***1.5 Stars rounded down*** 
 I was thinking I'd give this book 2 stars, but then the ending happened and my automatic reaction was to stare at the book and exclaim- 
 "WHAT? You're an idiot." to the main character, but sadly, Valerie can't hear me because she is a fiction character who lives in a book. 
 Suffice it to say, I did not like this book. 
 LIST TIME (GET PREPARED FOR SOME RANTING) 
 CONS 
 * It was boring. The writing was very telling, not a whole lot of showing. And for anybody who knows me, they will realize that that is my pet peeve. Show, don't tell. 
 * The extent of the world building is "They live in trees of a sort of Scandinavian world and there are warrior priest who have a metal elephant. The end." That's not enough for Madame Reads, #sorrynotsorry 
 * The story had a stereotypical love triangle of ooooh? Who will she choose? Peter, the bad boy/childhood BFF or the Henry, the kindhearted/rich boy?(view spoiler)[OBVIOUSLY PETER. Throughout the entire book she inexplicably has the hots for this guy. Every single time Valerie thought "maybe Henry isn't so bad???" Peter shows up and she immediately forgets about Peter and mentally says, "Screw Henry". That ending! Blech! Classic Valerie. "Henry is so good and wonderful, how could I have not seen that befo- PETER PETER PETER I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH I JUST REALIZED YOU ARE THE MURDERY MONSTER WHO KILLED MY SISTER + HALF THE VILLAGE. WHATEVER, KISSY KISSY TIME" (hide spoiler)], 
 * This book had pretty terrible girl characters. All of Valerie's "friends" weren't very nice from the start, and fit into forgettable cliche boxes (i.e. The nice quiet one, the slutty one, the one who's so forgettable that I can't remember anything about her except that she exists one) And then they proceed to throw Valerie under the bus when everything goes to the dogs. 
 * Do not get me started on Valerie's intense case of special snowflake syndrome. Throughout the whole book she is continually thinking about how she is so different and cold and distant and unique and dark and unusual and blah blah blah blah we don't care. 
 * So, mild spoiler alert, a bunch of random villagers die because this is a *scary* Red Riding Hood story. But nobody really seems to be grieving. It's as if nobody cares. It could be argued that everyone is too caught up in the moment and terror of "is the wolf going to attack us, will we live?" But it just seems ridiculous. 
 I could add more cons, but I'm lazy and there are to many problems. Here are the pros - 
 PROS 
 * Henry. Yes, he was a super underdeveloped character, but he had the bare bones of a really awesome guy. He's just a sweet little puppy dog! (See what I did there? Contrast. Puppies, wolves. Hahaha I'm here all night folks) *hides in a dumpster* 
 * I really like the idea of a treehouse village. That aspect was super cool but not dwelt on very much. I've only encountered that in a few (1?) stories and it's super intriguing. 
 * That's basically it for the pros. 
 * Yeah, I got nothin. 
 Little Red Riding Hood is a no from me! Do not recommend.