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Matchstick: A Red Riding Hood Retelling
"The wolf is not the hero of this story. Nor the woodcutter. Nor the prince... but the girl."
Fourteen years after a tornado ripped through her hometown and her heart, Coralee Cutter spends her days crafting overpriced lattes in her stepfather’s coffee truck. It’s colorless work in a drab, dusty town. Or was, before a stranger with a haunted smile and a bouquet of enchanted flowers bought the abandoned movie theater across the street.
Remy Chaput’s purchase of The Woodlands Cinema breathes mystery and magic into Coralee’s monotonous existence, but not everyone is happy about his unexpected arrival.
As Coralee navigates her own fears, her stepfather’s machinations, her mother’s enigmatic illness, and the troublesome meddling of a powerful town elder, Remy and his movie theatre become a secret well of strength and happiness. But Remy has his own dark history, and happiness always comes at a cost. How much is Coralee willing to sacrifice to find her dreams once again? And what sins will she forgive for love?
Brimming with unexplained magic and supernatural forces, Matchstick offers a twisted, contemporary take on Little Red Riding Hood. Although this book includes carryover characters from the first volume of Tales of Love & Woe, it can be read independently and is best suited to a grown-up audience. After all ... fairy tales were meant to be grim.
Put away your magic wands and pumpkins... These are not sweet, tender fairy tales.
Fourteen years after a tornado ripped through her hometown and her heart, Coralee Cutter spends her days crafting overpriced lattes in her stepfather’s coffee truck. It’s colorless work in a drab, dusty town. Or was, before a stranger with a haunted smile and a bouquet of enchanted flowers bought the abandoned movie theater across the street.
Remy Chaput’s purchase of The Woodlands Cinema breathes mystery and magic into Coralee’s monotonous existence, but not everyone is happy about his unexpected arrival.
As Coralee navigates her own fears, her stepfather’s machinations, her mother’s enigmatic illness, and the troublesome meddling of a powerful town elder, Remy and his movie theatre become a secret well of strength and happiness. But Remy has his own dark history, and happiness always comes at a cost. How much is Coralee willing to sacrifice to find her dreams once again? And what sins will she forgive for love?
Brimming with unexplained magic and supernatural forces, Matchstick offers a twisted, contemporary take on Little Red Riding Hood. Although this book includes carryover characters from the first volume of Tales of Love & Woe, it can be read independently and is best suited to a grown-up audience. After all ... fairy tales were meant to be grim.
Put away your magic wands and pumpkins... These are not sweet, tender fairy tales.
166 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 25, 2019
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August 28, 2019
“Fear finds you when it wants to”
I cannot express in words how deeply I love this book. This is a continuation of the story for my favorite/most hated (you’ll see) character from Tales of Love and Woe Book 1. I will not write a summary because you need to experience this for yourselves but, a portion of the highlights that I saved can help.
“You asked how you stop loving someone who’s done bad things. The answer is, you don’t. Love ain’t something you turn on and off like a faucet. You can’t control it.”
“Because the wolf is not the hero of this story. Nor the woodcutter or the prince, but the girl. The woman who is scared of everything but brave regardless. Who wanders through dark woods and stops to speak to wolves, enchanting and bewitching them”.
As always, Winter Reid can weave a tale that draws you in immediately and holds on tight until you finish because you just cannot put it down!
I love this story and am waiting on pins and needles for more.
Also, the wildflowers! The theater! Amon and Beez!
I cannot express in words how deeply I love this book. This is a continuation of the story for my favorite/most hated (you’ll see) character from Tales of Love and Woe Book 1. I will not write a summary because you need to experience this for yourselves but, a portion of the highlights that I saved can help.
“You asked how you stop loving someone who’s done bad things. The answer is, you don’t. Love ain’t something you turn on and off like a faucet. You can’t control it.”
“Because the wolf is not the hero of this story. Nor the woodcutter or the prince, but the girl. The woman who is scared of everything but brave regardless. Who wanders through dark woods and stops to speak to wolves, enchanting and bewitching them”.
As always, Winter Reid can weave a tale that draws you in immediately and holds on tight until you finish because you just cannot put it down!
I love this story and am waiting on pins and needles for more.
Also, the wildflowers! The theater! Amon and Beez!
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