THE GIRL IN RED BY CHRISTINA HENRY (KINDLE EDITION)
Book The Girl in Red
Author : Christina Henry
Release Date: June 18, 2019
Genre: Fantasy Fairy Tales. Horror, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic
Series: Fantasy Fairy Tales
Pages: 320 pages
Format: eBook.
Rating: ★★★
It’s not safe for anyone alone in the woods. But the woman in the red jacket has no choice. Not since the Crisis came, decimated the population, and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death, destruction, and disease. She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that was perfectly sane and normal until three months ago.
There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night. Men with dark desires, weak wills, and evil intents. Men in uniform with classified information, deadly secrets, and unforgiving orders. And sometimes, just sometimes, there’s something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined.
Red doesn’t like to think of herself as a killer, but she isn’t about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods
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MY BOOK REVIEW
I was a total newbie to Christina’s Henry’s books, and as such went in with an open mind, I am not sure if I am truly honest whether I liked it or hated, from the covers which there are two of and both fabulous, I assumed it was another uptake on the much loved and much written about Little Red Riding Hood, yet it’s not the case. The world has been thrown into crisis when a deadly cough starts to kill off the majority off the population. Red as an amputee with a prosthetic leg which is an unusual reference and angle to a female lead if I am totally truthful here, it didn’t in any way detract from the story, Red’s her bag is always packed with everything she will need to survive and walks for miles daily in preparation for what is to come. Her main goal now is to make it to her Grandmother’s cabin in the woods in one piece, avoiding the military camps, the militia and whatever is making peoples chests explode from the inside out. The tale switches between past and present events which isn’t my favourite kind, it makes me lose interest, A lot of unanswered questions, what happened to her brother? her parents? We are given a heart wringing tale of loss, survival, companionship and the real-life horrors we face every day from the true nature of human beings. What happens when the rules of humanity are lost, and the desires of men are left to roam free? The wolf on the cover is very misleading. One would assume as we all know that the wolf is the bad guy yet here It’s a metaphor about all the bad guys that are lurking everywhere – not just the wolves in the woods. Christina has a unique writing style writing. Which I enjoyed; I have noticed that she has others in this series that I am tempted to seek out. Obviously one book does not make your mind up, so will hold judgement until then. I found this one sadly lacking. Quite slow in places the idea was there and I was hoping for a fabulous read its okay but not sure I would have chosen it had it not been for that cover… Red riding hood has held one of my favourite childhood reads, so I am always interested in how another author brings the tale to a satisfactory read. Unfortunately for me this just didn’t do it. I was recommended this book by AMAZON themselves,
Red doesn’t like to think of herself as a killer, but she isn’t about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods. The story is darker than I expected. Especially with regards to who Red meets on her journey to her grandmother’s house. Not many nice people, that’s for sure. It was also very bloody, which surprised me which is where the horror part comes in I am sure obviously people have triggers. This portrays Red as the kick ass heroine. Which I loved. Whereas in the original concept of the tale, the knocking on the door signaled the beginning of Reds adventures in this case it was actually THE END.
OTHER STORIES IN THE TWISTED FAIRY TALES ARE AS FOLLOWS
Alice by Christina Henry
In a warren of crumbling buildings called the Old City, a hospital echoes with the screams of the poor souls inside. Inside, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood…Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago.
Lost Boy by Christina Henry
There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. Once I loved a boy called Peter Pan. Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to make us mind. He brought boys from the Other Place to join in the fun, but Peter’s idea of fun is sharper than a pirate’s sword. He wants always to be that
shining sun that we all revolve around. He’ll do anything to be that sun. Peter promised we would all be young and happy forever. Peter will say I’m a villain, that I wronged him, that I never was his friend. Peter Lies.
The Red Queen by Christina Henry
The land outside of the Old City was supposed to be green, lush, hopeful. But the verdant fields are nothing but ash—and hope is nowhere to be found. Still, Alice and Hatcher are on a mission to find his daughter: a quest they will not forsake even as it takes them deep into the clutches of the mad White Queen or into the realm of the twisted and cruel Black King. The pieces are set and the game has begun, and each move brings Alice closer to her destiny.
The Mermaid by Christina Henry
Once there was a fisherman who lived on a cold and rocky coast and was never able to convince any woman to come away and live in that forbidding place with him. One evening he pulled up his net and found a woman in it. A woman with black hair and eyes as grey as a stormy sea and a gleaming fish’s tail instead of legs. The storm in her eyes rolled into his heart. She stopped her thrashing and crashing at his voice, though she did not understand his words. But her eyes had seen inside of him, and his loneliness caught her more surely than the net. So she stayed with him, and loved him, though he grew old, and she did not.
An enjoyable read.
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