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The Forest Grimm
The Forest Grimm
Kathryn Purdie | 2023 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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There are no two ways about this: I love fairytale retellings. I’ve yet to find one I don’t like (I’m also picky). Perhaps it’s because I like the firm sense of right and wrong with no nuance in-between? Or the fact that I immersed myself in myth, folklore and fairytale as I was growing up? Well, whatever the reason, it has stuck 🤷🏼‍♀️

What I really enjoyed about The Forest Grimm was its pastiche style: as Clara makes her way through the dangerous Grimm forest on the hunt for a magical book that has disappeared from her village (Sortes Fortunae, or the Book of Fortunes), she encounters characters out of fairytales who are as far from helpful as they can be!

These characters reminded me of the original Brothers Grimm fairytales: poisoning, maiming, murder all methods used by the fairytale characters. Clara and Axel (the boy she’s destined never to be with) stick together to survive and discover that perhaps fate isn’t necessarily set.

I really enjoyed this, and I have the second book all ready to listen to at some point, too!
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Beyond Horizon in Books

Mar 28, 2024 (Updated Mar 28, 2024)  
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Beyond Horizon
Bea Paige | 2024
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Beyond The Horizon
By Bea Paige
⭐⭐⭐⭐

He arrived on a warm summer’s day…
Malakai Azaiah Dunbar, a loner whose home was the ocean I adored.
I was eighteen, he was thirty-six.
My foolish heart was stolen by a man who refused to accept I existed. A forbidden kiss sending him back into the arms of the ocean.
I was nineteen. He was thirty-seven.
He was changed. Cruel. Abrasive. Until he wasn't and I gave him something precious.
I'm twenty. He’s thirty-eight.
Just like the ocean we both adore, Malakai is mysterious, tumultuous, dangerous and not to be tamed. Fear has kept us apart for too long, but I'm not afraid anymore. It's time to lay everything on the line. It's time to bring him home.

Well this was a bit good! Read within 2 hours! Was a great link to Misfits series. I got quite emotional in parts just wishing Malakai would sort his s**t out. Another fab book from Bea Paige she certainly knows how to bring out the emotions in a reader.
  
Caged: A Rapunzel-Inspired Romantasy (Classic Fairytales with a Taste of Darkness)
Caged: A Rapunzel-Inspired Romantasy (Classic Fairytales with a Taste of Darkness)
Sabrina Silvers | 2026 | Erotica, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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CAGED is part of the Classic Fairytales with a Taste of Darkness series, and this one retells Rapunzel. Aveline has been locked in the tower for years by her father, under the impression that she is dangerous and killed her mother. Malric and Thane are part of the Rebellion, fighting against Aveline's father and his tyrannical rule.

I loved Aveline's quiet determination and the way she wanted the truth after being lied to for many years. Thane was the cinnamon roll of the two MMCs, while Malric was the more guarded and yet blunt one. I will admit that Malric annoyed me to begin with, but he grew on me. I also loved the Tower and how it responded to Aveline and her two men.

This was a great retelling, set in an omegaverse that I would love to know more of. The epilogue gives the perfect ending to this story, while hopefully leaving it open for a return to this land. Definitely recommended by me.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Mar 30, 2026