A Court of Sugar and Spice

A Nutcracker Retelling (Wicked Darlings, Book 1)

De: Rebecca F. Kenney

Narrado por: Jessica Jeffries

With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, must live with their godfather Drosselmeyer. One night, an accident brings to life one of the strange wooden dolls in Drosselmeyer's mansion. The Nutcracker doll is a cursed Fae prince, and he pleads for the sisters' help. During the ensuing journey into the Fae realm, Clara encounters the handsome Sugarplum Faerie, and he promises her the chance to enact all her forbidden fantasies. Meanwhile Louisa and the Nutcracker Prince battle and bicker over everything, despite the growing attraction between them. And to make matters worse, the entire Seelie kingdom is under threat of conquest by the Rat King, ruler of the Dread Court. Contains mature themes. Trigger and content warnings are available on the author's website.©2022 Rebecca F. Kenney (P)2023 Tantor

So cute!

This is such a cute and fun holiday read. I laughed out loud multiple times.

Love love love

i absolutely love this book. I absolutely love Fin. ughhh so much. like it's ridiculous

Hard to Love but found some likeable moments

NARRATION
Jessica Jeffries is a wonderful storyteller. It kept me in the story and had me listening tentatively. The only complaint that I have is that she doesn't change her inflection between the sister BUT luckily, she changes her inflection for the princes.

STORY
This story was really good and had a nice plot that kept me interested. But it reminds me of the type of story of someone who is just learning about s*x with a retelling story. The main reason that I kept reading this story is because of Clara and Fin; their lust, love, and understanding of each other was chef's kiss.

Clara
I love this character and I loved how real she was. This character made me feel like this was the authors favorite character as well lol She put so much into her character and into her romance. Clara and Fin have the most amazing relationship when it came to his care for her and her care for him. The pieces that they love of each other plus their primal play was chef's kiss.

Louisa
She was honestly an annoying character, she always had one thing on the mind. She also was so cruel with her sister even when her sister was just fine being in her shadow. Her relationship with Lir was also not the greatest of romances which made their "love" seem impossible but in evitable.

Such a good retelling

Really liked this retelling of the nutcracker. There’s spice and and of course Finn. If you want a fantasy spicy filled Christmas classic read this!

Engaging story

I had a great time with this steamy re-tale. The prince attitude towards one of the main characters was awful (don’t want to spoil the plot), making him my least favorite…. Sugar Plum Faerie, on the other hand, is my new book boyfriend
The narration was great but it would be much better if they were multiple narrators.

I Tried To Love It

I finished this book simply because I had already gone too far to quit and because I had nothing else to listen to at the moment. The basis of the story was great but it was clouded by the constant spicy scenes.. I love spice but it almost seemed that the spicy scenes took over and left no room for a good story. It had potential to be wonderful but the story felt rushed and there was not enough development to really fall in love with the story itself. If you want constant spice this is for you but if you need more and want a good story then this may not be for you.

Sugar and SPICE

This book made me smile and blush. It’s quick paced which I like. The ending wraps up quickly. I’m glad it was a stand alone and it concluded. The spicy scenes were written well. I need to look up fan art because I want to see how icky that rat king looked lol I adore both sisters. And I wouldn’t mind having a sugar plum

Lir was everything my grown heart needed. 🩷🩷

And we are not afraid. Because a love so imperfectly flawless is all the magic we need to dispel fear.” 🩵🩷

📖 The Court of Sugar and Spice
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UGH MY HEART. 😭😭 I loved this book so much. The Nutcracker was my favorite as a kid and I’ve seen the ballet sooo many times. This was the story my grown heart needed. 5/5⭐️ I listened to the audio while reading along. The narrator did a good job with the different povs. 🙌🏻

Be aware of what you are getting into!!

Fiction / Christmas / Erotica / Retelling / DARK
⭐⭐⭐/5 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

CW: Dub Con, Kink, SA, Voyeurism

This is a DARK Nutcracker retelling. Do not open this book if you are not ready for depravity. If you liked Anne Rice's The Sleeping Beauty Quartet you might enjoy this.

In this case, entertaining doesn't necessarily mean good. There were times I thought I was totally going to DNF this book, but something kept me reading.

Sugar & Spice

Read this for my book club and was expecting it to be a bit more spicy (had some spice). Cute holiday book!