A truly beautifully written Beauty and the Beast retelling. An epic fantasy with vibes of Katniss and ACOTAR meets A Deal with the Elf King. The beautifully descriptive writing and fast paced plot had me hooked from the first page and I didn’t want to put this book down.
The Sassy FMC, Grumpy MMC make this a fun read and engaging enemies to lovers. This book has All the feels of characters putting their broken pieces back together again.
I was so emotionally invested in the characters, in their brokenness and their healing, in the state of the realm, and in their relationship. This is a book I absolutely loved and would read again.

I had such a good time with this book! It definitely succeeded in accomplishing what it set out to do = which was to be a spicy Beauty and the Beast/Hades and Persephone retelling. I read this book in between some heavier titles and it was nice to kind of decompress and this was exactly what I needed.

An enjoyable fantasy that is reminiscent of Hades & Persephone and Beauty & the Beast while wholly telling its own story. Very headstrong fmc, beastly mmc, great world building and character development. Ties with Greek mythology. This is a stand-alone that is part of a series about the 4 brothers.

The North Wind is a Beauty and the Beast, and Hades and Persephone retelling. It’s an interconnected stand-alone. I really enjoyed this book! I give it 4 stars and 1 chili pepper for spice level..

It is enemies to lovers, forced proximiry, slow burn, forced marriage, grumpy/sassy, and has a one bed trope. I liked seeing the relationship grow between our two main characters. How she “thawed” his frozen heart and how he made her feel important and cared about. Our FMC Wren is an alcoholic which isn’t seen very often in these kinds of books, so I enjoyed how that was something new to me.

I enjoyed Wren’s character development (even if she did annoy me several times). She would make bad decisions, and is stubborn. We did get to see her character develop though along the way. Our MMC was mis-understood and was struggling with his own personal demons as well.

I will recommend this to people, and I will be reading the next book.
Thank you NetGalley for sending me this ARC.

This gave me vibes of some other books I’ve read but overall I liked it. I did like Wrens feistiness but the MMC was just ok. I would have liked a little more world building.

*Thank you NetGalley, Saga press, and Alexandria Warwick for this arc.

I loved this book so much! I'm so thankful it got picked up by Saga and got a new cover. As someone who is drawn to covers, I had passed this one by previously not knowing what it was about. This new cover drew me in immediately and I'm so glad it did. This story was SO GOOD!

I immediately got ACOTAR (Beauty and the Beast)/Winternight/Uprooted vibes, which I'm all about!

Wren was such a great FMC in every way. I loved her strength and stubbornness. She reminded me of myself in many ways, which made it all the more enjoyable to read. She's a "take no shit" character.

I also loved The North Wind. He was a great MMC. He was brutal and strong, yet was able to find his soft side. And I loved his story and how things played out and intertwined.

They story definitely had some BATB, but it was also very much its own and I loved all the added twists on the story and how the "curse" was fleshed out.

LOVED! I will definitely be picking up all the other books in the series.

*Full review to be added*

I read The Demon Race by Alexandria Warwick a number of years ago and really loved it, and since then I have loved following Warwick's journey as an author. I was so excited to read this The North Wind, and it did not disappoint whatsoever. I loved the Greek mythology influence that played such a large role in this book and think Warwick incorporated those elements well. This wasn't the most groundbreaking or innovated book I've read, but it really doesn't need to be. I found this perfectly entertaining, well-written, and has some really compelling characters and world-building. Highly recommended for any fantasy or romance fans!

The North Wind is an enemies-to-lovers romantasy. When Wren's village is visited by the North Wind, the god of winter and the dead, she must do all she can to dissuade him from choosing her sister as his next sacrifice. This definitely takes inspiration from the Disney Beauty and the Beast movie. That is not to say it's for kids. This book has spice. The seasoning is there. However, Warwick isn't really breaking the mold. You'll be able to draw parallels here to a number of other romances that follow the Hades/Persephone, Beauty-and-the-beast-style plot. There really needed to be a bit more world-building and subplot to make it memorable and help distinguish it from similar books. All that being said, I had fun while reading this. If you love authors like Sarah J. Maas or Raven Kennedy, you will definitely like this book.

I read 'hades and persephone' and immediately requested this ARC. I think this was good, but not amazing. If you're looking fro something you can fly through, you may really enjoy it. Some things to look forward to:
-One Bed Trope
-Enemies to Lovers
-Spooky Atmosphere
-Strong World Building

I think I might have liked this more in the fall than reading a dark and spooky book in the summer. Overall, this book is for someone, but not for me.

The North Wind is a Beauty and the Beast retelling, where the Beast is Boreas, also known as The North Wind, the god of the underworld, and Beauty is the human he takes from her village and makes his wife. Or would have been, if Wren hadn’t taken her sister’s place, unbeknownst to everyone involved.

I liked this book, despite the fact that I wasn’t so much a fan of the first person present tense writing style. It was a very long book, but everything felt necessary to the story. I did enjoy the character development, and the ways the relationships between various characters evolved throughout the book.

While I wouldn’t race to read another book in this world, I don’t regret having read this one. I thought it was an interesting take on the Beauty and the Beast story, especially how it integrated elements of Hades and Persephone’s story as well.

The North Wind is marketed as a Beauty and the Beast retelling meets A Court of Thorns and Roses and that is exactly what you get. Wren, our protagonist, is bookish, brash, and brave and narratively follows the Belle archetype to a “T.” Much like Belle, Wren sacrifices her freedom for that of her only familial relation, her sister, and marries Boreas, the titular North Wind.

Boreas, our “Beast” character is just as despised, maligned, and misunderstood; however, unlike the Beast, Boreas is hot and is loathed not for being a hideous creature, but for creating an eternal winter and putting humanity in jeopardy. If I was a character in this story, I would hate him too and as a reader, it took a long time for me to warm up (no pun intended) to him.

We first meet our FMC hunting with her bow and arrow for food to keep her and her sister alive. There are unseen dangers lurking in the woods that put her life and those in her village in jeopardy. If this sounds just like the beginning beats of ACOTAR, you would be right and admittedly almost put me off the whole story, but I am glad I stuck around.

This is a very slow burn enemies to lovers romantasy standalone story. I wouldn’t say the magic system or world building were particularly revolutionary or complicated to understand and if you’re familiar with the story of Beauty and the Beast, there won’t be a ton of plot points in this book that surprise you. That being said, our fmc and mmc are complex and flawed and the way the author artfully weaves the story to make their romance believable was worth the wait.

A compelling blend of fairytale and Greek mythology, drawing inspiration from "The Beauty and the Beast" and the myth of Hades and Persephone. The lead character, Wren, is a relatable figure struggling with alcoholism and loneliness, while the antagonist, Boreas, is a redeemable villain with depth. The selfless sacrifices made by both characters add a powerful layer to the narrative. The book is a masterful mix of romance, adventure, and heartache, leaving a lasting impression on the reader.

I struggled to fully to connect and love this book...it wasn't bad it just wasn't my favorite fantasy romance I've read. I will say there are some parts of this book that were fantastic, I loved the banter between Boreas and Wren, they had some amazing one liners and did a great job antagonizing each other, but also repeating when one said it was too much. The love between Boreas and Wren is the best part of this book, it's so clear how quickly Boreas falls for Wren as she continues to try over and over again to break free from the marriage by any means necessary.

The magic in this book was interesting in neither a good or bad way, it didn't stand out to me, and I don't think we got enough explaining of how it all works. It left the action scenes and magical fights a little bland to me.

I might read the next book, I need to see the blurb and such, but I can see the potential of this book even if I didn't love it!

“The North Wind” is a standard romantasy with our young adult fmc living in poverty in a mysterious land where she must hunt in the dangerous forest to feed her family until one day she is taken to a different mysterious land by an ancient, immortal mmc who is also extremely attractive (convenient, no?). If this sounds like ACOTAR, you would be correct. The fmc’s sister is also essentially Elain. I appreciated that it was a standalone!

4.5 ⭐️ this was such a great standalone!! The world building was easy to follow and understand, and I loved the characters. While slow to start, the story really picked up and I was unable to put it down.
This was definitely a slow burn, but the payoff was EVERYTHING! There was so much character development for both the FMC and MMC throughout the book, and it was done in a way that felt organic and realistic. I felt like the romance was done really well, and the ending made my heart happy

As this is a Beauty and the Beast retelling, there is a lot that will feel familiar to those that know this story or those that have read ACOTAR - another Beauty and the Beast retelling. For me, this was so much better than ACOTAR. I felt that the characters were so much easier to love and relate to. I enjoyed that this also brought in aspects of the myth of Hades and Persephone and turned a few of these ideas and tropes on their head.

Some of the best parts of the book included the world-building and descriptions of what Boreas AKA bv The North Wind does in terms of judging souls and where he sends them. I also really enjoyed the romance between Wren and The North Wind as he went from an evil hateful lord in her mind, to someone much more human and caring as he thawed a bit in her presence.

Nothing about the plot was particularly unexpected, especially given the nature of it being a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but I really appreciated the additional layers to the story that were added here.

“There is nothing I would not do for you. I would conquer cities in your name. I would lay waste to the world and place its greatest treasures at your feet. I would cross realms and topple empires and alter time, all for the promise of an eternity spent by your side.” - Boreas

This was the SLOWEST slow burn I've read in a long time. I was pulled into this book because it was advertised as a Beauty and the Beast mixed with a Hades and Persephone retelling. Because of that my standards immediately were raised because those are my 2 favorite retellings. Unfortunately, this book was meh. The plot had holes like big crater-like holes. I did not like Wren's character and the character development was just boring. She was such a conflicting character because one second she is super immature then shes gearing up to be queen and lead Borreas' people in battle. The only highlight of her character was a believable battle with alcoholism and the strength it takes to become sober.

This was such a good read. I read it in about 24 hours because I just didn’t want to put it down.

This book kicks off with a lot of similarities to ACOTAR. At the beginning, those nods made this hard to read it as its own, but once I got past the first few chapters, this quickly stood on its own.

Wren is a fantastic main character. Strong and witty, and flawed in believable ways. This is a slow burn between two enemies, and I mean REAL enemies. Like she stabs him, actively ploys to kill him as they are thawing toward one another.

I think I would continue this series, but I’m not sure that I will enjoy a book about the brother featured in this book, if there is a book for him.

Big thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for the chance to review this book pre-release. Let me preface by saying that I really enjoyed this book, I did. But, I can't say that it felt original to me. I liked the characters, and the world, but I think that's because they felt SO similar to the ones I already know from popular series. I enjoyed myself, but I was really looking for something new. I would personally hand this first to someone who hasn't yet read ACOTAR, so they didn't have the same opinions as me.

Unfortunately, this book really missed the mark for me. The main character is extremely unlikable, and her inner monologue is all over the place. The world-building felt lazy, lackluster, and confusing, and the plot felt forced and illogical.

The writing style is also very odd - it reads as if the author used a thesaurus to replace every single word. In addition, the explicit scenes were not for me. I usually prefer open-door explicit romance, but these scenes felt unnatural.

Overall, this book gave me “written by a man pretending to be a woman for clout in the romance genre and using AI to sound smart” vibes.