A Court of Sugar and Spice - Book Review by Voodoo Bride

 

A Court of Sugar and Spice (Wicked Darlings #1)

by Rebecca F. Kenney

What is it about:

With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, must live with their godfather Drosselmeyer. One night, an accident brings to life one of the strange wooden dolls in Drosselmeyer's mansion. The Nutcracker doll is a cursed Fae prince, and he pleads for the sisters' help. During the ensuing journey into the Fae realm, Clara encounters the handsome Sugarplum Faerie, and he promises her the chance to enact all her forbidden fantasies. Meanwhile Louisa and the Nutcracker Prince battle and bicker over everything, despite the growing attraction between them. And to make matters worse, the entire Seelie kingdom is under threat of conquest by the Rat King, ruler of the Dread Court.

This is a spicy, adult, fantasy romance retelling of "The Nutcracker" fairytale.

What did Voodoo Bride think of it:

I will confess I've had a couple of ebooks of this author linger on my e-reader, but I tend to skip over my digital library in favor of print books, so it took me seeing this mass market paperback and buying it to actually read something by Kenney.

And I've been missing out!

This is such a delicious read.

I connected with Clara from the start. Louisa and the Nutcracker/Fae prince were less interesting to me, but the story was enjoyable enough to keep reading and to see what would happen next. 

And then the Sugarplum Faerie entered the stage!

I absolutely adored him and Clara together. 

From there on out I was hooked and was cheering Clara and Sugarplum/Fin on and enjoying their super delicious romance.

For those more familiar with The Nutcracker there will probably be a lot of overlap with the original tale, but as someone who only knows the music and not the story I can tell you, you can read this without having seen The Nutcracker.

And you bet I grabbed my e-reader after finishing this book to see what books by Kenney I had lingering there.

Why should you read it:

It's absolutely delicious!