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A review by eloise_reads
The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick
5.0
"There are many ugly things in this world, wife. But I do not think you are one of them."
Wren cannot let The North Wind take her sister. No one knows what happens to the sacrifices that The North Wind selects and takes to the Shade, all the people of Edgewood know is that they are never seen again. Wren must take her place, she must protect her sister.
The stories surrounding The North Wind appear to be a true, an immortal with icy blue eyes and a cold, brutal heart to match. Yet bold, fearless and stubborn Wren will not bow down to him easily. A story inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Hades and Persephone, this was not one I wanted to miss.
I had not heard or seen this book anywhere, but was very intrigued so decided to give it a go. It starts off very similar to ACOTAR and A Curse So Dark and Lonely so immediately I was hooked.
The romance is very slow burn but the chemistry between the two is apparent quite early on and I enjoyed watching the relationship develop between Wren and Boreas as well as them learning more about themselves.
I did find Wren slightly irritating at some points, she was very stubborn and sometimes I just wanted her to be quiet and stop meddling, particular towards the end of the book but Boreas calm demeanor made this a bit more bearable.
The climactic scenes at the end of the book weren't my favourite and whilst The North Wind does nothing new, I found it to be well written, addictive and highly enjoyable - so it still gets 5 stars from me.
I believe this is the first in a series, however I think the next book in the series follows another set of characters so this does read like a standalone.
Try this if you like:
- Beauty and the beast retellings
- Slow burn romance (there is spice!)
- A fearless, stubborn FMC
- "My wife"
- a dark and mysterious MMC
- A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Wren cannot let The North Wind take her sister. No one knows what happens to the sacrifices that The North Wind selects and takes to the Shade, all the people of Edgewood know is that they are never seen again. Wren must take her place, she must protect her sister.
The stories surrounding The North Wind appear to be a true, an immortal with icy blue eyes and a cold, brutal heart to match. Yet bold, fearless and stubborn Wren will not bow down to him easily. A story inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Hades and Persephone, this was not one I wanted to miss.
I had not heard or seen this book anywhere, but was very intrigued so decided to give it a go. It starts off very similar to ACOTAR and A Curse So Dark and Lonely so immediately I was hooked.
The romance is very slow burn but the chemistry between the two is apparent quite early on and I enjoyed watching the relationship develop between Wren and Boreas as well as them learning more about themselves.
I did find Wren slightly irritating at some points, she was very stubborn and sometimes I just wanted her to be quiet and stop meddling, particular towards the end of the book but Boreas calm demeanor made this a bit more bearable.
The climactic scenes at the end of the book weren't my favourite and whilst The North Wind does nothing new, I found it to be well written, addictive and highly enjoyable - so it still gets 5 stars from me.
I believe this is the first in a series, however I think the next book in the series follows another set of characters so this does read like a standalone.
Try this if you like:
- Beauty and the beast retellings
- Slow burn romance (there is spice!)
- A fearless, stubborn FMC
- "My wife"
- a dark and mysterious MMC
- A Curse So Dark and Lonely