Sisters Red

When it comes to fairy tales, one of the most popular has to be little red riding hood. With the recent film out I decided it may be time to read one of the latest adaptations, instead of the movie tie in, I picked up a copy of "Sisters Red" by Jackson Pearce.

Let me tell you this, I was very impressed with this book. The story is about two sisters named Scarlett and Rosie March, whose grandmother was ripped to pieces by a wolf. Scarlett when trying to protect her sister from the beast lost an eye and has been given both emotional and physical scars. Following the attack both sisters vow to take revenge on the wolfs (known in this tale as fenris) with the help of the woodsman son, Silas. 

This is a gripping tale of love, revenge and betrayal. While reading I felt an attachment to both sisters, who both have different motives for killing the wolves. One does it because she feels that she needs to because she has seen what they can do and vows to ensure that no other girl will have the same fate as her grandmother; but the other sister does it because she feels that she owes her sister for saving her life when she was little. Another good thing about this book is that Pearce uses extensive knowledge of the little red riding hood story (many different versions of it I might add) to create this magnificent story, some lines in the book made me smile like when a Fenris says that his "weird eyes" is "all the better to see you with". 

The only bad part that I feel like I need to point out is that, why has no one checked up on these girls? According to the book, Rosie left school when she was quite young to be "home schooled" but no one had checked up to see if this was true. Another part was how do these girls survive with no income? Indeed they pawn off anything that they have that's valuable but surely they must have an income coming in from somewhere? 

All negativity's aside I believe that anyone who loves head strong and independent women, or really fricken scary monsters will love this!