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A not-so-powerful witch battles her past and a dark presence lurking in the forest to save her grandma in this modern paranormal retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
WARNING: This FairyTale Reboot contains sexy and mysterious strangers, angry innkeepers, sarcastic exchanges, sassy old ladies, an umbrella showdown, and a Happily Ever After.
Aurora Bishop, known to her friends as Red, comes from a long line of witches--but she's not interested in magic. She lives in New York City, where her dates keep turning out to be toads and the only magic she performs is getting her impulsive friend to stop slipping love potions into people's drinks. Her mother is the new leader of the city's coven and happy where she is, but Red isn't sure what she wants.
When they receive a message that her beloved Nana is desperately ill, it's up to Red to return to the tiny village where she grew up and deliver a restoration elixir to her grandmother's forest cottage. There, she must face not only the memories of her childhood sweetheart, who vanished from the village eleven years ago, but also the darkness that's swallowing the forest--and the evil presence behind it that wears more than one face.
It won't be an ordinary walk in the woods for Red. Because the darkness has big ears, big eyes...and big teeth.
WARNING: This FairyTale Reboot contains sexy and mysterious strangers, angry innkeepers, sarcastic exchanges, sassy old ladies, an umbrella showdown, and a Happily Ever After.
Aurora Bishop, known to her friends as Red, comes from a long line of witches--but she's not interested in magic. She lives in New York City, where her dates keep turning out to be toads and the only magic she performs is getting her impulsive friend to stop slipping love potions into people's drinks. Her mother is the new leader of the city's coven and happy where she is, but Red isn't sure what she wants.
When they receive a message that her beloved Nana is desperately ill, it's up to Red to return to the tiny village where she grew up and deliver a restoration elixir to her grandmother's forest cottage. There, she must face not only the memories of her childhood sweetheart, who vanished from the village eleven years ago, but also the darkness that's swallowing the forest--and the evil presence behind it that wears more than one face.
It won't be an ordinary walk in the woods for Red. Because the darkness has big ears, big eyes...and big teeth.
- GenresFantasy
63 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 23, 2013
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About the author
S.W. Vaughn
33 books138 followersS.W. Vaughn lives in "scenic" Central New York, with its two glorious seasons -- winter and road construction -- along with her husband and son. An award-winning author, copywriter, and blogger, she's been writing professionally for over 15 years.
Under Sonya Bateman, she is the author of the DeathSpeaker Codex series (urban fantasy) and the Gavyn Donatti series (urban fantasy / Simon & Schuster).
Under Sonya Bateman, she is the author of the DeathSpeaker Codex series (urban fantasy) and the Gavyn Donatti series (urban fantasy / Simon & Schuster).
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
October 2, 2015
What a charming retelling of Red Riding Hood.
July 8, 2022
This was an interesting take on Red Riding Hood, but pretty predictable.
March 8, 2017
Amazing, romantic twist on little red ridding hood
July 4, 2013
I have not read any of S.W. Vaughn’s books before and wanted to get a small taste of her writing style. I thoroughly enjoyed this novella. Aurora Bishop, whose friends call her Red, is a fire-cracker with her snarky comebacks that made this a fun read. She is also a reluctant witch whose mother is the leader of the entire New York coven. As far as Aurora was concerned spells were great but pepper spray was faster.
Ms. Vaughn has taken the original story of Nana being ill and Red taking a basket of goodies, which included a bottle of restoration elixir, to her cottage in the woods and ranked it up a bit with witches, magic, and druids. The darkness that is enveloping the woods was well described and the wolf frightening. Red’s memories of where she grew-up brought a nice sense of place to the whole area. This was a delightful read that I was able to finish in one evening. I would love to see Ms. Vaughn write more rebooted fairy tales.
FYI:
Damn and damned were the strongest words used in this story, depending on your own opinion, I think this story could be shared with older children. I found no editing or formatting errors at all. Very impressive.
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. ** June 20, 2013
Ms. Vaughn has taken the original story of Nana being ill and Red taking a basket of goodies, which included a bottle of restoration elixir, to her cottage in the woods and ranked it up a bit with witches, magic, and druids. The darkness that is enveloping the woods was well described and the wolf frightening. Red’s memories of where she grew-up brought a nice sense of place to the whole area. This was a delightful read that I was able to finish in one evening. I would love to see Ms. Vaughn write more rebooted fairy tales.
FYI:
Damn and damned were the strongest words used in this story, depending on your own opinion, I think this story could be shared with older children. I found no editing or formatting errors at all. Very impressive.
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. ** June 20, 2013
March 16, 2014
Super short review:
I hope this is a series and we get more of Aurora. I wish this had been longer because I really enjoyed this retelling! Great pacing, wonderfully done with setting and details on village characters, love the elements from fairy tale kept. This is going into my favorites pile for retellings.
This was a novella length book and totally enjoyable!
I hope this is a series and we get more of Aurora. I wish this had been longer because I really enjoyed this retelling! Great pacing, wonderfully done with setting and details on village characters, love the elements from fairy tale kept. This is going into my favorites pile for retellings.
This was a novella length book and totally enjoyable!
July 10, 2015
A great modern day retelling.
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