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A review by chrysfey
Grimbound by Brooke Elden
5.0
A dark retelling of Little Red, Grimbound features Eirwen, a young woman with a big imagination and a gift for seeing magical things, who finds her grandmother dead one day in her cottage.
Brooke Elden writes about grief, death, heartbreak, and manipulation in a very raw way, but it's also poetic. She has a lovely way with descriptions that reads like poetry. Actually, there are verses in this book, and I think it's my favorite thing about it. She's an amazing poet.
In the beginning, I liked Keayr, a stranger Eirwen meets in the woods, because he's dark and mysterious. And, well, I like dark and mysterious guys. ;) His constant terms of endearments comparing her to baked goods started to drive me bonkers (lol), but later you learn just why they're used and so often.
When The Storybook came in, it reminded me of the TV show Once Upon a time and their Storybook and The Writer. I loved that show, and I enjoyed what Brooke Elden did, bringing fairy tale stories to life.
Eirwen learns "not all is as it seems," and that's the perfect way to describe this book! Get ready for some twists!
If you enjoy dark retellings of fairy tales, give Grimbound a try!
***Trigger Warnings: self-harm (cutting), grief/death, depression, mentally abusive relationship/manipulation.
Brooke Elden writes about grief, death, heartbreak, and manipulation in a very raw way, but it's also poetic. She has a lovely way with descriptions that reads like poetry. Actually, there are verses in this book, and I think it's my favorite thing about it. She's an amazing poet.
In the beginning, I liked Keayr, a stranger Eirwen meets in the woods, because he's dark and mysterious. And, well, I like dark and mysterious guys. ;) His constant terms of endearments comparing her to baked goods started to drive me bonkers (lol), but later you learn just why they're used and so often.
When The Storybook came in, it reminded me of the TV show Once Upon a time and their Storybook and The Writer. I loved that show, and I enjoyed what Brooke Elden did, bringing fairy tale stories to life.
Eirwen learns "not all is as it seems," and that's the perfect way to describe this book! Get ready for some twists!
If you enjoy dark retellings of fairy tales, give Grimbound a try!
***Trigger Warnings: self-harm (cutting), grief/death, depression, mentally abusive relationship/manipulation.