Genre: Retellings

BETH IS DEAD By Katie Bernet

Short and Sweet Review Beth March is dead. Its New Years Day and Beth March has been found dead and her sisters are determined to find her murderer. Unfortunately the more the girls try to figure out what happened the more it becomes clear that each of them could have had a motive to murder […]

THE HOUSE SAPHIR By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review Mallory Fontaine is a fraud and she’s not ashamed of it. She and her sister Anais come from a long line of witches but the only ability Mallory has is to see ghosts. Mallory makes money by selling fake spells and jewelry and also giving tours at The House Saphir. Mallory […]

SPELL OF THE SINISTER By Danielle Paige

Short and Sweet Review After the death of Queen Magrit the Queendoms have been in disarray. Galatea wants to take over each queendom one at a time and get revenge on humans for using the Entente. To do so she tasks Bari with finding a prince, things get complicated when South joins her and sparks […]

IN WANT OF A SUSPECT By Tirzah Price

Short and Sweet Review Lizzie has finally earned her place at Longbourn and as the first female solicitor she’s able to take cases that keep her busy and on occasion able to see Darcy. Lizzie goes to consult with a client but on arrival she finds that his warehouse was set on fire and his […]

THE FALL By Bethany Griffin

Short and Sweet Review The Fall is a retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher. Our main character and the only POV we get is from Madeline. When we meet Madeline she’s in a coffin and she was put there by her twin brother Roderick. The story is told through short non-chronological chapters […]

MY SALTY MARY By Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows

Short and Sweet Review We’ve all heard the story about the Little Mermaid but in this version she’s a pirate. After Mary gets her heart broken she miraculously avoids being turned into foam and she disguises herself as a man and joins the crew of a pirate ship. Mary becomes friends with Tobias and he […]

PROMCHANTED By Morgan Matson

Short and Sweet Review It’s time for prom and unfortunately Stella just got dumped. Prom is being held at Disney and who doesn’t want to be at Disney for prom, Stella goes with her friends and Reece a new kid who happened to be there when Stella was dumped. Stella claims to know all things […]

CITY OF VILLAINS By Estelle Laure

Short and Sweet Review Mary is a high school student by day and by night she’s an intern at the Monarch City police department. When one of Mary’s classmates goes missing the police chief puts Mary on the case. As Mary begins to investigate one disappearance more start to pile up. Mary learns that there’s […]

ICARUS By K. Ancrum

Short and Sweet Review Icarus is a thief and he and his father work together to steal valuable things from Mr. Black and replace them with forgeries. Mr. Black has been the target because of his involvement in the death of Icarus’s mother. To avoid being caught Icarus has to follow his father’s strict rules […]