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Fingerprint Princesses and Fairies: And 100 Other Magical Creatures - Amazing Art for Hands-on Fun

Ilona Molnar, Natasha Mossbauer and Silvia Keller

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Take a hands-on approach to art with Fingerprint Princesses and Fairies! Create engaging art...

Charlotte (184 KP) rated Burn Baby Burn (Fairytales of the Myth #1) in Books

Mar 20, 2021

Possible triggers with child abuse being alluded to (no graphic descriptions but you are aware that it happens)

This is a dark, very different retelling of the classic Cinderella.

You won't find a nice Fairy Godmother or glass slippers here......death, slavery, abuse, yeah, that's here and you know what? I like it. I like the darkness, the fight that Ella has within her, the fire that she shows. I do feel sorry for her though, from the beginning the odds of a happy, fortunate life were stacked against her and people seemed to just take advantage......big mistake!

Definitely not a sweet fairytale for children. This is for adults with a glass of something strong in hand and a free evening.

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The Hazel Wood

Melissa Albert

7.4 (33 Ratings) Rate It

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Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step...

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Ross (3284 KP) rated The Last Wish in Books

Apr 13, 2018

The Last Wish

Andrzej Sapkowski | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry

8.5

(14 Ratings)

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Well written but didn't exactly hook me

I've read collections of short stories before but never have I cared less about what happened in them than I did here. The stories are loosely collated with an overall additional story over the top of them. The stories have something of a fairytale feel to them (one an alternate telling of Beauty and the Beast, another like Snow White gone bad, yet another has a tough of Rumpelstiltskin to it), but most invariably include some heaving cleavages and women that throw themselves at the hero.
The stories are well enough told but it may be the translation that left me struggling to concentrate on the story and my attention wandered. A very short book, this took me longer to read than it should have.

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ClareR (5667 KP) rated Once Upon a River in Books

Mar 27, 2019

Once Upon a River

Diane Setterfield | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry

6.8

(6 Ratings)

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A beautiful story of the Thames

It’s really hard to read through tears, you know. And that’s just what I had to do through the last chapters of this book. This book held my attention throughout. Its beautifully, lyrically written - it has a real feel of the fairytale and supernatural about it (Quietly, the Ferryman), set alongside the practical and realistic (Rita, the nurse/ midwife).
This is a story that follows several characters who come together because of a drowned child who comes back to life. The fantastical runs alongside the everyday, and the Thames runs alongside all of it.
I loved this book, it’s gentle pace (like the Thames on a good day, perhaps!), and the people who populated its pages. It really is a gorgeous book and well worth reading.

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ArecRain (8 KP) rated Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales in Books

Jan 18, 2018

I absolutely love fairy tales, so of course I was thrilled to find this collection. It is impossible for me to give it anything less than 5 stars because I could not find fault with a single story. Even though I did not like every story, I could not blame the publisher or the authors for the story just not being my taste. I can admit when a story is good even though I don't like the genre. Every story was interesting, expertly written, and interesting. I found myself laughing, crying , and holding my breath as I read. Not to mention, I felt that each story was a brand new fairytale. Everything seemed fresh and new, even to someone who has loved fairytales since the beginning of time.