Mountains made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair

Title: Mountains made of glass
Author: Scarlett St. Clair
Publisher: Bloom Books
Pages: 219 Pages
ASIN: B0BT68PFXG
Price: 5,24 €

Blurb:

All Gesela's life, her home village of Elk has been cursed. And it isn't a single curse—it is one after another, each to be broken by a villager, each with devastating consequences. When Elk's well goes dry, it is Gesela's turn to save her town by killing the toad that lives at the bottom. Except…the toad is not a toad at all. He is an Elven prince under a curse of his own, and upon his death, his brothers come for Gesela, seeking retribution.

As punishment, the princes banish Gesela to live with their seventh brother, the one they call the beast. Gesela expects to be the prisoner of a hideous monster, but the beast turns out to be exquisitely beautiful, and rather than lock her in a cell, he offers Gesela a deal. If she can guess his true name in seven days, she can go free.

Gesela agrees, but there is a hidden catch—she must speak his name with love in order to free him, too.
But can either of them learn to love in time?

My Opinion:

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.

The rights to the covers lie with the respective publisher / author! This book was made available to me as a review copy by Bloom Books. All reviews reflect my honest opinion.