A review by spectacles_and_books
The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick

Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.

I went into this expecting something "same, same but different" knowing that it's explicitly marketed as a Beauty and the Beast/Hades and Persephone retelling. However, I've found the lack of world building combined with confusing motivations for the FMC, Wren, quite frustrating. Perhaps a POV from The North Wind himself would help me to care about him in the slightest. Or a scene or two, by nearly 40% in, where readers actually get the opportunity to understand something about his character other than he's a brooding, non-communicative brute. I think there are other books that execute this kind of story more successfully.