Ava Reid is an incredible and talented author, her writing style always is so beautifully done and i adore all her books so i was very thankful to get the chance to read Lady Macbeth and overall the book was enchanting, it instantly drew me in and i adored this book like i knew i would.

Lady Macbeth is a enchanting retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Roscille is a foreign bride that has travelled to a gothic scottish castle to marry Lord Macbeth but this retelling has many elements inside of rage, witches, mythical creatures, revenge and violence.

The characters felt real to me and i thoroughly enjoyed that with Ava Reid's work she doesn't shy away from inducing horror and shock to the readers. Roscille was a strangely unique character that we watch grow and gain her confidence despite all the horror and violence she has to go through. I find it hard to put into words how much i enjoyed this book, everytime i am at a loss for words when i read the work of Ava Reid.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers and Random House UK, Cornerstone | Del Rey for the copy of this arc in exchange of my full honest review.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. I did not enjoy this one as much as the author's previous works. What I did like was the lovely prose and the atmosphere it created, as well as the pacing which made this a nice easy read. I also enjoyed how the story was reimagined with fantasy elements. However, I was not a fan overall of this interpretation of Lady Macbeth. I was expecting a much more mature and nuanced character, who was not at the mercy of men for the majority of the book. I think I would have enjoyed this more as an original work rather than a retelling, as the Lady Macbeth we know is ruthless and cunning, not a naïve child. I was also not a fan of how the vast majority of the other characters were one sided. The men were brutes, the woman were either weak or witches etc. In conclusion,, I am still a fan of Ava Reid, but I do not think this is her strongest work.

I have read the Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid, and that novel was brilliant and so I had high expectations for this book. It did not disappoint me. Similarly excellent just like the last book. Lady Macbeth has the power to ensorcel men with her eyes, and for that reason usually wears a veil. I don't want to say any more because it might spoil the book, but this is a novel worth reading, in my opinion, and I highly recommend it.

Ava Reid has done it again with her new feminist reimagining of Macbeth! She gives voice to a legendary Shakespearean character with a feminist twist that she’s becoming known for alongside her atmospheric gothic writing style.

This was so much more than I expected! It was fast paced but intelligently written, with Reid signature style of such lyrical prose. I really loved her take on the character of Lady Macbeth (despite having never read the original— I’ve always been a Hamlet girl lol). Reid really examines the binary roles of women and men, of womanhood and agency, of marriage and violence. I can always trust her to examine complex topics regarding women and she didn’t let me down here either. I love how she always takes her female characters on a journey of reclamation and it just makes the book so much more satisfying after her examination of such gruelling topics. As a woman, being reminded of the world’s treatment of women can be a bit grim but Reid’s resolutions always leave me smiling, seeing the fate of the heroine lighter than ever.

Cant wait to see what Reid comes up with next!