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A review by taylorhathcock
Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood
3.0
I want to start by saying that I think this is a cute and sweet story. I loved that it focused on the lengths a sibling would go for the other. I feel like it was very fitting with Greek mythology in the whole noble sacrifice arena. The romance element of this one is very slow burn and even back burner of the story, again not something I minded. I just think that the book took an awful long time to get started and it at times would lose/confuse. It has a really good premise for sure but sometimes it felt like we couldn't decide what direction to go. Do we focus on the romance? Do we focus on the villain? Do we focus on the love for our sibling? Or do we focus on the monster... who is only a side plot? I also have to say that to me it didn't feel like a retelling. It was just a story that used the same tasks as could be found in the Eros and Psyche story. It's a YA novel so it should come as no surprise when I say that it is very YA at times. I do think this would be one of those books that would be great to start a love of Greek myth retellings for a YA reader and I think that for a lot of people that enjoyed Song of Achilles they could find things to enjoy in this one. I just don't think it manages to grab the emotions in the same way.