Format: ebookPublished: January 20th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History – Folklore/Fairy Tales Rating: 5/5 Stars If you have an interest in fairy tales beyond the tales themselves, I think Jubber’s book is an excellent deep dive not just in the history of the tales, but of the people who wrote and/or collected them. Yes, weContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber”
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Book Review: Cider Ella by S.T. Lynn
Format: ebookPublished: June 24th, 2016Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy – Romance Rating: 4/5 Stars This was a sweet take on Cinderella, featuring Ella, a trans woman who is forced to go by her deadname and serve her stepmother and sisters following her father’s death. I really liked Ella as a character, and I liked the way theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Cider Ella by S.T. Lynn”
Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett
Format: HardbackRelease Date: October 19th, 2021Age: Children’sGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars I was left feeling fairly unimpressed with this book. It felt low-effort, and I’m not totally sure what they were trying to say about gender in the way they’ve constructed this. The fairy tales are the Andrew Lang texts, put through an algorithm, withContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett”
#5OnMyTBR: Fairy Tale
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Ah fairy tales! There are so many great books related to fairy tales out there, this one was quite easy to find books for. TheseContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Fairy Tale”
Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol 2 – Animal Farm
by Bill Willingham, and artists Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, James JeanPublisher: VertigoRelease Date: 2003Genre: Fantasy/Urban Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars Fables, Volume 1: Legends in Exile Review What to do when you are driven out of your homelands, and a section of your society cannot hide among the humans? Well, in Fables, the answer is simple:ContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol 2 – Animal Farm”
That Dreaded TBR #13
Yep! I am back again with another of these installments. I’m trying to do a load of these at the moment to provide some sort of regular content between my reviews. I promise I will try to come up with some else in the future, but honestly I really do enjoy doing these, and IContinueContinue reading “That Dreaded TBR #13”
Book Review: Malice – Heather Walter
Publisher: Del Ray UKFormat: MOBIRelease Date: April 13th, 2021 Rating: 5/5 Stars This book deserves every single star, plus more. Heather Walter takes fairy tales and tweaks them, not so much they’re unrecognisable, but enough to separate them from the Disney versions we know and love. Malice is beautiful and dark and powerful, much likeContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Malice – Heather Walter”
Twisted Tales: Unbirthday – Liz Braswell
Publisher: Autumn PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: September 1st, 2020 Rating: 4/5 Stars If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll know I absolutely adore the Twisted Tales series from Disney. This series takes a key moment in a Disney film and twists it just slightly, sometimes changing the ending of the story, altering itContinueContinue reading “Twisted Tales: Unbirthday – Liz Braswell”
Fables, Volume 1: Legends in Exile [Graphic Novel Review]
Genre: Fantasy – Urban Fantasy – Graphic NovelPublisher: Vertigo After the Adversary attacks various realms, those living there flee, and find themselves in a world without magic. They keep themselves hidden, living alongside the ‘mundanes’, and working together to keep some sort of unity among each other. Snow White acts as the mayor’s assistant, essentially runningContinueContinue reading “Fables, Volume 1: Legends in Exile [Graphic Novel Review]”
Cinderella is Dead – Kalynn Bayron [Books}
Genre: YA Fantasy – Fairy Tales – LGBTQIA+ (F/F)Publisher: Bloomsbury YA That cover is absolutely, wonderfully stunning. Striking and powerful and one of those images that sticks with you throughout the book. And makes you so damn happy when the moment portrayed happens. Cinderella married her prince and lived happily ever after, and now her storyContinueContinue reading “Cinderella is Dead – Kalynn Bayron [Books}”
Unwrapping Words 