Chelsea K.

I really enjoyed this story and how it combined elements of Snow White & Rose Red with the story of Puss in Boots. This book had several great characters and I loved getting to know Rowan & her sister Eirwen as well as Prince Alexander / James / Puss. It was fun seeing how Eirwen and him interacted throughout the story as they grew closer. This book is a standalone but I liked how it was vaguely mentioned in passing as town gossip in Amphibians and Admiration: A Frog Prince Retelling tying the two stories together as part of the same world. I look forward to reading more fairy tale retellings by this author in the future.

This was a really good Twelve Dancing Princesses Retelling and I enjoyed getting to know to some extent all 12 of the cursed princesses. This book has connections with both Amphibians and Admiration: A Frog Prince Retelling & The Caring and the Cursed but can be read without having read them although it is a bit more fun if you have. I loved both Princess Gardenia & Prince Dario of Cortes and enjoyed seeing how their story came together as well as getting to know some of the other princes that came for the competition as well as getting to know Rowan (Dario's sister-in-law) better. I am looking forward to reading the next book in this series Promises and Poison: A Gender Swapped Snow White Retelling and seeing which characters are in it.

A Frigid Hope: Princess Bianca & Percival
Amphibians and Admiration: A Frog Prince Retelling: Princess Hazel & Roderick
The Caring and the Cursed: Prince Alexander of Cortes & Eirwen
Dances and Danger: Princess Gardenia & Prince Dario of Cortes

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This was my first book by Mary Mecham and I thought it was a very well written Retelling of Red Riding Hood with a few autumn elements thrown in that wove into the story really well. All the characters were so well written and the background draws you into the story really well. I loved Greyson and Scarlett and thought that the side character Tristan's bumbling use of words he didn't know but thought he did was an amusing bit of humor thrown in from time to time. There is a little bit more darkness near the end of the story but it wouldn't be a Red Riding Hood Retelling without some dark twist in it and everything turns out fine. The epilogue set 12 years later was also really fun. I look forward to reading more from this author as well as more books from this multi author series.

This was a really fun Retelling of Rapunzel that I really enjoyed reading that had several interesting characters as well as a few unexpected plot twists. I loved Rapunzel in this story and seeing how her and Pollox the dragon interacted with each other, especially all their playful banter and teasing. Pollox was another character in this story that I really enjoyed getting to know. I was happy with how things worked out although questioned how it would come together for a moment and thought the epilogue at the end was a great way to wrap the story up. I look forward to reading more fairy tale retellings by this author in the future.

I received a free advanced reader copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This was a really fun Retelling of Thumbelina combined with Hades and Persephone and was my first retelling of Hades and Persephone. I appreciate the description of each of the original stories at the beginning since I wasn't familiar with Hades and Persephone and the recap for Thumbelina was helpful. I loved all the characters in this story, especially Percy and Hayes. The relationship between them was fun to see develop and I also liked how Hayes interacted with all the other characters. This wasn't my first fairy tale retelling by this author and I look forward to reading more in the future because so far they have all been fun and enjoyable stories.

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This was my first book by Sarah Beran and I loved the way she managed to combine Rumpelstiltskin and The Frog Prince together so well. I loved getting to know both Lydian and Prince Dorian (Rumpelstiltskin) and thought the story had a great ending. I look forward to reading more fairy tale retellings by this author in the future.