Genre: Retelling

Average Rating: 3.5


Ex Libris Romance (77)

Ex Libris Romance (77)

I am all for a Jane Austen retelling, but The One That Got Away, while somewhat fun, was a pale copy of the original (Persuasion).  The characters weren’t very well developed and it seemed to rely too heavily on the original instead of taking a story frame and developing new and better ways to convey […]

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Blog Tour: Spindle Fire

Blog Tour: Spindle Fire

There was a time when I read so many retellings.  I was all about it and then they all started reading like the same story, so I took a break from that particular subgenre. However, Spindle Fire’s unique take on Sleeping Beauty caught my interest.  Instead of faeries gifting a child with favorable traits, they […]

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Blog Tour: Mighty Jack

Blog Tour: Mighty Jack

  Welcome to my stop in the blog tour for Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke!  I’ll be sharing my pick for favorite fairy tale retelling AND my thoughts on Mighty Jack. If you’d like to stop by the other blog hosts on this tour, you can find them here   When I think about retellings, […]

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Blog Tour: Heartless

Blog Tour: Heartless

  Welcome to my stop on the Heartless Blog Tour!  After you’ve read my thoughts, don’t forget to enter for a chance to win a pre-order!  There’s only 41 DAYS TILL HEARTLESS!   When I heard about Heartless I was a tad skeptical because there have been a number of Alice in Wonderland retellings, but […]

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Blog Tour: Reign Of Shadows

Blog Tour: Reign Of Shadows

  I always enjoy unique retellings, and this definitely fits into that category.  I really enjoyed the world that Sophie Jordan built in Reign If Shadows, although I would never want to live in it, myself! It was full of danger and, well, really gross creatures, but that’s what made it fun to read!  Luna’s […]

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Prize Pack Giveaway: A Thousand Nights

Prize Pack Giveaway: A Thousand Nights

  Welcome to the prize pack giveaway of A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston.  You can read a little bit about the book and if that doesn’t convince you, there’s a link to the first four chapters!  The publisher is also sponsoring a pretty awesome prize pack, so don’t forget to enter for a chance […]

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YOLO Juliet and SRSLY Hamlet

YOLO Juliet and SRSLY Hamlet

      It’s not often that you are pitched a book that is written entirely in text conversations and emojis, so this review isn’t going to be conventional, but I think everything worked out ok.  My English teacher friends often ask their students to put Shakespeare into the modern speak of teenagers as a […]

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