Wolves And Roses

Paperback, 334 pages

Published July 8, 2019 by Monster House Books.

ISBN:
978-1-945723-06-3
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5 stars (2 reviews)

"Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She's descended from one of the three magical races--shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar's case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. 'Should' being the key word. Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the sleeping beauty life template. Not even close. She doesn't like birds or woodland creatures. She can't sing. And she certainly can't stand Prince Philpot, the so-called 'His Highness of Hedge Funds' that her aunties want her to marry. Even worse, Bryar's having recurring dreams of a bad boy hottie and is obsessed with finding papyri from ancient Egypt. What's up with that? All Bryar wants is to attend a regular high school with normal humans and forget all about shifters, fairies, witches, and the curse that Colonel Mallory the Magnificent placed on her. And she …

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4 stars

I received a copy of this book at no cost from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This is a really fun book, even if part of the premise didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. In the world the book is set in, there are people who are destined to live life - or at least part of it - by the basic plot of a fairy tale. It's never explained how or why this happens, but once I decided to just accept that it does and not worry about it making sense I was able to thoroughly enjoy the book.

There a lot of humor in the story but plenty of mystery, too. The romances were sweet (and yes, there's more than one!) and the guys are great. There are a lot of twists and turns to the plot, but they're nicely set up …