Christina Bauer

Wolves and Roses

Southern Today Gone Tomorrow

Written by Christina Bauer, I found this book in my local library.

I should not have found this book in my library.

This novel follows Bryar, who is supposed to follow a "fairy tale life template", specifically, Sleeping Beauty. She is raised by three fairies, she falls asleep when she gets nervous, yada yada. But, she hasn't be, and refused her "prince charming", and is sent to a group where she and other girls like her work on getting their life "on track". 

But, she is also a master hacker, super rich, her aunts let her do most whatever she wants, she is friends with someone who is supposed to be Cinderella but is also a jewel thief who lives on her own, oh, and she collects papyri for fun/to put together some book. And, of course, ends up falling in love with a werewolf.

Let me list the ways that this novel is bad:

The writing reads like a first draft. What do I mean by that? There are words missing, all of the characters react to things and have thought processes similar to squirrels, and there seems to be no effort to make these characters or plot line even a little realistic/convincing. There are no prose, but a lot of repetition, if I read one more time about how her aunts track her through her phone I might hit my head on something.
The plot. What do I mean by that? Well, most plots are driven by very odd events occurring. but this plot makes little to no sense. What code could they be talking about? Three pages later she is using a code to put together a book from the papers she took photos of. Let me drive away from here because I am frustrated. Pick back up with that character; I stayed in my spot long after she went into the apartment. Same night. Same character. STOP AUTHOR!
Continuity. See two points above. I find it really frustrating when an author doesn't know how to build a character, and how the character would actually think. Maybe it is just me and my mind is too quick, but if you are actively looking for puzzle pieces and using a code to put a book together, when you come face-to-face with the owner of said puzzle pieces and they talk about a code, out side you would act like you didn't know what they were talking about, but inside you wouldn't.
The characters are so flat. The werewolf was a bit more interesting, but still, the writing left him feeling pretty flat too. and Bryar was just confusing and made no sense whatsoever. I get it, you wanted this perfect imperfect character - you didn't succeed.
The world makes no sense. You have these bad guys that everyone in the magical community knows are bad guys, but, jk, everyone doesn't actually know this.
The summary gives away plot points. DON'T DO THAT! She at least thinks she is just a girl.
This reads like a Wattpad story. Is this a Wattpad story? IS IT???
So, this is the worst book I have read this year, so far.

And I found it in. A. Library. BAD LIBRARY! I get it, you can't read everything, but this is why some reviews are false and misleading. If you had read the first two chapters, you would know how bad this is.

I don't recommend this to anyone. I don't care how bad you need another werewolf story. This novel should only be found on Wattpad for free. That's it.

"Must read YA paranormal romance!" - USA Today Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She’s descended from one of the three magical races—shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar’s case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. Should being the key word. Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the sleeping beauty life template. Not even close. She doesn’t like birds or woodland creatures. She can’t sing. And she certainly can’t stand Prince Philpot, the so-called “His Highness of Hedge Funds” that her aunties want her to marry. Even worse, Bryar’s having recurring dreams of a bad boy hottie and is obsessed with finding papyri from ancient Egypt. What’s up with that? “Exciting and well-conceived” – Kirkus All Bryar wants is to attend a regular high school with normal humans and forget all about shifters, fairies, witches, and the curse that Colonel Mallory the Magnificent placed on her. And she might be able to do just that--if only she can just keep her head down until her eighteenth birthday when the spell that’s ruined her life goes buh-bye. But that plan gets turned upside down when Bryar Rose meets Knox, the bad boy who’s literally from her dreams. Knox is a powerful werewolf, and his presence in her life changes everything, and not just because he makes her knees turn into Jell-O. If Bryar can’t figure out who—or what—she really is, it might cost both her and Knox their lives... as well as jeopardize the very nature of magic itself. "A fun romp for Twilight fans."- School Library Journal. Perfect for readers who love young adult books, contemporary fantasy, fairy tales, gamma guys, satire/comedy, paranormal romance, fairies, magic users, shapeshifters, and coming of age stories. FAIRY TALES OF THE MAGICORUM Sleeping Beauty 1 - Wolves And Roses 1.5 - Moonlight and Midtown 2 - Shifters And Glyphs Cinderella 2.5 - Fairies and Frosting 3 - Slippers And Thieves Christina Bauer is the author of the bestselling Angelbound series about Heaven, Hell and Purgatory, and the angels, demons, dragons, ghouls and humans that call them home; the Beholder series, about a medieval farm girl turned necromancer who needs to save the realm; the Fairy Tales of the Magicorum, which takes place in version of our modern world where fairies, shifters and wizards are real; and Dimension Drift, where one sassy teenage girl-slash-scientist plots to save the future from its dystopian fate. "Must read YA paranormal romance!" - USA Today Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She’s descended from one of the three magical races—shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar’s case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. Should being the key word. Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the sleeping beauty life template. Not even close. She doesn’t like birds or woodland creatures. She can’t sing. And she certainly can’t stand Prince Philpot, the so-called “His Highness of Hedge Funds” that her aunties want her to marry. Even worse, Bryar’s having recurring dreams of a bad boy hottie and is obsessed with finding papyri from ancient Egypt. What’s up with that? “Exciting and well-conceived” – Kirkus All Bryar wants is to attend a regular high school with normal humans and forget all about shifters, fairies, witches, and the curse that Colonel Mallory the Magnificent placed on her. And she might be able to do just that--if only she can just keep her head down until her eighteenth birthday when the spell that’s ruined her life goes buh-bye. But that plan gets turned upside down when Bryar Rose meets Knox, the bad boy who’s literally from her dreams. Knox is a powerful werewolf, and his presence in her life changes everything, and not just because he makes her knees turn into Jell-O. If Bryar can’t figure out who—or what—she really is, it might cost both her and Knox their lives... as well as jeopardize the very nature of magic itself. "A fun romp for Twilight fans."- School Library Journal. Perfect for readers who love young adult books, contemporary fantasy, fairy tales, satire/comedy, paranormal romance, gamma guys, fairies, magic users, shapeshifters, and coming of age stories. MAGICORUM series reading order Sleeping Beauty 'Bryar Rose' 1 - Wolves and Roses 1.5 - Moonlight and Midtown 2 - Shifters and Glyphs Cinderella 'Elle' 3 - Slippers and Thieves (2019) 4 - Bandits and Ball Gowns (2020) Evil Queen from Snow White 'Avianna' 5 - Apples and Arsenic (2021) 6 - Evil Queens and Goblin Kings (2022) Read all the series from author Christina Bauer: - Fairy Tales of the Magicorum (YA Urban Fantasy) - Angelbound Origins (YA Dark Fantasy) - Angelbound Offspring (YA Dark Fantasy) - Angelbound Worlds (YA Dark Fantasy) - Beholder (YA Dark Fantasy) - Dimension Drift (YA Urban Fantasy)

Wolves And Roses

Annie

Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She's descended from one of the three magical races-shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar's case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. Should being the key word. Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the sleeping beauty life template. Not even close. She doesn't like birds or woodland creatures. She can't sing. And she certainly can't stand Prince Philpot, the so-called ''His Highness of Hedge Funds'' that her aunties want her to marry. Even worse, Bryar's having recurring dreams of a bad boy hottie and is obsessed with finding papyri from ancient Egypt. What's up with that?...

Wolves and Roses

Reviews