Hexed by Emily McIntire
“He is the prince of La Cosa Nostra. She’s the witch who steals his coronary heart.”
Emily McIntire is understood finest for her tales that give fairytale characters a brand new, darkish and romantic spin. Her books are fascinating and can make your head spin as she weaves up to date representations of those tales and reveals them in a brand new gentle.
Her By no means After collection has gained the writer a legion of followers, and these retellings, that includes darkish romance and a touch of romantasy, are as coveted as they’re devoured by those that love sophisticated characters. Due to her books filled with slow-burn romance and non-reliable narrators, she is a USA As we speak, Writer’s Weekly and Amazon bestselling writer.
Her sixth installment within the By no means After collection, Hexed, covers the sophisticated story of The Little Mermaid. This immersive retelling, led by witchy predominant character Venesa Anderson, is a ebook that new readers and followers of her work won’t be able to place down.
Venesa has lived a secluded life, held captive by her uncle, a gangster who has protected her for the reason that loss of life of her dad and mom.
Identical to Ariel in The Little Mermaid, readers will instantly join the dots of how Venesa’s emotions parallel these of the well-known mermaid. She needs out, she needs to hunt a greater life. She is uninterested in being overprotected and of doing every thing her uncle calls for.
Her escape comes within the type of her cousin’s return to their small coastal southern city and whisks her away alongside Enzo “Loverboy” Marino.
Darkish and mafia romance readers will shortly achieve curiosity in studying extra about Enzo. His story and predominant traits make him the traditional coveted unhealthy boy. Enzo’s character, in addition to scenes the place readers will really feel his romantic pressure with Venesa, fulfill.
Venesa and Enzo present readers the stark actuality of forbidden love. Right here, a previously secluded lady is paired with a rich man who hides a lifetime of crime. However their variations may be discovered in additional than their backgrounds. Their romance is sophisticated by the truth that Enzo is at the moment engaged to be married.
Readers will see acquainted and beloved darkish romance themes, equivalent to love and hate, and harmful romantic entanglements. However McIntire has a method to make these themes really feel like they’re new and refreshed, particularly whereas working with characters who’re based mostly on well-known fairytales. McIntire twists the story in a manner that readers will neglect that they’re studying a retelling. Hexed is a well-written up to date model of The Little Mermaid, filled with relatable themes and subjects.
Within the novel, girls usually are not afraid to be daring and highly effective, although the boys don’t all the time perceive the ladies’s intentions, since they arrive from a world the place males rule the narrative.
Venesa is just not afraid to indicate off her powers as a witch. Whereas Ariel was trapped by the worry that she feels to depart a well-recognized world to observe a brand new one, Venesa is a strong feminine character who grows throughout the story and strikes via her worry.
She confidently makes an attempt to lure Enzo along with her seductive and highly effective siren track. Whereas tempted, Enzo has his personal fears about an entanglement with Venesa. It’s not solely his pressured engagement that will get in the way in which, however inside his robust facade lies a person afraid to discover something that might result in true happiness. He, too, should develop all through the story.
With this novel, Emily McIntire proves as soon as once more that she’s a strong pressure throughout the romantasy and darkish romance style.
Plus, as a latest Stage IV breast most cancers survivor, McIntire has been open on social media about her journey of writing of this novel. She mentioned how a lot it meant to her to see the ebook out on the earth and within the arms of readers.
McIntire proves with this ebook that there are such a lot of methods to take traditional tales and make them your personal. These tales will transcend previous being retellings, they’ve the ability to grow to be classics of their very own. In a world the place all of us want the distraction of a great novel, it’s vital to learn tales that seize the creativeness and usually are not afraid to attempt a little bit one thing completely different with familial subjects entrance and middle.
Publish Date: November 5, 2024
Style: Romance
Creator: Emily McIntire
Web page Depend: 544 pages
Writer: Bloom Books
ISBN: 9781728275864