~ Don’t Fall by Rachel Schieffelbein Release Date: 2014 Swoon Romance Summary from Goodreads: In which a teenage girl endures the over-protective love of her adoptive mother until she falls for a boy who has her wanting to spread her wings, pitched as a contemporary retelling of RAPUNZEL. Seventeen-year-old Anya leads a very secluded life in […]
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ARC Book Review: Grimm Fairy Tales – Oz by Joe Brusha
Title: Grimm Fairy Tales – Oz Author: Joe Brusha Publisher: Zenescope Entertainment Release Date: 18th March 2014 Genre: fairytale retelling Format: ebook Page Count: 156 (paperback) Source: Netgalley Rating: An adult re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz, a skimpily-dressed adult Dorothy finds herself embroiled in the battle of a foreign land where it is revealed she […]
Book Review: Ember by Bettie Sharpe
Title: Ember Author: Bettie Sharpe Publisher: Bettie Sharpe Release Date: 1st November 2007 Genre: fairytale retelling Format: ebook Page Count: 94 (paperback) Source: Amazon Rating: EMBER is an adult retelling of Cinderella that turns the classic tropes on its head, adds saucy smut, deepens absolutely everything and is all-round fucking amazing. I absolutely loved loved loved […]
ARC Book Review: Grim edited by Christine Johnson
Title: Grim Author: Edited by Christine Johnson Publisher: HarlequinTeen Release Date: 25th February 2014 Genre: Young Adult, fairytale retelling Format: ebook Page Count: 480 (paperback) Source: Netgalley Rating: (actually 3.5 but am being generous) Grim is a collection of 17 short stories based off fairy tales collected by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. Some of the tales are […]
ARC Book Review: The Goddess Inheritance (Goddess Test #3) by Aimee Carter
Publisher: HarlequinTeen Release Date: 26 February 2013 Genre: YA, Romance, Mythology Format: e-ARC Page Count: 283 (paperback) Source: Netgalley Rating: Sadly, after three novels and two novellas, I still do not have a firm grasp on Carter’s concept of immortality. Immortality, in this world, seems to mean a person who cannot feel pain, does not need to breathe, will only cease […]
ARC Book Review: Furious by Jill Wolfson
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. BYR Publishing Date: April 16 2013 Genre: YA, Mythology, Paranormal Format: Paperback ARC Page count: 352 (paperback) My rating: Furious is a modern take on the Furies of Ancient Greece and Rome. They were female spirits or demi-gods of justice and revenge. There are a lot of different mythologies of the Furies, and in […]