You all know about my love of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and how disappointed I was with the Disney Twisted Tale rendition of the Evil Queen’s story. At the end of that review, however, I did mention a saving grace in Disney villain lore: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked … Continue reading Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen, by Serena Valentino →

I probably would have LOVED Princess of Thorns back when fairy tale retellings required two things: gore and romance. Well, all right, they kind of still do, but I’m just saying that, back when this formula was still kind of fresh, I would have sung its praises till day’s end. But now that that formula … Continue reading Princess of Thorns, by Stacey Jay →

Two years ago, I reviewed Frewin Jones’ The Faerie Path, returning to a world I visited in my teenage years many times. But if I’ve cracked the spine of that book several, several times, I’ve only peeked into the rest of the series once. I did, however, look at the sequel, The Lost Queen, a … Continue reading The Lost Queen (The Faerie Path #2), by Frewin Jones →

Fun fact about me: in high school, I was the book reporter for our school newspaper. I mostly wrote about fantasy books that weren’t always trending on the market, and I’m pretty sure no student took me at my word, but I still enjoyed seeing my reviews printed in black and white. I suppose you … Continue reading The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey, by Lisa Papademetriou →

Although the holiday season has softened my anxiety to an extent, that does not mean that I do not go back every so often to enjoy a nostalgic book. Especially if it was a book that harkens back to my high school years, and I could read in two days. And I know I love … Continue reading If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? →

The Disney Twisted Tales series has been a mixed bag so far. So This is Love pretty much hit it out of the park, and Mirror, Mirror was abysmal for what I was hoping for. And now we have a third volume, Once Upon a Dream, featuring the characters from Sleeping Beauty. Right up front, … Continue reading Once Upon a Dream: A Twisted Tale, by Liz Braswell →

I want you all to quickly remember the YA scene during the Twilight craze, when teenage vampire romances were all the rage. Think of all the thinly-plotted knockoffs that disgraced the YA shelf during that time. We remember the over-sexed, awkward, and cliché House of Night series, but then, we also remember the delicious soap-opera-esque … Continue reading Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, by Beth Fantaskey →

Another fluff book, pandemic still raging, blah blah, you guys all know the drill by now. But, after the mediocre review I gave to No Offense, it might not be expected that I review another Meg Cabot book so soon. You see, I bought No Offense and today’s book No Judgments, in the same shopping … Continue reading No Judgments, by Meg Cabot →

Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is…something of an obsession of mine. Even as a kid, I freaking loved the tale of kind and gentle Snow White, her friends the seven dwarfs, and, of course, the cruel and jealous Evil Queen. I’ve even cosplayed as Snow White twice. In fact, when comic conventions become … Continue reading Mirror, Mirror: A Twisted Tale, by Jen Calonita →

I don’t normally pick up contemporary fiction, especially not these days when all I want is an escape. But then, a funny thing happened…I actually got tired of reading escapist fluff. Can you imagine? Yeah, neither could I. Maybe I finally could stomach a little bit of reality—even if that reality was about a devoted … Continue reading The Promise of Stardust, by Priscille Sibley →