A fast-paced and steamy Beauty and the Beast retelling with fae, Elven princes, dark magic, and a lot of tension. I loved the world-building and the characters fit into this really quick read. This was my first Scarlett St. Clair read and I will absolutely be reading more!

Thank you Netgalley for providing a digital ARC.

4⭐️ 4🌶️

Tropes:
- Who did this to you
- Enemies to Lovers
- Dual POV
- Forced Proximity
- Grumpy/Sunshine
- Cursed Kingdom
- One horse
- Hate fucking

Who doesn’t love spicy fairytale retellings?! Because I am such a sucker for them and Scarlett did not disappoint. There is vibes from many different fairytales but the one I got the most was Beauty and the Beast. She did not come to play with this series omg. I loooooove love looooove Touch of Darkness and it is def spicy but this was all smut with a side of plot.. I’d say about a 70-30 ratio and it was perfect. Highly recommend for anyone looking to do a palate cleanser or a quick smutty read in between series.

The sheer amount of tropes in this book were absolutely delicious. The mirror ngl was such a side character 😂😂😂 when it started crying I about lost all my sanity and busted out laughing so hard I got hiccups. I also need to consider why I loved him calling her “creature” so much because that is not a cute nickname at all 👀💀

I’ve come to realize I have a FERRAL thing for FLCs that constantly throw hands at the MMC when they act dumb (which is always cause you know— men) and this FMC was so badass when it came to putting him on his place. I do wish to one day throw a drink at someone 😂 seems so fun.

This was short, fun and so easy to read. I am beyond excited for this series.

This book was an atmospheric, dark fairytale. The spice level of this was a little more than I prefer compared to the length of the book and the plot, but if that had been removed or toned down I think I would have absolutely loved this book! I loved how the writing made it truly feel like a fairytale that is magical and terrifying with sinister elements. It’s part beauty and the beast retelling and I loved the banter between the staff and the “beast.” It was humorous and enjoyable. Overall, I liked this book quite a bit more than I originally thought but also not the perfect book for me. If you like your spice ramped up you will probably like this book.

I received this audiobook in exchange for my review from Netgalley

In the Elven lands, nothing is what is seems…sentient mountains, a hawk that’s really a wolf and those who will do whatever it takes to escape. Can she guess his true name and learn to love before time runs out?
This one was an entertaining and quick read. The characters themselves were well developed. I love how the beast spoke to the mirror. Gesela made some stupid decisions, but I kind of loved that about her. I did feel the romance was a bit rushed, but that is what usually happens with novellas. I always want more! I am looking forward to more stories with the remaining brothers.
Both narrators did a great job. The male voice chosen surprised me a little only because I expected it to be gruffer, but overall I thoroughly enjoyed listening.

Could not finish. Not for me. Not remotely interesting.

I got to 39% and decided I was being made to witness someone's fairy tale fantasy with bland characters and empty plot.

First and foremost, I’m one of those readers who 75% of the time basis my choice of reading material on the cover of the book. Mountains Made of Glass’s cover is absolute stunning.
I also love the fairytale retelling and Scarlett for sure spins a dreamy one.
The story and the narrator fit perfectly together. Javi Wilder & Lulu Russel are a match made in heaven. I felt myself slipping into this magical world filled with danger, heat and magic. And if that isn’t a hit of an audio book I don’t know what is.

"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.

Gisela is for sure a very interesting character. I could relate to and root for her. The beast she spends time with for sure is hot.The narration and details for sure had my imagination going wild.
I have always been a fan of fairytale retellings. Especially spicy ones. But few enrapture me completely as Mountains Made of Glass.
Overall I would give it 4 stars. Romantic, dreamy, spicy and beautiful.

Thank you NetGalley for a free Audio edition of this book in exchange for a honest review.

I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher.
There is no one fairytale that I could pin to this which was annoying. Also, the smut was excessive and took away from the story for me.

As I have come to expect from St. Clair's stories, there is always more sexyal tension, frustration, and satisfaction than any immersive or engaging plot. If you just wanna get the hots and indulge in some toxicity, thus read will be for you.

I have read and loved many of Scarlett’s books, so going into this one, I didn’t even read the blub; I just dived in. Scarlett St. Clair is known for her steamy writing and captivating storytelling; however, this one didn’t hit me; it was just lukewarm. I found the storyline intriguing, being a beauty and the beast retelling, but I wish there were more world-building. I know this is the first book in a series, but it left me with more questions than answers about the world that I feel should be answered early rather than later. There also weren’t many spicy moments in this story. The scenes that were to me spicy just landed odd, and I wanted to move past them quickly. Knowing that this is a series, I thought that it would end on a cliffhanger, but it seems pretty wrapped up at the end; it answers the central question of the storyline and ends the way all fairy tales end, so I’m not sure what else there is to say in other books, but I will read the next.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for this ARC.

I initially struggled with the story but eventually it became an enjoyable listen. I enjoyed many aspects of this story, especially since it's a fast paced fairytale retelling, however I did struggle a bit with the narrators, Javi Wilder and Lulu Russell. I increased speed to 2.2x and it got better, so it may vary for you. There is some world building and I found the story compelling to see the rebellious nature of Gesela. I cannot wait to read the next story!

A very special thanks to Netgally and Tantor Audio for the gifted copy.

A village called Elk has always been cursed during Gesela's life, but the curse is not just one curse, but many. One curse causes the well to go dry in the village, so Gesela decides she will save her town and ends up killing the toad that just happens to live at the bottom of the well. The only problem with this is that the toad kind of is not a toad, but more like a cursed Elven Prince...Due to the "toad" dying, his brothers come for Gasela for her to be punished. For her punishment, she is sent to live with the seventh brother who is called The Beast. She thinks that he will be a total monster, but quickly learns he is not, and he offers her a deal: if she can offer up his true name in seven days, then he will allow her to go free.

I mostly enjoy Scarlett St. Clair's book, but I will be honest: I absolutely hated Queen of Myth and Monsters, so I was a bit hesitant to request this book in fear that it will not be any good, but thankfully I was proven wrong for the most part.

I did end up giving this book 3.5/5 stars because I just could not get into it at first due to how the book is paced and it felt like it lacked any depth to the world and to the characters. This all could be because of the length of the book, which is only 219 pages. I do wonder if the book was longer and fleshed out with more details to create better pacing, then would I have liked it more?

I should add too that I feel like the biggest problem for me with Queen of Myth and Monsters was that it was smut after smut with barely any plot line and for Mountains Made of Glass there was a lot of smut that started to overtake the plot, but it was not as bad as Queen of Myth and Monsters.

The thing I mostly liked about Mountains Made of Glass was the fairytale retellings, which gives that whimsy feeling, but it easily creeps in with darkness. Gesela definitely proves herself to not be like the Damsels in Distress like you see in fairytales, but she is moreover the one who will do anything to save herself and others around her even when she falls in love with a hot guy.

When it comes to this book or any book similar like A Court of Thorns and Roses that have the main character try to guess the riddle to finding something out, then I as a reader enjoy trying to figure out what the answer is alongside the main character. I may be good at guessing things in let's say thrillers, but I suck at solving riddles.

If you just want a short book with a lot of smut, forced proximity, and the prisoner/captor trope, then you will enjoy this book a lot.

I think I am going to keep going with Scarlett St. Clair's books to see if I enjoy her books more or not since this is my fourth book I've read by her now.

This was fast paced and dynamic, lots of tales blended together to get a unique new plot that was interesting and captivating!

Great vibes. What plot.

Rumpelstiltskin meets Beauty and the Beast meets Snow White

Quick read.

It's good romance but a melting pot of fantasy. On par with everything else I've read by St. Clair. Nothing serious but a good read.

Overall I found the novel enticing, but there were a couple things that fell short for me. Things accelerated so quickly in the second chapter that it felt unbalanced and forced. The main character didn't have too much development. And lastly, this is a more critical thing that many might not agree with, the male narrator's voice while reading the mirror's dialogue was atrocious. I am a pretty die hard Scarlett fan as her Touch of Darkness series got me back into reading so I'm hoping the sequel adds to Gesela's personality. The world development was there and peaks my interest as well as the Beast's history.

Thank you NetGalley for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

DNF @ 22% - unfortunately this just did not work for me from the start. It was sooo insta-lovey and like in your face with zero real plot behind it - just can't do it.

Thank you NetGalley and Tantor Audio for providing me with an Audiobook of Mountains made of Glass in return for my honest opinion.

I have been lucky enough to read Mountains made of glass, which was great, but the narration of this Audiobook brings it to the next level! The female and male narrators both bring the characters Gesela and the Prince to life in their easy to listen to voices, they were cast extremely well!

My only negative is the same as the physical book, it’s short one, so a super quick listen 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 story was good, especially with how short the book was.

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!

If I ever see "Disney retelling" in a book description, I am immediately on board. It does not matter the genre, if I have heard of the author, I am ready. That being said, I have read Scarlett St. Clair's other books and was very excited for this one. I was even more intrigued for Mountains Made of Glass because it is more of a novella/short story at just over 200 pages and it is the start of an interconnected series of fairytale retellings. All of which is appealing to me. So it should come at no surprise that I loved this story.

Mountains Made of Glass is an adult retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a lot of fairy lore. Instead of talking household objects, there are creatures such as a brownie, selkie, goblins, pixies and more. Much like the original story, this is an enemies to lovers romance.

For a short story, there was a gripping introduction, plenty of world building, well written spice, adventure, a nice wrap up for this story, and mysterious crumbs to set up future ones. I am intrigued about the rest of this world and will be coming back for more.

I was fortunate to receive the audiobook through NetGalley, and this heightened the experience. The female narrator used a British accent that reminded me of Julie Andrews, which added a fun aspect to a Disney retelling.

I came into this review thinking that this book was just okay, that hey, I'd finished it, so it couldn't be that bad, right? But no. That was not the case at all. Going through my thoughts in a somewhat (hopefully) reasonable manner made me realise that this book was really not one that I enjoyed.

If you don't want to read the full review, here's a short summary - basically ACOTAR but with less plot, less worldbuilding, worse character development and more smut.

The characters were barely developed and we never truly got to understand their backstories (his is just (view spoiler) and hers was just as bad, all (view spoiler)) (if you don't want to read the spoilers, just know that I'm bitter about how stupid the "backstories" are).

Also, there was basically no actual plot, none of the conflicts got explained well, and it was just a few hundred pages of the two main characters being horny for each other. Like, the selkie? The captive prince? The random mirror thing? The call of the mountains? What happened to those? All of that got ignored in favour of some rather average smut. It wasn't even good smut.

I was going to rate this 3 stars, but the more I talk about this book, the more I realise I actually really didn't like it, so I guess that's getting knocked down to 2 stars. Which sucks, because I had such high hopes for it. I love a good Beauty and the Beast retelling (and this one was mixed with some Rumplestiltskin vibes, which I also love), but this was just not good.

But by all means, if you don't care about plot or characters and are just here for some elven smut? Go right ahead, you'd probably love this one.

Many thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for an advance copy of the audiobook. I'm sorry I hated it, but I always try to be honest in my reviews.

Gesela lives in the cursed village of Elk. Each villager is tasked with breaking a curse and must suffer the consequences. After Gesela kills a toad that ends up being a prince, his brothers come to seek retribution. She is forced to live with the seventh brother, the beast. He offers her a deal. Guess his true name in seven days time and she goes free. The only catch? She must speak his name with love.

This is probably an unpopular opinion but I LOVE short novella length books. Super fast paced. Simple world building. This one had lots of smut🥵

We’re introduced to some side characters and I loved them so much. They each had their own little agenda, which caused for a lot of shenanigans to ensue.

If you haven’t read this yet I would highly recommend the audiobook. I love when narrators are able to convey a smutty scene without it sounding cringey. It’s also quick, ( I listened on 2.5X) and finished in a couple hours.

I’m honestly so pumped for the next book. Not sure if it’ll follow the same characters but I hope it does.

For lovers of:
•’Who hurt you?’
•Forced proximity
•Enemies to lovers
•Dual POV
•Fairy tale retelling
•Prisoner/Captor

Thank you to NetGalley and tantoraudio for sending me the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair
4/5 Stars
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•••Spoiler free review below•••

Gesela has spent her whole life in a cursed town. It is one thing after another with the local villagers needing to help break these curses one by one. When she is finally chosen to break a curse of her own, she ends up more cursed than ever. Trapped in a castle with an Elven prince known as the beast, she must complete his task if she ever wants to be free. Inspired by multiple different fairytales, Mountains Made of Glass will have you rooting for Gesela from the beginning and falling in love with the beast along the way

Read this book if you like:
- spicy novellas with a clear plot
- fae princes
- happily ever afters
- enemies to lovers

Mountains Made of Glass is already out but the audiobook will be released June 6th and if it's not already on your tbr, it should be!
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Special thanks to Tantor Audio for sharing a free copy with me in exchange for my honest opinions.