Cold Hearted by Serena Valentino | e-Arc Review | Rockstar Book Tours

 

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the COLD HEARTED by Serena Valentino Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About the Book

Title: COLD HEARTED (Villains #8)

Author: Serena Valentino

Pub. Date: July 6, 2021

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 304

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

This was supposed to be her happily ever after…

It’s a familiar tale: A kind and beautiful young girl, reeling from loss. A doting father, frantic to bring a mother’s love back into his daughter’s life. And the selfish, cruel woman who insinuates herself into that family―a woman so unfeeling, so cold hearted, that when her new husband dies, she makes the girl a servant in her own home.

But who is that evil stepmother, that icy lady of the house? How did she become so closed off that, in the face of a child’s grief, she thought only to seek wealth and power for herself and her abhorrent daughters? Before that fateful ball, before the glass slipper and the prince, there was another story―a story of love and grief, of hope and of dreams dashed. It is the story of Lady Tremaine.

Even the coldest of villains are sometimes wives and mothers, women who loved and lost and hoped for something grander for their lives . . . once upon a dream.

The latest novel in Serena Valentino’s deliciously devious Villains series introduces the most famed and hated wicked stepmother of them all―but turns everything you know about her on its head.

 

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My Review:

Where do I start? There are so many amazing things to tell about this book! By the way it got 5/5 freaking bookish stars. I would have loved to give it 10/5 because it was just that amazing! Let me stop gushing for a moment (who am I kidding?).

When I got the e-mail telling me I’ve been accepted for the tour I was literally crying tears of joy. I haven’t read the other books in the villains series. (Shame on me!!) So I didn’t quite know what I should expect and I think that was a good thing to do. We should stop having high expectations of the books we’re about to read. That’s not helping. It’s just stressing us even more. Because I didn’t have any expectations whatsoever I could enjoy “Cold Hearted” quite a lot.

Cinderella has never been my favorite Disney Princess or movie. I liked it because it was quite alright but I always enjoyed watching the scenes with her stepmother and stepsisters a lot more. Why? I have no idea. I only know that I couldn’t pass this opportunity and I just had to read this story about Lady Tremaine.

I quite enjoyed the little twists here and there. Some of them I didn’t even guess and they surprised me. In a good way. I love it when the author manages to surprise me with their twists. Especially here because I thought that something else was going on and *Bam* I was wrong. So wrong!
I loved the writing style and how Serena Valentino described the Many Kingdoms. During my reading experience I had the feeling that I was myself a character in the book. Only problem: I now want a bloody spin-off movie about Lady Tremaine. Disney can you please do me this favour? Thank you very much!

This book made me rethink all of my hate for the stepmothers in the Disney universe. I know I have been terrible in the past. 6 year old Stéphanie hated the stepmothers terribly and didn’t care to know the reasons behind their actions. 25 year old Stéphanie is thinking a little bit differently and is more open-minded. Thank God for that! This novel definitely made me think and I’m glad to know that I’m not the only reader to feel like that.

Like I mentioned somewhere above I haven’t read any of the other books before. “Cold Hearted” can be read as a stand-alone. If you want to read this book but haven’t read the rest of the series, don’t you worry. You can read them in the order you want! Which is honestly so relieving. Especially when there are already a lot of books in the series.

 

About Serena:

Serena Valentino has been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past decade. She has earned critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domains, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty, and extraordinary protagonists. The books in her best-selling Villains series are best enjoyed when read in the following order: Fairest of All, The Beast Within, Poor Unfortunate Soul, Mistress of All Evil, Mother Knows Best, Odd Sisters, Evil Thing, and Cold Hearted.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of COLD HEARTED, US Only.

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*DISCLAIMER: A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you Rockstar Book Tours for including me on this tour!