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Erotic Fairy Tales #3.1
Hansel, Part One
FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLA JAMES...
One boy. Mother calls him Hansel.
One girl. Mother named her Gretel.
Locked in little rooms, in the mountainside mansion of a crazy woman.
Until he saws a hole into the wall dividing them.
Then at least, they have each other’s hands.
It doesn’t end well at Mother’s house.
Everything gets…broken.
Ten years later, they meet again in an exclusive Vegas sex club.
Whips.
Chains.
And most of all, a mask.
What happens to love when it gets twisted?
Fairy tales are cautionary tales, remember?
One boy. Mother calls him Hansel.
One girl. Mother named her Gretel.
Locked in little rooms, in the mountainside mansion of a crazy woman.
Until he saws a hole into the wall dividing them.
Then at least, they have each other’s hands.
It doesn’t end well at Mother’s house.
Everything gets…broken.
Ten years later, they meet again in an exclusive Vegas sex club.
Whips.
Chains.
And most of all, a mask.
What happens to love when it gets twisted?
Fairy tales are cautionary tales, remember?
78 pages, ebook
First published October 20, 2014
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Ella James
84 books5,783 followersElla James is the USA Today + Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of more than twenty books. Ella lives in Colorado with her husband and three kids. When she's not writing, you can find her in the foothills.
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July 9, 2020
3.5 stars!
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I started reading Hansel, but it wasn’t this! The direction this story took surprised me, but I liked it!
Leah, or Gretel walks into a club with her two sisters who happen to be her triplets. After ten years of having anxiety issues, things come full force when her past is thrown in her face. Everything about this place is familiar and it takes her back… back to when she was Gretel and she had Hansel.
Their past is messed up. And seeing him is all it took for things to spiral for her. Her Hansel. She has to get to him. She just doesn’t know how….
I loved how the story was told from the present time, but also took us back ten years into the past. We got not only Leah’s perspective, but Hansel’s as well.
Ella James did a great job introducing this story. It could go all kinds of directions and I can’t wait to see which way she takes it. I have a feeling its going to be more dark and emotional than her other erotic fairy tales.
You know this ended in a cliffy, but I’ve come to expect those in serials. I’m anxiously waiting for part 2 in this twisted fairy tale!
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I started reading Hansel, but it wasn’t this! The direction this story took surprised me, but I liked it!
Leah, or Gretel walks into a club with her two sisters who happen to be her triplets. After ten years of having anxiety issues, things come full force when her past is thrown in her face. Everything about this place is familiar and it takes her back… back to when she was Gretel and she had Hansel.
Their past is messed up. And seeing him is all it took for things to spiral for her. Her Hansel. She has to get to him. She just doesn’t know how….
I loved how the story was told from the present time, but also took us back ten years into the past. We got not only Leah’s perspective, but Hansel’s as well.
Ella James did a great job introducing this story. It could go all kinds of directions and I can’t wait to see which way she takes it. I have a feeling its going to be more dark and emotional than her other erotic fairy tales.
You know this ended in a cliffy, but I’ve come to expect those in serials. I’m anxiously waiting for part 2 in this twisted fairy tale!
November 7, 2014
** 4 STARS **
THAT. WAS. INCREDIBLE!
After Red & Wolfe, Part I and Beast, Part I, I was sure I would love anything that this woman writes! And when I saw the blurb of Hansel, I was like...
And Ella James certainly didn't disappoint me! I am in awe with the extent of her imagination.
Oh and DAMN, this woman can write about sex, people!
Leah McKenzie finds herself in a sex club with her triplet sisters Laura and Lana, because apparently watching a "show of dominance" is the last thing Lana wants to do before getting married with her soulmate.
The minute they get inside, the general atmosphere of the club suddenly triggers flashbacks and Leah is Gretel again, reliving all the horrors from 10 years ago...
And is that...is that her Hansel on the stage?
It's been 10 years since Lucas Lenore has destroyed Mother Goose’s House of horrors and has freed all the fairytale boys and girls trapped inside it. 10 years, since he was Hansel and had a Gretel. 10 years, since he became Edgar, owner of a sex club and well-known performer of dominance plays.
10 years, since he has lost his Gretel and has been trying to satisfy himself by finding submissive blonde girls that look just like her.
10 years, since he has been fighting with the demons that Mother introduced him to, by himself, without Gretel...
Because I’m not a sadist — not just. Inside, I’m stil Hansel. And Hansel is a masochist.
Now that Gretel has found her Hansel again, how will she get him back? But more importantly...will he remember her? Will he still want her?
I want to be in charge of him. To make him happy. Fix him. Because he’s mine.
You may be wondering, "Why 4 stars if you loved it THAT MUCH, dude?"
Well, there were a few typos and some...wait for it...WRONGLY PLACED CHARACTER NAMES, which irritated me to a huge extent! I mean, what the hell is wrong with the editor of this book?! I would probably do a better job at this then whoever was supposed to be doing it!
Apart from that slight problem, this was an awesome introduction to a very interesting story and I seriously can't wait for Book #2!
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February 27, 2016
Woohoo! Still FREE on Amazon US as of 12/21/2014.
I am reading next-next-next.
BLURB:
One boy. Mother calls him Hansel.
One girl. Mother named her Gretel.
Locked in little rooms, in the mountainside mansion of a crazy woman.
Until he saws a hole into the wall dividing them.
Then at least, they have each other’s hands.
It doesn’t end well at Mother’s house.
Everything gets…broken.
Ten years later, they meet again in an exclusive Vegas sex club.
Whips.
Chains.
And most of all, a mask.
What happens to love when it gets twisted?
Fairy tales are cautionary tales, remember?
These novellas should be read in order:
Part 1: Hansel, Part I
Part 2: Hansel, Part II
Part 3: Hansel, Part III
Part 4: Hansel, Part IV
AMAZON LINK:
http://www.amazon.com/Hansel-1-Erotic...
December 16, 2014
This serial series (not sure that what they are called!!) is part one of a four part series. I can honestly say that Hansel has caught my attention right from the Prologue. I always find it refreshing when I come across an origional story. Seeing as I read so much, it is becoming harder to find unique stories; but so far this one is definitely one I have never come across before.
This is a story about a man and a woman who at one time were held captive in "The House" and their kidnapper was a woman who called herself; Mother. (as in Mother Goose!) There were other kids in the house as well, but so far this is just "Hansel and Gretal's" story. I don't want to give too much away; but basically we get glimpses of the past when they were held captive, and then we have the present which is very interesting indeed. Let's just say that Leah aka Gretal; ends up in Vegas with her sisters. They are celebrating one of her sisters getting married. Where do they go in Vegas?? Why, a sex club of course!!! LOL This sex club though reminds Leah of a time in her past that she would much rather forget. She ends up having a huge anxiety attacks considering the club looks like a replica of where she was held captive ten years earlier. To find out why, I would urge you to read the book!!! Believe me though, it will keep you reading, wanting answers, and with each new question that comes up; you will crave even more answers!
This is a fast read, and I am eager to move onto the second installment. I am glad that I was patient and waited until all four stories were out before I started this. So, moving right along..I need to crack open book two, and find out more about the "fairytale" lives of Hansel and Gretal!!!
This is a story about a man and a woman who at one time were held captive in "The House" and their kidnapper was a woman who called herself; Mother. (as in Mother Goose!) There were other kids in the house as well, but so far this is just "Hansel and Gretal's" story. I don't want to give too much away; but basically we get glimpses of the past when they were held captive, and then we have the present which is very interesting indeed. Let's just say that Leah aka Gretal; ends up in Vegas with her sisters. They are celebrating one of her sisters getting married. Where do they go in Vegas?? Why, a sex club of course!!! LOL This sex club though reminds Leah of a time in her past that she would much rather forget. She ends up having a huge anxiety attacks considering the club looks like a replica of where she was held captive ten years earlier. To find out why, I would urge you to read the book!!! Believe me though, it will keep you reading, wanting answers, and with each new question that comes up; you will crave even more answers!
This is a fast read, and I am eager to move onto the second installment. I am glad that I was patient and waited until all four stories were out before I started this. So, moving right along..I need to crack open book two, and find out more about the "fairytale" lives of Hansel and Gretal!!!
March 25, 2017
So I'm doing a little experiment for the month of December. I got a hold of a bunch of kindle freebies over the past several months, ones that look somewhat intriguing or that were recommended to me (like this one) or that have pretty covers. Yes, pretty covers are usually what took over. I am going to read a bunch of them, all from different genres (some I've never really delved into before *cough* new adult *cough cough*) in December just for some light pre-holiday entertainment, but I also want to see if any of them are any good. Because if they are, I want to bring them to my friends' attention, and perhaps give some light to an indie author. Cause I'm nice like that.
My bestie Heather told me to get this one, and while I didn't love it as much as she did (5 stars? Holy crow!) I do admit, it hooked me. I barreled through it in about an hour or so, and was intrigued. The ending left me cold, but this is a part of a four book series, so I can muster up a bit of forgiveness for that. This novella is an erotic retelling of Hansel and Gretel (very loosely based) and the sex is definitely hot. I am not much of a romance reader (as you all know) and I almost NEVER read erotica, so I am also most definitely NOT the target audience for this one. The BDSM fetish is actually pretty realistically portrayed in this, and is most definitely about the fetish and the sex, not about the controlling, creepy, stalkerish behavior that some think must accompany it (E.L. James, I am looking right at YOU). Hansel and Leah are teenagers abducted from their homes by a sadistic woman they call Mother. They are in rooms next to each other and spend the next seventeen months holding each others hands through a chink in the wall, trying to pass on a warm presence just to get through each day. It was tender and sweet. When Mother's day of reckoning comes and they find themselves with freedom once again, they succumb to their innermost urges and finally do the dirty. On Leah's dirty sheets I might add.
And don't find each other again for ten years.
Now, I know this one is short, but I wish that it had more meat to it. More backstory, more characterization, more time devoted to fleshing out each character's abduction and prison sentence. This book could have been far longer. And I probably would have liked it better. I just felt as if things were brushed over too fast, feelings that were ambiguous and hard to understand, too much telling and not enough evidence to back any feelings or emotions or motivations up. I am hoping that this will be remedied in the subsequent books. Because if nothing else, reading this did make me want to find out what happens next. Something that goes hand in hand with what I described above is a major lack of characterization. I could not relate to nor could I connect with either MC. And that is what made this a very average read for me. And maybe this is why I don't really do erotica. Because though the sex is hot, I want more from my reading experience. I want to feel for these characters, know them, know their history, understand their passions, desires, brokenness. I wanted to know Mother. I wanted to find out why she did what she did and who she is and what she made Hansel do that broke something inside him. I wanted to feel for Hansel and make him whole again, I wanted to ache with Leah as she learned to heal. But I didn't. That makes me sad.
I also take issue with their whole first sexual act. Hansel had been locked up FOR YEARS and Leah for 17 months. And after they are free the only thing on their minds is that they want to have sex? In the place where they were held captive? Uh Uh. I don't think so. That is not realistic to me nor is sexy. I wish that whole scene had been written out. That they had left each other right then and there and never tasted the forbidden fruit in the first place. Because all I had were questions. If they loved each other so much, they would never have wanted to separate after sleeping together. We're talking about teenagers here. Since when do teenagers "in love" ever want to be with anyone but each other. Again, I'm hoping the topic of their separation comes up in future books, because this is one big plot hole I can't ignore.
So for now, three stars. Not terrible. Not fantastic. But makes me wanting more. In the meantime, go read Heather's glorious review.
Now I am only nine reviews behind. *Sobs*
January 29, 2016
Except he's really not.
This was not my thing. I really didn't enjoy the way the story was told. And the motivations behind everything didn't sit well with me. "Hansel" was a giant asshole with no redeeming qualities.
This gets more than one star purely because I liked the hints of sweetness in the backstory.
Will not be reading any more in this series, no thank you.
2 if-she-looks-and-acts-like-leah-she-probably-is-leah-you-fucking- asshole Stars
Another one bites the dust, thanks for the buddy read my lovely Abstastic Ab Loving Geishas! Onwards and upwards.
February 12, 2016
Normally I hate serials. Normally I never buy the other installments after the first free one. Normally I wouldn't even care about finishing.
But this ... I LOVED IT. I went in expecting it to be terrible and riddled with errors. But it was surprisingly well-written and I fucking loved it and if there were any errors I've forgiven them. God, I've even forgiven the first person present tense.
I mean, I finished reading this when I was already in bed for the night. And then I got out of bed to write this review.
It's a fairytale retelling. It's erotica. It's a story about two people who've been through a harrowing experience. At times, it's fucking creepy. I'm seriously planning to buy the entire series, which is completely out of character for me.
June 15, 2016
Category: A book based on a fairy tale(very, very loosely based on a fairy tale, an extremely dark one.)
3 Stars
Ten years ago “Hansel” and Leah met as teenagers, stuck in hell. For ten years Leah has not been able to get Hansel off of her mind, the sweet boy who did his best to ease her anxiety about being stuck in “Mother Goose’s” house of nightmares. Who stroked her hand through a hole in the wall and made up stories for her.
This is definitely a dark erotica. Hansel is not exactly a likeable character. And it’s not that I have an issue with the fact that he runs a sex show or that he is a Dominant, both of those things are perfectly acceptable and likeable to me, it’s HOW he runs his private life that gets under my skin a bit. I am REALLY tired of dark eroticas with damaged anti-hero love interests who have fallen into the fetish scene because they can’t handle their past. I don’t find that a fair representation of the lifestyle at all. It’s NOT “fucked up” to be a masochist or a sadist or a dominant. *grumbles*
However, I can’t deny that I enjoyed this serial, even for the above mentioned. Hansel is such a dark character and characters like that always fascinate me a little bit. I like Leah’s tenacity, even if I don’t care for how judgemental she gets about his proclivities. These are two broken people who love in broken ways and it’s appalling and intriguing all at the same time.
3 Stars
Ten years ago “Hansel” and Leah met as teenagers, stuck in hell. For ten years Leah has not been able to get Hansel off of her mind, the sweet boy who did his best to ease her anxiety about being stuck in “Mother Goose’s” house of nightmares. Who stroked her hand through a hole in the wall and made up stories for her.
This is definitely a dark erotica. Hansel is not exactly a likeable character. And it’s not that I have an issue with the fact that he runs a sex show or that he is a Dominant, both of those things are perfectly acceptable and likeable to me, it’s HOW he runs his private life that gets under my skin a bit. I am REALLY tired of dark eroticas with damaged anti-hero love interests who have fallen into the fetish scene because they can’t handle their past. I don’t find that a fair representation of the lifestyle at all. It’s NOT “fucked up” to be a masochist or a sadist or a dominant. *grumbles*
However, I can’t deny that I enjoyed this serial, even for the above mentioned. Hansel is such a dark character and characters like that always fascinate me a little bit. I like Leah’s tenacity, even if I don’t care for how judgemental she gets about his proclivities. These are two broken people who love in broken ways and it’s appalling and intriguing all at the same time.
November 6, 2015
This book has been sitting in my tbr for a long time now and I’ve been thinking of reading it and having reservations about it. I guess my only mistake for not reading it sooner was because I happen to forget reading reviews about it when I’m online. But after the chat with the Author, hell, I was happy for my cherry popping!
I didn’t have expectations even if I was told it was dark and twisted. I was just captivated from the moment I started. The mystery of what the characters have endured intrigues me and when I am curious, yeah, you bet, I get crazy over it. I started reading and the next thing I knew, it already ended.
I was beyond disbelief with myself that I haven’t highlighted anything. It was just that every word was like a food to my hungry eyes and I can’t devour them fast enough. I haven’t had time to psychoanalyze the characters and that one thing I can only say is that I feel the connection with them.
I am ready for Hansel, Part Two. But of course, I need sleep first.
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March 1, 2015
Ella James delivers yet again with a twisted version of her own take on Hansel & Gretel. But this isn’t the fairy tale you remember from your childhood. Hansel is told with a series of present day moments mixed in with flashbacks. Moments that show a young girl being taken, held captive by a woman that collected children as fairy tale characters. The girl that went by Leah, turned into Gretel – living as a broken woman who never stopped looking for her Hansel.
Hansel is all grown now. Now he goes by Edgar, owner of the sex club, famous Dom. The man that needs pain to find his pleasure... the man that still needs his Leah, even if he refuses to find her.
The first in this series leaves you with a million questions. You want to know how all of this unfolded. How these kids were taken, what happened to Hansel. To Mother. But more than anything you want to know if Leah can reach beyond the persona of Edgar, past Hansel the boy she held hands with through the wall, eventually leading her to Luke the man that lurks beneath, buried in years of pain.
I was confused as to what was happening, but I couldn’t look away. The way Ella tells this story made you crazy. Wanting to know everything that happened to them – and wanting it all now. And the hotness level of this series is well beyond what we’ve seen from her so far. What a way to start of this series. I am completely hooked.
Hansel is all grown now. Now he goes by Edgar, owner of the sex club, famous Dom. The man that needs pain to find his pleasure... the man that still needs his Leah, even if he refuses to find her.
The first in this series leaves you with a million questions. You want to know how all of this unfolded. How these kids were taken, what happened to Hansel. To Mother. But more than anything you want to know if Leah can reach beyond the persona of Edgar, past Hansel the boy she held hands with through the wall, eventually leading her to Luke the man that lurks beneath, buried in years of pain.
I was confused as to what was happening, but I couldn’t look away. The way Ella tells this story made you crazy. Wanting to know everything that happened to them – and wanting it all now. And the hotness level of this series is well beyond what we’ve seen from her so far. What a way to start of this series. I am completely hooked.
September 8, 2015
**** 4 Mother Goose is Naughty Stars ****
This is part 1 of a 4 part series.
Meet Hansel and Gretel......
Lucas and Leah are abducted by "Mother Goose" and are meant to be Hansel and Gretel. They are held captive in "The House" and are held in separate rooms, but bond thru a whole in the wall. Details are relived thru flash backs as Lucas and Leah are living out their normal lives 10 years later, after Lucas killed "Mother" and they get away.
Lucas and Leah's lives are about to collide once again, all these years later as Leah signs up to be Lucas' submissive.
"Dominating women, it was the air in my lungs."
This story has a twist, Lucas only ever has submissives that wear masks and they have to meed the description of his one girl, the one he needs, Gretel/Leah.
Lucas has no idea his new submissive is Leah, but he senses something more with her. Is this too good to be true, is he losing it because he wants HIS Gretel so bad.
Leah isn't following Lucas' rules he strictly has in place to protect himself. She wants to love him, take care of him, but Lucas needs something dark and painful.
"It felt good.
But good is bad.
I hate myself. I don't deserve this.
GET OUT."
A heartbroken Leah leaves....leading us to book 2.
I have a really good feeling about this series.
This is part 1 of a 4 part series.
Meet Hansel and Gretel......
Lucas and Leah are abducted by "Mother Goose" and are meant to be Hansel and Gretel. They are held captive in "The House" and are held in separate rooms, but bond thru a whole in the wall. Details are relived thru flash backs as Lucas and Leah are living out their normal lives 10 years later, after Lucas killed "Mother" and they get away.
Lucas and Leah's lives are about to collide once again, all these years later as Leah signs up to be Lucas' submissive.
"Dominating women, it was the air in my lungs."
This story has a twist, Lucas only ever has submissives that wear masks and they have to meed the description of his one girl, the one he needs, Gretel/Leah.
Lucas has no idea his new submissive is Leah, but he senses something more with her. Is this too good to be true, is he losing it because he wants HIS Gretel so bad.
Leah isn't following Lucas' rules he strictly has in place to protect himself. She wants to love him, take care of him, but Lucas needs something dark and painful.
"It felt good.
But good is bad.
I hate myself. I don't deserve this.
GET OUT."
A heartbroken Leah leaves....leading us to book 2.
I have a really good feeling about this series.
January 13, 2015
A weird, nightmarish fairytale. Dark, greedy and at points psychotic.. It demands a piece of you from the very first page..Just great!
I loved the first part of this series and i can't get enough, i have already started the next one.. Yes it was that good. Maybe i found a few flaws, but that doesn't change my opinion. Ella James is clearly a master at what she does.
Taking well-known fairytales and converting them into sinful, mysterious, disturbing and completely new stories, is not uncomplicated. Not at all. Miraculously though she succeeds in keeping the fable as a core.
Hansel is a great example of that talent.
Hansel met Leah, when a deranged woman abducted her, around the age of 16. For 17 months, both in captivity, they form an inbreakable bond that led to falling in love. But something terrible happens and they lose each other.
Ten years later, Leah will find Hansel or Edgar as he now calls himself, in the last place on earth she thought possible.
In his sex club, performing in front of an audience, craving pain and still desperate for her.
I can't wait to see what will happen next..
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOOK
- Lucas, Hansel and Edgar is the same peron.
- Dual POV.
- Cold and distant, Hansel is not the same person she remembered. Her prince.
- Of course it ends with a terrible cliffhanger.
- It leaves you, with too many questions..
- Hansel uses sex too much, in order to cover up all his other problems.
- It's interesting and twisted.. Even creepy at points.
- I'm highly intrigued.
- Passionate and heartbreaking..
I loved the first part of this series and i can't get enough, i have already started the next one.. Yes it was that good. Maybe i found a few flaws, but that doesn't change my opinion. Ella James is clearly a master at what she does.
Taking well-known fairytales and converting them into sinful, mysterious, disturbing and completely new stories, is not uncomplicated. Not at all. Miraculously though she succeeds in keeping the fable as a core.
Hansel is a great example of that talent.
Hansel met Leah, when a deranged woman abducted her, around the age of 16. For 17 months, both in captivity, they form an inbreakable bond that led to falling in love. But something terrible happens and they lose each other.
Ten years later, Leah will find Hansel or Edgar as he now calls himself, in the last place on earth she thought possible.
In his sex club, performing in front of an audience, craving pain and still desperate for her.
I can't wait to see what will happen next..
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOOK
- Lucas, Hansel and Edgar is the same peron.
- Dual POV.
- Cold and distant, Hansel is not the same person she remembered. Her prince.
- Of course it ends with a terrible cliffhanger.
- It leaves you, with too many questions..
- Hansel uses sex too much, in order to cover up all his other problems.
- It's interesting and twisted.. Even creepy at points.
- I'm highly intrigued.
- Passionate and heartbreaking..
November 8, 2014
Oh dear, I don't remember liking Hansel and Gretel all that much.
But this Hansel is soooo much better & hotter! ; )
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply."
Quote by Pablo Neruda.
5 surprising stars!
But this Hansel is soooo much better & hotter! ; )
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply."
Quote by Pablo Neruda.
5 surprising stars!
February 13, 2018
*** 4 mind blowing freaking stars***
Read the first blurb,
...then this is the last minutes blurb! OMG! this is interesting!!!!
Omg this book is really good, I can say, this is one different book I was searching for after my book funk, and distracted me from my 'main genre', M/M.
It's kinda hard not giving you any spoilers, because you have to read it by yourself.
This book is about Lucas and Leah, two people, who had been kidnapped by a mad woman ten years ago when they were teenagers and named them Hansel and Gretel.
I liked to know what's on their mind, it's like the author really got into their head and we're driven to two unhealthy minds, Lucas and Leah.
I feel like I need a therapy as well, like Leah and Lucas. Good isn't it?
It's a rare thing that we can mingled to main character's mind, and Ella James did a great job of making us as crazy as her characters. (It's a compliment).
So why 4 stars instead of 5? Well one, it's a cliffhanger and I hate cliffy books, and there's some disturbing typo at 50%.
I probably will change my rating after book 2. If that book satisfy me :)
Overall, I really like this book.It's different, and I can not put it down even for one second!
And the sex...well...just, read it!
Recommended.
Read the first blurb,
My name is Gretel. I’m the dish-washer. The kitchen girl. I’m not one of Mother’s pets. I’m just a storybook girl no one sees. Until that night. When I find him again, and all my dreams come to life.
He’s mine—the one called Hansel. I’ve come here to claim him.
I’m Hansel, a crazy woman’s toy. It’s taken years, but I’ve finally forgotten everything outside my life here in The House. I live for sex and nothing more. Until I see her. Gretel.
I remember her. I need her. She is mine.
...then this is the last minutes blurb! OMG! this is interesting!!!!
My name is not Gretel. It's Leah. I’m not the dish-washer. Or the kitchen girl. I’m not one of Mother’s pets, at least not anymore. I’m not a storybook girl no one sees.
Because my author changed my story at the last minute. Now you have no idea who I am, or what my story is. Only one part is still true: I find him.
He’s mine—the one called Hansel. I’ve still come here to claim him. I’m Hansel, and I was a crazy woman’s toy. It’s taken years, but I’ve finally forgotten everything that happened at The House. Including Leah. Okay, that's not true. I live for sex with girls who look like Leah.
I remember her. I need her. She was mine.
Omg this book is really good, I can say, this is one different book I was searching for after my book funk, and distracted me from my 'main genre', M/M.
It's kinda hard not giving you any spoilers, because you have to read it by yourself.
This book is about Lucas and Leah, two people, who had been kidnapped by a mad woman ten years ago when they were teenagers and named them Hansel and Gretel.
I liked to know what's on their mind, it's like the author really got into their head and we're driven to two unhealthy minds, Lucas and Leah.
I feel like I need a therapy as well, like Leah and Lucas. Good isn't it?
It's a rare thing that we can mingled to main character's mind, and Ella James did a great job of making us as crazy as her characters. (It's a compliment).
So why 4 stars instead of 5? Well one, it's a cliffhanger and I hate cliffy books, and there's some disturbing typo at 50%.
I probably will change my rating after book 2. If that book satisfy me :)
Overall, I really like this book.It's different, and I can not put it down even for one second!
And the sex...well...just, read it!
Recommended.
October 31, 2014
3.5 Stars
I like the twisted tale of mother goose and Hansel and Gretel. I'm just curious if this story will have some meat to it. I'm putting my trust in Ms James and will read part two. So more to say after part 2!!
I like the twisted tale of mother goose and Hansel and Gretel. I'm just curious if this story will have some meat to it. I'm putting my trust in Ms James and will read part two. So more to say after part 2!!
December 20, 2014
This one is really good. Thanks to Jen for convincing me to start. On to the next.
October 7, 2015
This is dark and twisted… not so much as some previous stories I’ve read, well; at least not so dark until I’ve read so far.XD
Okay,we have 2 time jumps. One set over ten years ago and the present, and both sets are trying to tell us the deep( obviously) relationship that the main characters share.
So we have Leah, a 25 years old girl, with anxiety and I think some kind of addiction problems( I can’t determine addicted to what exactly, at least not yet) who is going with her sisters(triplets, mind you!) to her sister bachelorette party which is a sex show of BDSM in Las Vegas, but she’ll have a huge surprise when she realized that the famous, sexy and hot Dom is no one else but the boy who used to comfort her every single night over a year ( well, 17 months) while she was captured 10 years ago.
Now the thing here is that there was a psycho woman that her addiction for fairy tales went beyond borders, so she manage to capture kids that are very similar to her own deprived version of main characters of the fairy tales. The reader can only guess what she put the kids (yeah, kids. Around 15 to 17yrs old) through; even though this book hasn’t give any detail in particular…
So 10 years after every single kid got to escape, Leah still have issues facing something that triggered her memory of those awful events and when she comes to Her Hanzel she can’t stop herself of going to him. While Hanzel has found his very own way to deal with his own issues, now he’s a Dom (even though I haven’t read yet what triggered that on him, ‘cause apparently he wasn’t before), is a successful entrepreneur with a lot of money and the only one that can soothes him and make the pain go away is Leah… but given that he can’t have her… he’s satisfying himself with masked subs with almost their identical complexion in order to deseave his mind with the memory of her.
And goes beyond me, when Leah (the very and only one LEAH!) goes to the test to be his submissive for a year. Goes all hot and sweet with very light BDSM; and this idiot ( unles he’s more fucked up in the head than what I thoughtdoesn’t recognized her, even though he’s strongly attracted to her and make him do things, he’d never do before with any of his subs!!
So yeah! This book is crazy… translating : THIS IS GOOD!, There are some thing floating on the air, so I guess It will be tell on the rest of the books, it’s told by both characters POV, alternating in time line in order to get the whole panorama. Not so hot as I expected, but neither rough BDSM ( almost non existant, at least in this one). A really adult version of the tale:
• A house in the woods? -a rich mansion in the middle of no where
• Candy addiction ?-I’m guessing, it would be a total different addiction
• A witch?- this psycho goes under the name of Mother Goose, hello?
• Two lost kids?- two kidnapped kids
This is more than enough to keep me interested. I really want to know what the hell Hanzel would do when he realized that the woman he’s been thinking and craving over 10 years was in his arms, and he practically threw her away through his door after he just …err… had a taste of her?
This is reminding me lightly to the Dark Duet
Okay,we have 2 time jumps. One set over ten years ago and the present, and both sets are trying to tell us the deep( obviously) relationship that the main characters share.
So we have Leah, a 25 years old girl, with anxiety and I think some kind of addiction problems( I can’t determine addicted to what exactly, at least not yet) who is going with her sisters(triplets, mind you!) to her sister bachelorette party which is a sex show of BDSM in Las Vegas, but she’ll have a huge surprise when she realized that the famous, sexy and hot Dom is no one else but the boy who used to comfort her every single night over a year ( well, 17 months) while she was captured 10 years ago.
Now the thing here is that there was a psycho woman that her addiction for fairy tales went beyond borders, so she manage to capture kids that are very similar to her own deprived version of main characters of the fairy tales. The reader can only guess what she put the kids (yeah, kids. Around 15 to 17yrs old) through; even though this book hasn’t give any detail in particular…
So 10 years after every single kid got to escape, Leah still have issues facing something that triggered her memory of those awful events and when she comes to Her Hanzel she can’t stop herself of going to him. While Hanzel has found his very own way to deal with his own issues, now he’s a Dom (even though I haven’t read yet what triggered that on him, ‘cause apparently he wasn’t before), is a successful entrepreneur with a lot of money and the only one that can soothes him and make the pain go away is Leah… but given that he can’t have her… he’s satisfying himself with masked subs with almost their identical complexion in order to deseave his mind with the memory of her.
And goes beyond me, when Leah (the very and only one LEAH!) goes to the test to be his submissive for a year. Goes all hot and sweet with very light BDSM; and this idiot ( unles he’s more fucked up in the head than what I thoughtdoesn’t recognized her, even though he’s strongly attracted to her and make him do things, he’d never do before with any of his subs!!
So yeah! This book is crazy… translating : THIS IS GOOD!, There are some thing floating on the air, so I guess It will be tell on the rest of the books, it’s told by both characters POV, alternating in time line in order to get the whole panorama. Not so hot as I expected, but neither rough BDSM ( almost non existant, at least in this one). A really adult version of the tale:
• A house in the woods? -a rich mansion in the middle of no where
• Candy addiction ?-I’m guessing, it would be a total different addiction
• A witch?- this psycho goes under the name of Mother Goose, hello?
• Two lost kids?- two kidnapped kids
This is more than enough to keep me interested. I really want to know what the hell Hanzel would do when he realized that the woman he’s been thinking and craving over 10 years was in his arms, and he practically threw her away through his door after he just …err… had a taste of her?
This is reminding me lightly to the Dark Duet
October 29, 2014
4 HANSEL-GRETEL STARS!
GRETEL & HANSEL
What happens when you reunite them? Sex and love. Twisted, fucked up love and explosive sex with a hint of possessiveness as the past they once shared comes floating back.
It's been ten years and Gretel still dreams of Hansel.
It's been ten long years and Hansel still dreams of Gretel. She is the woman he visions while with his subs.
A twist of fate and Gretel sees her beloved Hansel.
A cruel twist of fate and Hansel does not see his beloved Gretel.
Gretel is prepared to do anything to be with her Hansel.
Hansel is willing to do anything to be with his Gretel.
She succeeds.
He succeeds. But he's unaware...
As soon as she gets a taste, he's gone.
And as soon as he gets a satisfied taste, she's gone. And he becomes unsatisfied.
HEA?
--
I was expecting a lot from this book. After reading the Red & Wolfe and Beast series, I was ecstatic to hear about that another series was being written! Ella James definitely did NOT disappoint in this installment and I am in agony because I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE HANSEL #2!!!! I NEED IT. AGHHH...
I really want to know what the author has in plans for these two and hopefully it's something AMAZING. (Maybe it'll even top Red & Wolfe! Unlikely, but worth a shot hahaha)
GRETEL & HANSEL
I want to be in charge of him. To make him happy. Fix him. Because he's mine.What happens when you separate Hansel and Gretel? Hansel becomes an owner of a BDSM club and Gretel is diagnosed of PTSD.
My Hansel.
What happens when you reunite them? Sex and love. Twisted, fucked up love and explosive sex with a hint of possessiveness as the past they once shared comes floating back.
It's been ten years and Gretel still dreams of Hansel.
It's been ten long years and Hansel still dreams of Gretel. She is the woman he visions while with his subs.
A twist of fate and Gretel sees her beloved Hansel.
A cruel twist of fate and Hansel does not see his beloved Gretel.
Gretel is prepared to do anything to be with her Hansel.
Hansel is willing to do anything to be with his Gretel.
She succeeds.
He succeeds. But he's unaware...
As soon as she gets a taste, he's gone.
And as soon as he gets a satisfied taste, she's gone. And he becomes unsatisfied.
HEA?
--
I was expecting a lot from this book. After reading the Red & Wolfe and Beast series, I was ecstatic to hear about that another series was being written! Ella James definitely did NOT disappoint in this installment and I am in agony because I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE HANSEL #2!!!! I NEED IT. AGHHH...
I really want to know what the author has in plans for these two and hopefully it's something AMAZING. (Maybe it'll even top Red & Wolfe! Unlikely, but worth a shot hahaha)
January 4, 2016
I read the box set for this series (on KU) Each installment has it's own star rating but not it's own review, you can read my full series review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
September 10, 2015
What the fuck just happened? Shiiiit!
And I think I might need a cold shower!!!
And I think I might need a cold shower!!!
July 3, 2015
Rating: 3.5 / 5 Stars
"Because I'm not a sadist--not just.
Inside, I'm still Hansel. And Hansel is a masochist."
"Because I'm not a sadist--not just.
Inside, I'm still Hansel. And Hansel is a masochist."
October 23, 2014
Holy cow what did I just read and where can I get more??? Man, Ella Freaking James can spin a fairy tale like no other. I don't really even know the story of Hansel and Gretel, but who gives an eff after reading this. I devoured the book the second I bought it.
What a twisted way for things to begin for Hansel and Gretel. The story of these two spans over ten years, as we flash back and forth bringing us to the spot where they are today. I am going to review vague as to not spoil any of the story. Hansel is everything that annoys me in a guy, overly bossy and domineering, except for when it comes to his Gretel. There is something about that girl that makes the vision so much clearer. He needs her to be whole again.
Ugh, obviously I can't even think about what to write in this review, just get the book and see for yourself. Ella James can tell a sexy tale and leave you with total blue balls at the end. Fantastic start to this series, can't wait for the next one!!
What a twisted way for things to begin for Hansel and Gretel. The story of these two spans over ten years, as we flash back and forth bringing us to the spot where they are today. I am going to review vague as to not spoil any of the story. Hansel is everything that annoys me in a guy, overly bossy and domineering, except for when it comes to his Gretel. There is something about that girl that makes the vision so much clearer. He needs her to be whole again.
Ugh, obviously I can't even think about what to write in this review, just get the book and see for yourself. Ella James can tell a sexy tale and leave you with total blue balls at the end. Fantastic start to this series, can't wait for the next one!!
October 4, 2015
Original is one word to describe this book. I've never read anything like it. I had no idea how the author was going to incorporate an erotic story from a popular fairy tale.
The story was a little confusing at first. I was beginning to feel like "Alice in Wonderland" however it didn't take long for everything to start making sense. To my surprise I started to enjoy this modern day take about Hansel and Gretel.
Leah and Edgar are captured as children and held captive. The story goes back and forth in time until they meet again 10 years later at a sex club of all places.
I must say I was certainly amused at times but I am moving on to the second book. If your looking for something totally different this is the book!!
The story was a little confusing at first. I was beginning to feel like "Alice in Wonderland" however it didn't take long for everything to start making sense. To my surprise I started to enjoy this modern day take about Hansel and Gretel.
Leah and Edgar are captured as children and held captive. The story goes back and forth in time until they meet again 10 years later at a sex club of all places.
I must say I was certainly amused at times but I am moving on to the second book. If your looking for something totally different this is the book!!
November 14, 2014
Review to follow.
March 12, 2015
WHAT IN THE UNHOLY FUCK DID I JUST READ?!?!?!?!
When
there is trouble in the air.
Sugar high Gretel is nowhere to found. However if you could see in the room next door..... You'd find your brother Hansel with his matching room.
And to the other side you'd find Sleeping Beauty. Rapunzel calls across the hall home. And let's not forget Little Red Riding Hood with her perfect auburn hair and Little Boy Blue, who's really not so small. Snow White is gone, but don't worry we'll replace her soon.
When nursery rhymes go very badly, remember never, ever, ever eat the candy, mother goose just may be out collecting her fairy kids.
Reading Order
Hansel book 1
Hansel book 2
Hansel book 3
Hansel book 4
Challenge: *A book that scares you*
February 9, 2017
Wow. I liked this! And I want more!
The story of Hansel and Gretel gone hot'n'sexy...
I want to be in charge of him. To make him happy. Fix him. Because he’s mine.
The story of Hansel and Gretel gone hot'n'sexy...
I want to be in charge of him. To make him happy. Fix him. Because he’s mine.
December 31, 2014
Wow, I Loved this! It's Dark and Twisty, but there's a sweet romance going on at the same time.
Hansel is... how do I explain. He's not, but he is Lovable. He's Rich and Sexy and broken. They are both damaged and broken but since this is serial format, we don't have all the details yet.
It's dual POV with flashback to this twisted ordeal that they went through together. You get a pretty good amount of detail into what happened to them, but I'm pretty sure there's a helluva lot more to come.
She's got some anxiety and there's a little angst, but at the same time, I completely understand it. I give the sex a hot! hot! rating! There's some BDSM (he's a closet Masochist) elements, but pretty light.I'm definitely reading number 2 and hoping that this isn't another one that ends up tanking by the time it gets to number 3 or so.
Totally Recommend this!
Hansel is... how do I explain. He's not, but he is Lovable. He's Rich and Sexy and broken. They are both damaged and broken but since this is serial format, we don't have all the details yet.
It's dual POV with flashback to this twisted ordeal that they went through together. You get a pretty good amount of detail into what happened to them, but I'm pretty sure there's a helluva lot more to come.
She's got some anxiety and there's a little angst, but at the same time, I completely understand it. I give the sex a hot! hot! rating! There's some BDSM (he's a closet Masochist) elements, but pretty light.I'm definitely reading number 2 and hoping that this isn't another one that ends up tanking by the time it gets to number 3 or so.
Totally Recommend this!
November 15, 2014
Oh my god. I started this last night while I was getting sleepy. So I started again from the beginning today... and OH MY GOD! Is book 2 out?!?!
Feifei.... I heart you hard!
Feifei.... I heart you hard!
January 20, 2016
I can't say I like either character very much, Leah more than Hansel, but it's not awesome. However, I'm interested enough in the twisty mystery to keep reading. The 2 stars is for it making me want to read the next book, even if I'm not a fan of the characters.
Buddy read with the Abs Loving Geishas of Oz
Buddy read with the Abs Loving Geishas of Oz
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