I had to give this book 4 stars even though it deserves probably more but because of the fact that I didn't pay attention to the first little bit of the book and then that sort of affected how much I liked the book because you can't like a book if you have no idea whats happening. 
 Don't get me wrong the book was great I just realized I wasn't very good at multitasking and then didn't feel like rereading the pages. But once I was able to fully comprehend the book I liked it a lot. 
 While I did like Cruel Beauty better I think namely because of the greek mythology and Beauty and the Beast has always been my favourite fairy tale, Crimson Bound had such a unique world and I loved the french legends incorporated. Taking french since I started school obviously I've learned a couple of legends and stories of France and Quebec along the way and the legend of Melusine that they mentioned in the book was one of my favourites, I think that I've heard of almost all the versions of the story. Legends have always been a huge fascination of mine wether their first nation legends or greek or Roman. I love how Hodge incorporates these into her books and the culture of where her stories take place. 
 Also the fact the the love interest has no hands well I had to give Hodge a round of applause for not making the guy completely perfect. While I loved the love interest (Armand) I was iffy with the main character Rachelle but other that a great book and I'll be sure to pick up any other book by Rosamund Hodge when they come out.