The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

 

This book is a loose retelling of Little Red Riding Hood with a post-apocalyptic backdrop. The Horror genre has a lot of post-apocalyptic representation out there, so it is very hard to break new ground with that subject. That being said, The Girl in Red does not go too in depth of what is going on. Because of this Christina Henry focuses more on character development of the main character, Cordelia. The story focuses more on her survival than on explaining the cause of the “The Crisis”. The book seems like it would be a start to a longer series since a lot is left unanswered, so for me that looses a star rating. It does not seem like there will be more books to follow so it feels like the story ends because the author was did not know where else to go with the story. Its not a bad story, in fact I liked it a bit but I wanted more to read. There is a fine line of leaving the reader wanting more and making a story appear like it does not know where to go next. For me this book balances on that line. 4 out of 5 stars.