How do you like your fairy tales? Sugar and spice and everything nice? Or with lots of sharp teeth? I think we all know what side I'm on. I was thrilled to get a copy of Beasts and Beauty by Soman Chainani. This book is filled with sixteen dangerous stories, giving beloved fairy tales much [...]
Tag: retellings
Glimpsed
It's Tuesday in the longest January of all time. But do I have a magical wish for you! Turn The Page Tours sent a copy of Glimpsed my way, and man, was it ever the exact thing I needed to get through this last week. Meet Charity. She's a teenage fairy godmother and happily ever [...]
Girls Make Better Kings
"Merlin loved magic, but sometimes it was unmistakably the worst." Once & Future was one of my favorite reads last year. The imagination of putting the legend of King Arthur in space with a diverse set of knights and a girl as King was genius. I loved every single twist and turn and thought the [...]
The Toccata System
Retellings. Assassins. Murder and space. These are a few of my favorite things... Welcome to the Toccata System. There are three books in the Toccata System, plus a short story. Each one is told from a different perspective, but the overall plot, along with multiple character arcs, intersect in fantastic and brilliant ways. In further [...]