review this book.

The book is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and the closest comparison I have to it is ACOTAR. Our main character, Ela, has absolutely no one in the world. Her sister and her parents are dead, and the village seems to fear her family and the woods surrounding them. A curse claims a villager every year, egged on, of course, by the more powerful sacrificing the weaker ones, and this year it's Ela's turn.

Instead of kissing the frog (I loved the inclusion of that tale), Ela has to kill it, which she does. But the frog has six elven brothers ready to avenge him, with five of them appearing to send her to their brother, the beast of the story, as a slave. Ela can either be free in a week if she guesses his name right, or he'll forget his name and fade into oblivion, but she doesn't know that for the most part.

We know how the story will go; this is a fairy tale retelling; there is a happy ending. But there is a reason why we read and don't use those stupid book summary apps; we enjoy the path the author takes to get us there. St Clair builds a good worldbuilder! She grounds it things we've heard about and then takes it away from there to something magical and horrible at the same time. Wolf is the only decent thing there; everyone wants something and is constantly bartering to get it, whether that is the selkie or even the prince. Nothing is gentle and pretty; beautiful things are cruel, as is expected of them.

The fairy tale elements keep coming in with a sentient magic mirror and the beast's acquaintances that remind him that the way to win a woman's heart is probably not just through cruelty; you need to be gentle and have tact and patience and a bunch of other things. In that regard, I also felt for the prince and his role in this fairytale; a prisoner trying to return to a princess he does not love.

Fundamentally, Mountains Made of Glass is the adult version of Beauty and the Beast and is done well enough for me to understand this author's hype. I thoroughly recommend it, and I'm leaving it four stars out of five, and I will try to start A Touch of Darkness soon!

A quick read and I always love retellings. Perfect for fans of romantasy and an easy read in one sitting.

I went into this book with the wrong expectations, so it really is my fault that I didn't like it much. The only other book I've read by Scarlett St. Clair is King of Battle and Blood, and I really enjoyed. I've been looking for a book that's similar/gives me the same experience as I had reading KOBAB, and I haven't had any luck. I thought because this is the same author this book would at least have the same writing style or some similar attributes, but that's really not true. However, I did really enjoy the spooky atmosphere of the book and the fact that it's a fairytale retelling, as well as the fact that this was a shorter read. Overall, I thought this was alright, but probably wouldn't have picked it up if I knew about it what I know now.