Title: Red Riding
Hood
Author: Sara
Blakley-Cartwright
Pages: Paperback
329 pages
Publisher: Poppy
Date Published:
January 25th 2011
Genre: Young
Adult, Fantansy
My Rating:
Goodreads
The
blacksmith would marry her.
The
woodcutter would run away with her.
The
werewolf would turn her into one of its own.
Valerie's
sister was beautiful, kind, and sweet. Now she is dead. Henry, the handsome son
of the blacksmith, tries to console Valerie, but her wild heart beats fast for
another: the outcast woodcutter, Peter, who offers Valerie another life far
from home.
After
her sister's violent death, Valerie's world begins to spiral out of control.
For generations, the Wolf has been kept at bay with a monthly sacrifice. But
now no one is safe. When an expert Wolf hunter arrives, the villagers learn
that the creature lives among them--it could be anyone in town.
It
soon becomes clear that Valerie is the only one who can hear the voice of the
creature. The Wolf says she must surrender herself before the blood moon
wanes...or everyone she loves will die.
My Review
Okay so this book
is based off the screenplay written by David Johnson. The real ending to the
book was left out so that people would go and watch the movie, which was
something a lot of people didn’t think fair but I really didn’t have a problem
with it, the bonus chapter was up online (Legally) for people to go read and I
think that was a great marketing strategy in their part because the movie was
the first idea since the beginning so it seemed fair to me.
Obviously the whole thing is based on the fairy
tale we all know except with a dark twists which is what got this book so much
attention. Personally I believe this book was a little odd but I’m not sure if
it was a good odd or bad odd, mixed feelings here, I liked it for the most part
but it was missing something. I would have rated this book maybe half a star
less if it didn’t have such a good twist at the end. It’s hard to find books
with twists like this one and I love it when I finally find one. By the way,
yes the good part is in the bonus chapter that is found online so I guess if
you really wanted to know my opinion in just what you buy for, I would give the
book three and a half stars. Besides that, it was a very interesting idea the
author had with this book because I really didn’t expect how they were going to
re-do little red riding hood. There is romance in it and your typical love triangle
that most YA readers adore, not so much for me. There is suspense, mystery,
great characters, not so bad concept of a story and of course that great twist
at the end you just can’t expect. I say if you have seen the movie don’t bother
with the book because they followed it very well but If you have yet to see the
movie go ahead and give the book a try either you will hate it or love it in my
opinion.
For Bonus Chapter CLICK HERE (Please don't read without reading the book first)
It won't allow me to view the bonus chapter! The page won't open. :( Oh my goodness.
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