{"id":2285,"date":"2018-10-30T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2019-04-03T13:04:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T17:04:35","slug":"review-wolves-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-wolves-roses\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – Wolves And Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wolves And Roses<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Christina Bauer<\/p>\n

\"WolvesSeries:\u00a0<\/strong>Fairy Tales of the Magicorum, Book 1
\nGenres:<\/strong> Paranormal, Fairy Tale, Romance
\nRelease Date:<\/strong>\u00a0October 31, 2017
\nPages:<\/strong> 331
\nPurchase from:<\/strong> Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Barnes & Noble<\/a>\u00a0| Google Play<\/a> |\u00a0Kobo<\/a> |\u00a0iBooks<\/a>
\nMy Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She\u2019s descended from one of the three magical races\u2015shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar\u2019s case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty.<\/p>\n

Should being the key word.<\/p>\n

Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the sleeping beauty life template. Not even close. She doesn\u2019t like birds or woodland creatures. She can\u2019t sing. And she certainly can\u2019t stand Prince Philpot, the so-called \u201cHis Highness of Hedge Funds\u201d that her aunties want her to marry. Even worse, Bryar\u2019s having recurring dreams of a bad boy hottie and is obsessed with finding papyri from ancient Egypt. What\u2019s up with that?<\/p>\n

All Bryar wants is to attend a regular high school with normal humans and forget all about shifters, fairies, witches, and the curse that Colonel Mallory the Magnificent placed on her. And she might be able to do just that–if only she can just keep her head down until her eighteenth birthday when the spell that\u2019s ruined her life goes buh-bye.<\/p>\n

But that plan gets turned upside down when Bryar Rose meets Knox, the bad boy who\u2019s literally from her dreams. Knox is a powerful werewolf, and his presence in her life changes everything, and not just because he makes her knees turn into Jell-O. If Bryar can\u2019t figure out who\u2015or what\u2015she really is, it might cost both her and Knox their lives\u2026 as well as jeopardize the very nature of magic itself.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/h2>\n

Wolves and Roses<\/em> was great. It’s a fun retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale with more than a few twists and turns. The characters are a lot of fun, and it’s nice seeing things from both Bryar Rose’s and Knox’s perspectives.<\/p>\n

I’m really curious to learn more about Bryar’s history and ancestry. I also have a couple of theories that I’m\u00a0really<\/em> curious to prove or disprove. Hopefully we’ll get some answers in books 1.5 and 2. It would suck to have to wait until book 3 comes out, as it’s currently slated for October of next year.<\/p>\n

Wolves and Roses<\/em> feels like a younger Young Adult book than others I’ve read recently, but I don’t feel that’s a bad thing. There’s less of the ickiness of the world, more youthful naivety. It’s a really nice to change to some of the other books I’ve been reading lately.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend\u00a0Wolves and Roses<\/em> and look forward to reading the next two.<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/h2>\n

\"ChristinaChristina Bauer knows how to tell stories about kick-ass women. In her best selling Angelbound series, the heroine is a part-demon girl who loves to fight in Purgatory\u2019s Arena and\u00a0falls in love with a part-angel prince. This young adult best seller has driven more than 500,000 ebook downloads and 9,000 reviews on Goodreads and retailers. The first three books\u00a0in the series are now available as audiobooks on\u00a0Audible\u00a0and\u00a0iTunes.<\/p>\n

Bauer has also told the story of the Women\u2019s March on Washington by leading PR efforts for the Massachusetts Chapter. Her pre-event press release\u2014the only one sent out on a\u00a0major wire service\u2014resulted in more than 19,000 global impressions and redistribution by over 350 different media entities including the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Christina graduated from Syracuse University\u2019s Newhouse School with BA\u2019s in English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband,\u00a0son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby.<\/p>\n

Author links:\u00a0Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0| Instagram<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0| Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: This review is based on a complimentary eBook I received from Xpresso Book Tours. The complimentary receipt of this book has in no way affected my review or rating.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Xpresso<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out my review of Wolves and Roses, first book of the Fairy Tales of the Magicorum series by Christina Bauer.<\/p>\n

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