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Merissa (14152 KP) rated Once Upon a Forbidden Desire: Fairy Tales and Other Stories in Books

Sep 13, 2023

Anthologies can be hit-and-miss for me. Sometimes, you'll get a great collection. Other times, it will be a list of mediocre stories. ONCE UPON A FORBIDDEN DESIRE definitely belongs in the first category. If you love fairy tales, then you will adore this collection. There is a heat level here for everyone, with stories ranging from The Pied Piper of Hamelin to Hansel and Gretel, told with their own twist by each of the authors.

With an abundance of new-to-me authors, as well as old favourites, I now have a list of various stories and series that I want to read, based on their stories in this anthology. There was not a single one that let the side down.

This was a fantastic collection of fairy tale retellings, each with its own heat rating at the beginning. I loved every story and thoroughly appreciated the range of various fairy tales to enjoy. Highly recommended by me.

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* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Aug 19, 2022

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Penelope (2006) in Movies

Apr 8, 2018

Penelope (2006)

2006 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

7.9

(7 Ratings)

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I have a lot of favorite movies, often when I describe a movie, if I loved it, I describe it as my favorite. My friend pointed that out a few years ago when I was telling her about this movie, and it made me think.
This movie is legitimately one of my top ten favorite movies.
Penelope is a modern, cute fairy tale about Penelope, who happens to have a pig nose because of a curse.
This movie has a ton of random actors in it: Christina Ricci is the title character. Youngish James McAvoy (<3), Reese Witherspoon, and Peter Dinklage.

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Justin Taylor (59 KP) rated Shrek (2001) in Movies

Oct 30, 2018

Shrek (2001)

2001 | Animation, Comedy, Family

8.1

(72 Ratings)

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Very funny characters (4 more)

Parody of disney icon-er I mean fairy tale characters that make very quoteable lines

A great soundtrack by smash mouth

Cast chemistry

Although this is a kids movie there many innuendos that adults will laugh at

Villain is kinda weak but credit where credits due he is pretty funny (0 more)

Shrek is very funny

This movie is arguably DreamWorks greatest film and most recognizable too.

The cast is great and almost all of the characters are hilarious and the humor is gut hurtingly funny.

One negative is the villain is not that great

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Beauty's Release (Sleeping Beauty, #3)

A.N. Roquelaure

7.0 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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In this Anne Rice classic, Beauty's adventures in the hypnotic realm of sexuality make her the bound...

The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight

Benji Davies and Elli Woollard

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When a kind young boy helps a strange-looking bird, a beautiful friendship forms. But what these two...

The Blue Fox

Sjón (author of The Whispering Muse) and . Sjon

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The year is 1883. The stark Icelandic winter landscape is the backdrop. We follow the priest,...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated UnEnchanted in Books

Jan 6, 2021

UnEnchanted

Chanda Hahn | 2013 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

7.0

(5 Ratings)

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I downloaded this 18 months ago, not long after receiving my first kindle, and I was obsessed with freebies. Since then I've read a lot of books and I now know my tastes a lot better.

This wasn't to my liking.

I thought it would be some retelling of a fairy-tale but it wasn't quite like that. I'll admit it was rather imaginative, plot-wise, but it didn't grab me as much as I'd have liked. The best bit for me was the slight romance between Mina and Brody.

It could also do with a little editing.

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Joe Dante recommended The Night of the Hunter (1955) in Movies (curated)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

1955 | Drama, Mystery

8.8

(6 Ratings)

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"The Night of the Hunter was Charles Laughton?s only film as a director and its poor reception pretty much killed his directing career. It?s a remarkable debut and there?s no other film quite like it. It?s very reliant on imager from back in the days of D.W. Griffith and it?s strikingly designed and extremely dark. I saw it at a kiddie matinee when I was a child and I was just terrified. It has such a fairy tale atmosphere about it that it probably speaks more directly to children than it does to adults."

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