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I love fairy tales. I even love them once they have been revamped and reworked into new stories! The last few years have been good to fairy tale retellings from books to movies (I’m talking about you Maleficent) and I am quite excited what authors are going to come up next!
Fairy Tales I’ve Read
- The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer – I want to talk about this series as a whole because I love how each book is a retelling of a different fairy tale. I love that each story is unique with a dystopia/sci-fi flare (plus, it has diverse characters). Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Snow White
- Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge – Because it is just different. Weird but different! Fairy Tale: Beauty and the Beast
- Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson – Told in Tinkerbelle’s POV, it is fresh, unique and very touching. Fairy Tale: Peter Pan
Fairy Tales I’m Currently Reading
- Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis – I read the first few chapters already but since I have been busy, this has been put on hold for a little while. Fairy Tale: Snow White
- Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge: Different and weird. I am almost done and I still don’t know what to say! It is a violent (really) book, though. Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood
Fairy Tales I Want to Read
- Thorn by Intisar Khanani – I have been putting off reading this book for a while now. However, I am panning to read the book this month and I hope that I won’t get distracted. Fairy Tale: Goose Girl
- A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas – I got this in audio and I can’t wait to read it! I also heard a lot of great things about this book so I am keeping my fingers crossed and hope to not be disappointed! Fairy Tale: Beauty and the Beast
- Mechanica by Betsey Cornwell – I read a few reviews that this is NOT like Cinder at all. Regardless, I will still read it. Fairy Tale: Cinderella
- Never Never by Brianna Shrum – This is the story of Captain James Hook. Now, I love reading about backstory type of books and I really want to know more about the good Captain. Fairy Tale: Peter Pan
- Winter by Marissa Meyer – I read the first chapter of this book and it was am-may-zing! I just can’t wait for this to be out! Knowing the author and reading her other books, I know this will not disappoint! Fairy Tale: Snow White
Do you have any favorite re-tellings?
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I FINALLY read The Other Half of the Grave and I am kicking myself for waiting this long to read Bones’ POV! Halfway to the Grave was all in Cat’s POV and I was just so curious on what Bones’ was thinking – because let’s face it, Cat was very immature in Halfway and I couldn’t imagine a master vampire like Bones would put up with her.
The Other Half of the Grave did not disappoint. I love reading the book from Bones’ POV because now we know his thoughts and how he was reacting to Cat’s antics – as frustrating as Cat is! There are also new scenes here because this is Bones’ POV. It gave me another insight into what Bones was thinking.
If you are a fan of the Night Huntress series, then I highly recommend that you read Bones’ POV! If you can read this book alternatively with the OG books in the series, it would even be more immersing.
[Full review on blog. Link in bio]
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥💥
Cover Love: ❤❤❤❤
Audiobook: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
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I love fairytale retellings! Two of my favorites are completely unrelated to one another but both written by Stacey Jay, Of Beast and Beauty & Princess of Thorns. I'm also reading Stray by Elissa Sussman which isn't a specific retelling but is so cool and sooooo good, I'm not done but I already looked to preorder the next book (which sadly is not up yet).
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I have heard about Stacey Jay but I haven’t read her books yet. This might be something that I can add to my TBR pile 🙂