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Saturday Woodcutter isn’t like her sisters. She’d rather be in the forest cutting down trees with her father and brother than wear dresses to a ball. She also doesn’t have any magic … or so she thought.
Saturday didn’t mean to conjure an ocean in her family’s backyard, but when she sets sail on a pirate ship determined to set things right, she finds herself kidnapped and whisked away to caves at the top of the world.
If Saturday hopes to escape, find her family, and make things right, she’ll first have to join forces with Peregrine, a fellow prisoner, and find the power within herself to defeat the mountain witch who holds her captive.
Hero isn’t your average fairy tale retelling. In fact, it’s what I imagine would happen if The Iliad crossed paths with Beauty and the Beast. Odd, yes. Because of this oddness, the book was much slower to hook me. The fairy tales woven into this story also aren’t nearly as prominent as can be found in Enchanted, the first book in the series, but I did catch hints of them here and there. All in all, I did enjoy the story and can respect it for being so different. I just didn’t love it.
Rated: Mild. There are around 13 uses of mild language. A female character bathes in front of a man who tries not to look. In another scene, clothing is burned away, though it’s too dark for the character to be seen. Violence includes the bloody death of a villain. A character’s ear is sliced off.
