Calling Once Upon A Time Fans

For those who love the series Once Upon a Time, we all know who Red is or Ruby of Storybrooke. Their version of Red Riding Hood with a magical cloak that protects dear sweet Red from the mammoth size wolves that attack the village people every Wolfstime. How, though, did she get the cloak and how did she meet Peter, the love of her life? And what other mysteries is Granny hiding? These questions and more are answered in Red's Untold Story by Wendy Toliver. For those who have not yet watched Once, I will keep to just my general opinion of the book and not go into much of the story save for what I said above. This novel takes place only in the Enchanted Forest and not in our world. Red is her typical self, growing up with her over protective grandma who has a knack for baking and trying hard to make friends in a village plagued by monsters every month.. Other characters included Peter, her best friend, and of course, Granny, Red also runs into trouble with three of the popular town girls, who are every bit as nasty as the stories of the wolf. Lovers of Once Upon A TIme will enjoy reading this book as well fans of the classic story, Red Riding Hood. I will warn the latter though, this is a slightly different story. If you are wanting to watch the TV show and are afraid this will spoil it, have no fear... there is very little spoilers, only clues to her origins. Writing style was very good and reminded me of the show with the exception of not going into our world. Regular characters from the series are only those will direct links to Red herself being Peter and Granny, which contains the story to her village and surrounding areas. For the most part I enjoyed this book. It remained true to the world I have come to love and gave us more insight on a character I wish they would have developed more. It is very clean with very little language and blood is kept to a minimum. I recommend this book to lovers of fairy tales, fantasy, and of course, Once Upon a Time.