
Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm still in the magical glow that is the aftermath of this book ... however I think the five stars is well deserved here.
In this book Meyer weaves an intricate retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon, a Norwegian fairytale with similar roots of Beauty and the Beast. Know how much I love a Beauty and the Beast retelling (did I read four or five last year?) I thought this was going to be right up my alley.
The beginning FEELS like Beauty and the Beast, but a little darker with Echo having not the charmed childhood Belle has. The story itself dives into the dark woods and in immersed in dark magic.