Tag: #retelling

• A Secret Princess Review

  Margaret Stohl and Melissa de La Cruz team up once again for a reimagining of beloved literary characters from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s canon. The choice of pairing Mary Lennox and Sara Crewe is perfect as they are just those two literary characters that you just picture like when one thinks of Wendy Darling, one also…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 21, 2023

  Reviews

  #alittleprincess, #asecretprincess, #littlelordfauntlory, #margaretstohl, #melissadelacruz, #penguinrandomhouse, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #secretgarden, #YA

• Fairest Review

  Since I tackled Ella Enchanted, I decided to read another of Levine’s classic fairytale retellings. This time she tackles Snow White and she does it with plenty of twists and panache. I’ve said before, but I’ll repeat again I really admire her imagination when building her magic system and creating distinct languages, lore and other…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 17, 2023

  Reviews

  #fairest, #fairytale, #fantasy, #gailcarsonlevine, #harpercollins, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling

• Ranking The Rajes

  Dev brings a new spin to Austen’s famous works with her Rajes series, focusing on a formerly royal family settled in California as the hard-working new generation navigate social class nuances, chasing their dreams amid family pressures and expectations and of course, find love. For as Dev wrote in her author’s note for The Emma…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 4, 2022

  Rankings

  #contemporaryromance, #harpercollins, #incenseandsensibility, #janeausten, #pride, #prideprejudiceandotherflavors, #rachelreads&reviews, #recipeforpersuasion, #retelling, #romance, #sonalidev, #theemmaproject, #therajes

• Cursed Review

  Cursed starts right where the action left on, the stakes high as Serilda submitted to the Erlking’s proposal, become his wife, pretend her unborn child is his and obey almost all his wishes until Percheta returns. Then he could gift his evil huntress Serilda’s baby and dispose of Serilda herself. It will all be worth…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 3, 2022

  Reviews

  #cursed, #fairytale, #feiwel&friends, #gilded, #macmillan, #marissameyer, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #rumplestilskin, #YA

• Disney books

  Handsome Heroes and Vile Villains: Men in Disney’s Feature Film by Amy M. Davis A semi-sequel to her book Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Davis turns to the portrayal of masculinity in Disney movies from 1934 to 2012. This topic has been missing in Disney studies due to the focus of the Princess line but…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 21, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #amym.davis, #beyondthetiara, #bythebook, #contemporaryromance, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #disneyprincesses, #emilyzemler, #fairytale, #handsomeheroesandvilevillains, #iftheshoefits, #jasmineguillory, #jodibenson, #juliemurphy, #meanttobe, #memoir, #natalieholt, #nonfiction, #partofmyworld, #queensofanimation, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling

• Boxers, Saints and Little Women

  This historical saga by Gene Luen Yang imparts the history of the Boxer Rebellion from the people in the rebellion rather than the dusty old textbooks focusing on the Europeans views of things. Filled with tragedy, magical realism and some humor with expressive visuals that keep the story moving.

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 30, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #boxers, #breindigo, #firstsecondbooks, #geneluengyang, #graphicnovels, #historicalfiction, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #littlewomen, #megjobethandamy, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #reyterciero, #saints

• Jo and Laurie Review

  For all those who rooted for Laurie and Jo to end up together, this is for you.

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 9, 2022

  Reviews

  #joandlaurie, #littlewomen, #margaretstohl, #melissadelacruz, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #romanticretelling, #YA