The Cosy Christmas Teashop: Cakes, Castles and Wedding Bells - The Perfect Christmas Romance for 2016
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'Cakes, castles and oodles of charm: this book is huge fun and pure escapism' Cathy Bramley From...
The Old Nurse's Story
John Milton and Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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'Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands...
The Speaker's Wife
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The Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons...
The Book of You
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Sunday Times top ten bestseller and Richard & Judy pick, The Book of You is a terrifying...
Eira
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A ghost in the woods. A woman cursed. A park ranger with a choice...her life for another. Gwyn...
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Mighty Jack and the Goblin King
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Like a bolt from the blue, Jack’s little sister Maddy is gone—carried into another realm by an...
middle grade fairytale retelling
Once Upon a Forbidden Desire: Fairy Tales and Other Stories
Jennie Lynn Roberts, Elsie Winters, Kathryn Ann Kingsley, Zoey Ellis, A.J. Lancaster, C.M. Nascosta, Kristin Gleeson, L. Penelope, Colleen Cowley, Maria Vale, Lisette Marshall, Vela Roth, Erin Vere, Trish Heinrich, S.L. Prater, November Dawn, Mimi B. Rose, Jaycee Jarvis, Dani Morrison and H.R. Moore
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When it comes to true love, rules are meant to be broken … Dark forests and locked doors,...
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ClareR (5726 KP) rated Everything Under in Books
Mar 22, 2022
It’s a story about transitions of gender, family and home. It looks at language, how it can be manipulated and made into something new and different (Gretel and her mother have their own words for some things).
‘Leaving’ is another theme: Margot leaves her family, Gretel is left by her mother, and in a way, Margot leaves herself behind when she becomes Marcus. Everything Under is also a book that reworks the Oedipus legend, as well as using elements of Hansel and Gretel (beyond just the use of the name!), and a made up legend called the Bonak (which is actually a Tagalog word for a stupid child or a ‘dumb kid’) - a monster that destroys, stays and disrupts.
There’s a dreamlike quality to this novel, which really added to the fairytale element - the really menacing versions.
I loved this book.
Sealed with a Curse
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The kingdom of Melthkior was rich in both resources and people. The Royal Family were admired by one...
Fairytale Retelling Fantasy Romance Mythology Brothers Grimm The Six Swans