Tag: fairy tale retelling
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THE SECRET WORLD OF BRIAR ROSE by Cindy Pham (BOOK REVIEW)
100 years have passed since the last heir of Gyldan fell into eternal slumber and doomed the once-mighty kingdom into poverty and invasion. At least, that’s ... -
THE SWAN’S DAUGHTER by Roshani Chokshi (BOOK REVIEW)
“And so, far away from the eyes and ears of the mortals and in the loamy argot of roots and brambles, the Isle whispered to the ... -
SOUR CHERRY by Natalia Theodoridou (BOOK REVIEW)
“He was wrong, of course, about what is natural. In her years with her husband, Eunice had come to understand a thing about nature, the one ... -
Five Things I’d Like Readers To Know About Me – GUEST POST by Erin A. Craig (THE THIRTEENTH CHILD)
From the author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes the breathtaking fairy tale retelling readers have been waiting for When death calls, she must answer. Hazel ... -
THIEF LIAR LADY by D. L. Soria (BOOK REVIEW)
‘Truth is what we make it to be’ D. L. SORIA is the author of Thief Liar Lady, Iron Cast, Beneath the Citadel, and Fire with Fire. She lives with ... -
THORNHEDGE by T. Kingfisher (BOOK REVIEW)
Well. A lot of you have been telling me for a long time how fantastic T. Kingfisher is and yes, I concede, you were all right ... -
WHITE CAT, BLACK DOG by Kelly Link (BOOK REVIEW)
“We all want things it would be better not to want,” the cat says. “We pursue them anyway, don’t we?” Kelly Link’s uniquely wonderful and unusual ... -
BEASTS AND BEAUTY: DANGEROUS TALES by Soman Chainani (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: Traditional fairy tale grimness, including violence, death and murder, child abuse, forced marriage, and so on; racism and colourism. Nothing is graphically described. You ... -
THORN by Intisar Khanani (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warning: Heroine’s family vary from emotionally to physically abusive. I first read Thorn in 2018, as a self-published novel, and I loved its smart, wry, ...
