A Court of Sugar and Spice
Wicked Darlings #1
By Rebecca F. Kenney
With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, must live with their godfather Drosselmeyer. One night, an accident brings to life one of the strange wooden dolls in Drosselmeyer's mansion. The Nutcracker doll is a cursed Fae prince, and he pleads for the sisters' help. During the ensuing journey into the Fae realm, Clara encounters the handsome Sugarplum Faerie, and he promises her the chance to enact all the forbidden. fantasies she has dreamed of. Meanwhile Louisa and the Nutcracker Prince battle and bicker over everything, despite the growing attraction between them. And to make matters worse, the entire Seelie kingdom is under threat of conquest by the Rat King, ruler of the Dread Court.
This is a spicy, adult, fantasy romance retelling of "The Nutcracker" fairytale.
Review:
While this was an interesting take of the classic Nutcracker tale, I had issues with it but we'll get to those in a minute. I liked a fey take on the story. Having Drosselmeyer being a fey hunter and the sisters saving the Prince from him was an interesting twist. I enjoyed the world building on the fey world and the differences in fairies. I even enjoyed the relationship building between Clara and Sugar Plum as well as the tension between Louisa and the Prince. The characters growth with the sisters was done well.
What I had a hard time with is the sister switch, Clara should have been with the Prince. Even though I liked Sugar Plum more as a character, I just felt this nagging sensation that it wasn't right. No matter how much I tried to tell myself this is it's own thing, I just couldn't let it go.
Other than that this book was very enjoyable, but I have to give it a 4.
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