Tag: Fairy Tales
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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 ... -
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow (BUDDY READ BOOK REVIEW)
let’s not pretend girls with swords don’t get shit done… The Buddy Read Dream Team (Nils and myself, Beth) are back. Nils managed to get her ... -
FOR THE WOLF by Hannah Whitten (BUDDY READ BOOK REVIEW)
The first daughter is for the Throne. The second daughter is for the Wolf. For the Wolf is the debut novel of author Hannah Whitten, and ... -
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, ... -
OF CATS AND ELFINS by Sylvia Townsend Warner (BOOK REVIEW)
“What is the prevailing mood of these stories we call folk stories? Is it heated and sentimental like the undoubted products of the human imagination – ... -
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry (Book Review)
I have always enjoyed glimpsing the subtle nuances and influences by which one story’s DNA might have intruded into another, much more so than the bland ... -
Interview with Jane Yolen (FINDING BABA YAGA)
Jane Yolen is the author of over 365 books. She has written an incredible range of stories, from children’s picture books through young adult and middle ... -
Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner (Book Review)
I am entranced and fascinated by stories about fairies and the mythology that surrounds them. I have enjoyed a wide range of reimaginings and retellings of ... -
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
“We are made up of stories. And even the ones that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.” An argument used to ... -
No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll
This review may contain spoilers. “No Man of Woman Born” by Ana Mardoll is a collection of short stories, intending to be retellings of fairy-tales with ...
