Red by Kate Serine
Series : Transplanted Tales #1
Genre : Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Publisher : Kensington
Publication Date : August 2nd, 2012
Genre : Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Publisher : Kensington
Publication Date : August 2nd, 2012
Fairytale characters meet the mean streets of Chicago in this gritty
paranormal romance featuring Little Red Riding Hood as a
tough-as-nails detective.
Once upon a time, a spell went awry, stranding Make Believe characters
in the ordinary world. Since then, Tess “Red” Little has worked as an
Enforcer for the Chicago branch of the Fairytale Management Authority.
All grown up and with nothing to lose, she’s not some waif with a basket
of goodies. Guns and combat boots are more her style now. And on her
latest assignment, no one’s living happily ever after.
Someone is viciously murdering transplanted Tales, and the list of
characters capable of such grisly violence includes more than one of
Red’s old flames. To make matters worse, she’ll be working alongside
sexy, enigmatic Nate Grimm, the FMA’s lead detective and part-time
Reaper. Red normally prefers playing the lone wolf, but Nate’s dark side
makes him perfect for this case. That is, if she can trust him. As she
learned long ago, believing in the wrong person can have big, bad
consequences.
Woah! I can't believe it's been so long since Red got published! I remember reading this one 7-8 years back and I was hooked from the first chapter! It didn't help that I was obsessed with fairytale retellings and the TV show Once Upon A Time as well during that time! :P
I vividly remember enjoying Red and the other books in the series, so I'm kinda glad I made the time to re-read this one for the 10 year anniversary!
The Transplanted Tales series follows a bunch of fairy tale characters who have been transported to the real world and in book one we've got Tess Little aka 'Red' (from Little Red Riding Hood) who works as an Enforcer for the Fairytale Management Agency! A bunch of murders brings in a new case which she has to investigate and the list of potential suspects might include her exes 🤪 Lol!
And to top it off she has a new partner - Nate Grimm(the grim reaper in the flesh)!
The amazing set of characters and the world building were two of my favorite things in Red! I loved the blend of urban fantasy and paranormal! The author has given us such a refreshing take on these characters and each one is so unique and fun! Our heroine - Red is kick-ass, snarky and clever! She's not without flaws, especially when it comes to her emotions and trust issues, but I think that made me love her more!
Ooh and don't get me started on Nate! I fell hard for this sexy fedora-wearing grim reaper! He's so patient, protective and a little dangerous! 😉 I loved the slow development of the relationship between them along with the various twists and turns! The sexual tension between them was so high! You could feel it in every interaction of theirs and I was waiting for these two to get together!
The author also manages to weave a great story with a well balanced mix of suspense, action and romance! If you haven't come across this series yet I urge you to give it a try, especially if you like fairytale retellings and UF books with a twist!
*I was provided with an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest
review*
Find the books in the series here :
One nice thing about being a former fairytale is that we’re damned hard to kill—more or less immortal, really, when it comes to the usual ways of buying the farm—but one thing that’s guaranteed to get the job done is a bullet to the brain. And Dave had managed it beautifully.
“Damn it, Dave,” I muttered, squatting down beside him. “What the hell scared you this badly?”
“Hey ya, Red.”
My head snapped up quickly at the sound of a familiar voice. “Hey, Nate,” I said with a grin. “You almost scared me to death.”
He threw his head back with a burst of mirth that always seemed at odds with this kind of crime scene, but I guess after so many years of collecting the dead as a Reaper, he’d become desensitized to it all.
Nate Grimm came over in the forties and had been so enamored with the post-WWII era he’d never really left it. Let’s just say if he’d suddenly faded to black and white and started doing his own voice-over narration in that world-weary raspy voice of his, I wouldn’t have been entirely surprised. I’d never seen him in anything except an impeccably tailored wool suit, simple silk tie, and an overcoat that looked like a prop from Casablanca. And the fedora that covered his dark hair was such a permanent fixture, I often found myself debating if the shadows shrouding his handsome face were from the hat or some other, more mysterious source.
Nate was the FMA’s top homicide detective and, by virtue of his special talents, always knew when one of us had checked out before you could even call it in. Anybody that dialed into death was a shade or two this side of creepy, but still, I couldn’t help liking the guy—even if in the back of my mind I knew he’d eventually be coming for me, too.
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Kate SeRine (pronounced “serene”) is a hopeless romantic who firmly
believes in true love that lasts forever. So it’s no surprise that when
she began writing her own stories, Kate vowed her characters would always
have a happily ever after. She’s the author of the award-winning
TRANSPLANTED TALES paranormal romance series as well as two romantic
suspense series: PROTECT AND SERVE and DARK ALLIANCE.
Kate lives in a smallish, quintessentially Midwestern town with her
husband and two sons, who share her love of storytelling. She never tires
of creating new worlds to share and is even now working on her next
project — probably while consuming way too much coffee.
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Yeah, Nate was swoon-worthy! Thank you so much!
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