We all know the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid: the terrifying half-woman, half-octopus creature that gives Ariel her legs in return for her voice. But what happened before the well-known fairytale? How did the Sea Witch become who she…
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Take one prince who is cursed and turns into a beast and one girl who is forced to live in his castle in the hopes that she can break the curse, and what do you get? An entire shelf worth…
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I love YA fantasy novels, I love retellings and I absolutely love Disney’s Mulan. Soooo you can imagine how excited I was to finally read Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh, which combines all of these. But did this…
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Last year, we met Xifeng in Forest of a Thousand Lanterns. She left her rural village behind and followed her ambitions to the imperial palace. That book ended with Xifeng as empress. In Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix, we return…
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If you’ve been following my reviews, you probably know that there are a bunch of fairy tale retellings out there. We’ve had Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White. But lately it seems Little Mermaid…
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A while ago, I told you about Cinder, the cyborg mechanic living New Beijing. After meeting Prince Kai, she involuntarily got involved in the political struggle between Earth and Luna, a kingdom on the Moon ruled by the terrible Queen…
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How far do you want to go to fulfill your destiny? In Forest of a Thousand Lanterns we follow the journey of a young woman with one ambition: becoming empress. An Dierickx Title: Forest of a Thousand Lanterns Author: Julie…
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Actual conversation with a colleague: Colleague: “So, which book are you reading at the moment?” Me: “Cinder by Marissa Meyer. It’s a Cinderella retelling, but it’s set in the future, in a rebuilt Beijing. Oh, and it has cyborgs.” Colleague:…
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Who doesn’t love a Beauty and the Beast retelling? In Hunted, Meagan Spooner takes us to a medieval Russia. When her father’s business is ruined, Yeva can’t help feeling secretly relieved. She prefers the small forest cabin and hunting over…
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