Review: Queen of Hearts & Blood of Wonderland by Colleen Oakes

Title: Queen of Hearts (Queen of Hearts #1)
Author: Colleen Oakes
Published: February 12th 2014
Date Read: August 1st – 5th 2017
Read In: English

Only Queens with Hearts can bleed.

This is not a story of happily ever after.
Beneath each smile lies a secret, each tart comes with a demand and Alice has not tumbled down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. Not yet...

Princess Dinah will one day become the Queen of Hearts. She longs for her father's approval and a future with the boy she loves. But when a betrayal breaks her heart and threatens her throne, she is launched into danger. Dinah must stay one step ahead of her enemies or she'll lose not just the crown – it will be off with her head.

Evil is brewing in Wonderland and maybe, most frighteningly, in Dinah herself.

Title: Blood of Wonderland (Queen of Hearts #2)
Author: Colleen Oakes
Published: January 31st 2017
Date Read: August 7th – 12th 2017
Read In: English

The Queen Will Rise.

Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland.
Her vicious father has framed her for the brutal murder of her brother, and turned the kingdom against her.

Now hiding in the mysterious Twisted Wood with only her war steed at her side, Dinah is faced with a choice. She could leave Wonderland behind forever or return and fight for her throne.

A chance encounter with one of her father's enemies brings Dinah more allies than she ever could have imagined. But before she can lead her people into war she must confront certain truths about her heart and her destiny – no matter how dark those truths may be.

Review: Wanted by Betsy Schow

Title: Wanted (The Storymakers #2)
Author: Betsy Schow
Published: February 7th 2017
Date Read: April 17th – 22nd 2017
Read In: English

Fairy-Tale Survival Guide Rule No. 52:

No matter how difficult the obstacles or all-powerful the evil villain, one can rest assured that the hero of the story never dies. The sidekicks though... they should be worried.

Rexi Hood is proud to be an outlaw.
After all, she's the daughter of the infamous Robin Hood. But sidekick? Accomplice? Sorry, that wasn't in her story despription. Yeah, she and Princess Dorthea of Emerald have been inseparable since they teamed up to fight the wickedest witch. But if Rexi doesn't figure out how to break the curse that binds them, forget being overshadowed by the spirited princess, Rexi's going to become a Forgotten, wiped from the pages of Story and reduced to a puddle of ink.

Not happening. No way in Spell.

Rexi's plan? Steal the sword Excalibur and use its magic to write her own tale. But Gwenevere has opened a new Academy of Villains in Camelot and danger lurks behind every plot twist. And you know how it goes in Story: keep your friends close and your enemies closer...

I really enjoyed Spelled last year and I was so excited for Wanted, but I'd say I still liked Spelled more. Wanted was a little long for not-so-much story, but since I really liked Rexi in Spelled, I quite enjoyed it too. The ending was a huge cliffhanger I guess, so there definitely will be another book in this series. I really liked how Betsy Schow made Rexi the leader of this story and not Dorthea, so I'm curious who will be the next main character.

Review: Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

Title: Sisters Red (Fairytale Retellings #1)
Author: Jackson Pearce
Published: June 7th 2010
Date Read: November 28th - 29th 2014
Read In: English

Love and fear collide in a twilight world

Countless teenage girls have been brutally murdered... and Scarlett and Rosie March know how they died – torn apart by werewolves. For Scarlett, the memories of a similar attack have left not just emotional scars, but physical ones. The sisters fight side by side to save others from the same fate.

When the mysterious and brooding Silas arrives he inadvertently causes a series of events that could endanger them all. As passion grows between Rosie and Silas, Scarlett uncovers some shocking secrets that could tear the sisters apart – one way or another...



When i found out about this book, i couldn't wait to finally read it. Its cover is so pretty and shiny, i'm totally one you can throw a pretty cover at and i'll want to have it!

I absolutely loved this book. First, the sisters have a german Oma and sometimes she's saying things in German, i thought this was quite cute. I could totally picture her, being german myself...
Apart from that, it was a page-turner for me. I couldn't stop reading and i never wanted to put it away. Sure, it's a Fairytale Retelling and you can already tell by its cover it's about Little Red Riding Hood and everyone knows her story, but Jackson Pearce turned it into something else. She made the sisters hunters, not some whiny little girls.