Book Review: "Red Cloaked Huntress" by Erika Harken

 

A wolf, a destiny, and no turning back…

A mysterious black wolf haunts the forest of Crimlas, stripping the woodland of its beauty and preventing the people of Rothum from harvesting the Mirimae flower—a rare and powerful medicinal plant they have relied on for centuries.

Despite all efforts to kill or rid of the Black Wolf, its decade-long reign persists, as those who set out to hunt it never return home…

Eighteen-year-old Loraline has lived in the devastation of the wolf’s presence since childhood, watching the sick and wounded die needlessly without the Mirimae flower. A month before her wedding, her own grandmother falls gravely ill, and Loraline knows she cannot withstand the plague of the Black Wolf any longer.

Donning her blood-red cloak, the brave young woman sets out in the heart of winter to discover the Black Wolf’s origin, as well as the weakness that will bring its destruction once and for all. - from Booksirens.com

This ARC was provided through Booksirens.com at no cost and I am providing an unbiased review.

This is a novella from this author, that caught my eye due to the cover art. Add to it the plot description and that it is a fairytale re-telling piqued my interest. It is rather shorter than I would have liked, but is well-written. Obvuiously, there is a 'red riding hood' and a big, black wolf, but from there, this re-telling just has the right kind of twists in the story that surprised me. I was a bit disappointed that there was not more "filling" of the story, but it is a novella. I would very much like to see similar retellings of other tales by this author.