![]() ![]() ” and put 2 and 2 together and, hopefully, not come up with 37. While reading Sisters Red gives the reader more knowledge of the werewolves (called Fenris), it’s not necessary to read it before reading this book, because while those readers may realize things like the significance of the color red, other readers are going to be saying “oh, so they’ve been taken in by a nice woman who makes candy? why, who in the original story is associated with candy. As in Sisters Red, there are werewolves and a main character, Samuel Reynolds, is a brother of Silas from Sisters Red. Sweetly, for those of you not instantly suspicious by the sibling names of Ansel and Gretchen, is a retelling of Hansel and Gretel. ![]() The Good: Sweetly is a companion to Pearce’s Sisters Red, a fairy tale retelling of Little Red Riding Hood that made the wolves werewolves and Little Red Riding Hood into an axe wielding werewolf hunter. As Gretchen learns more about Sophia and the missing girls, she comes to a horrifying realization. Gretchen is convinced that the reason her sister went missing years ago is a witch took her. Gretchen believes in Sophia, because Gretchen knows what it is to be whispered about. Not missing, say some - just high school graduates eager to leave their small town. There are rumors about Sophia, whispers, linking her to teenage girls who have gone missing. ![]()
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