Category: fairytale
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Priory of the Orange Tree
Slaying dragons is an ancient literary tradition, one that goes back to some of the earliest texts that we have. And The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon shows that this genre is very much alive and well. In her feminist retelling of this time tested trope, Shannon…
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A Curse For True Love
A Curse for True Love is by far my favorite book of the series. More than the other two, it feels like a fairytale. Perhaps that’s because it is as dark as all other fairytales and begins with a curse. Evangeline Fox had lost her mind. She wakes in a…
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The Ballad of Never After
Evangeline has a second chance at happily ever after. She’s just discovered that her husband, Prince Apollo is not dead after all. He’s only under a curse–a curse that she can break; but only if she works with Jacks and does exactly what he wants: open the Valory Arch. However…
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Once Upon A Broken Heart
One ever present theme in Once Upon a Broken Heart is fantasy vs reality. In the lush world of this Cinderella retelling some stories are cursed so that parts of it are forgotten completely. Even when people “remember”, the tale is never the same twice: it’s always told just a…
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