Reviewed by Meygan Cox
Scarlett and Rosie are wolf hunters, fighting in the
name of their beloved grandmother who was killed by a werewolf. Yes, this is a
spinoff of the fairy tale classic Little
Red Riding Hood except this story is focused on sweet, sweet revenge and a
lot of dead wolves. Even though Scarlett and Rosie are close, they have
different objectives. Scarlett dedicates every second she is awake to
slaughtering wolves (otherwise known as “Fenris” in the book), while Rosie
hunts only because she feels that she owes it to her sister. (Scarlett lost an
eye in a battle trying to protect Rosie.) Sure, Rosie begs Scarlett to let her hunt
alone, but when she does hunt she finds herself wishing she was doing something
else. In other words, Scarlett is a hunter by nature and Rosie is a hunter by
choice.
And of course, how good would a book about
werewolves be without a love interest? Rosie can’t help but to notice how
“different” Silas looks. Rosie, Scarlett, and Silas grew up together, and
Scarlett and Silas were hunting partners. After Silas moved away, Scarlett held
a grudge for his disappearance. But now that he is back, Scarlett has sort of
forgiven him while Rosie can’t get over his change. Silas tells Rosie that she
shouldn’t follow in her sister’s footsteps because that isn’t how she wants to
live her life. After the three move to Atlanta to hunt more wolves, Silas signs
Rosie up for classes at a local school where she can take classes about
dancing, art, etc. Rosie feels that she is torn between her dedication to her
sister and her feelings for Silas. And to make matters worse, the wolves are
getting stronger making it almost impossible for Scarlett to hunt by herself. Will
Rosie continue hunting or will she be inclined to actually follow her passions
instead of Scarlett’s? Or will it be a mixture of both? Will she and Silas
share that first kiss that that seems to palpably linger between them? Will
Scarlett ever spend more time having fun and less time killing werewolves? All
you have to do is read Red Sisters to
find the answers!
I am not new to the young adult fantasy and
supernatural genre. I mean, the other night I stayed up until 1am debating
about which Hogwarts house I would be placed in (all thanks to a dear
co-worker/friend of mine). But this book missed the mark. I found the
characters to be weak. I would rather hate a character with every drop of blood
in me than to be bored by them. At least Lord Voldermort was interesting and
even though we all wanted him dead, we were absolutely enthralled by his
character! But there is nothing interesting about the characters or the
werewolves besides the fact that this was a rip off of Little Red Riding Hood. This book had the potential to be exceptional. I would say that the first 100 pages were
intriguing. The characters were still being developed and there was enough
action to keep me as a reader on my toes. But I found myself around page 280
just speed reading so I could finally say that I finished the book.
Again, the author had so much to work with, but the
action was too repetitive and the climax was something that I had pieced
together before mentioned. This is a
series but I will not be finishing it. I don’t even know if this is a book that
I would recommend to Twilight fans. Honestly, there just wasn’t enough action
for me and I felt that the story went downhill. I believe this sentence will
sum up my true feelings for Sisters Red—I
will be reading spoiler alerts on Goodreads for the other two books.
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