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A review by dame_samara
Burning Roses by S.L. Huang
4.0
This book has been calling to me since I brought it home from the library and once I began consuming it it was near impossible to put down.
Am I a sucker for fairy tale retellings? Most definitely, but I must say this book stretches far beyond what we typically think of as fairy tale retellings into something that I don't really have the words for. This book feels like it takes the archetypes we've come to know and takes them and turns it on it's head showing us that under the pretty wrapping those stories are dark and there are things such as trauma and abuse, we leave untouched because it can't be tied up into a cute little bow at The End.
It was nice to see this story look into the repercussions of the stories we cherish, but also being able to see older queer women depicted in fiction. Seeing them get to raise families and have lives and deal with the struggles their lives have left them with.
Would I recommend this book?
Yes, it's short, compelling, and a story you won't regret.
Am I a sucker for fairy tale retellings? Most definitely, but I must say this book stretches far beyond what we typically think of as fairy tale retellings into something that I don't really have the words for. This book feels like it takes the archetypes we've come to know and takes them and turns it on it's head showing us that under the pretty wrapping those stories are dark and there are things such as trauma and abuse, we leave untouched because it can't be tied up into a cute little bow at The End.
It was nice to see this story look into the repercussions of the stories we cherish, but also being able to see older queer women depicted in fiction. Seeing them get to raise families and have lives and deal with the struggles their lives have left them with.
Would I recommend this book?
Yes, it's short, compelling, and a story you won't regret.