B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsFairy-Tales / Fantasy / goblins / m/m romance / SFF m/m romance / shape shifters / trans characters18 Comments
By Imperial Decree by Angel Martinez Marsh Kensinger’s work as the utility mechanic for Bremen Station keeps his life interesting – but never quite as interesting as finding a pilot still hidden inside a hibernation drawer in what should have been a salvage craft. He knows he shouldn’t get involved, ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsFairy-Tales / France / Germany / Japan / POC / Russia / Siberia / Sweden / Ukraine / VietnamNo Comments
: International bestselling children’s author Cornelia Funke has long been inspired and fascinated by fairy tales. This wonderful anthology is Funke’s personal selection of fairy tales from all around the world – not just from her native Germany but from Russia, Japan and the Native American tradition. It’s the perfect ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsfairy tale retelling / Fairy-Tales / short-storyComments Off on REVIEW: Two Left Feet by Jenniffer Wardell
What do you do when you’re one of the 12 Dancing Princesses but are really, really bad at dancing? For Thea, it was a choice between boredom and accidentally maiming her dance partners, and she wasn’t terribly fond of either option. But just as the nightly dances start to get ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsf/f romance / Fairy / Fairy-Tales / LGBTQIA romance / naiad / short-story2 Comments
Bakwa’s uncle is king. He is also under the curse of a wizard and to save him, Bakwa must venture deep into a magical forest to locate the rare flower that can save him. When she is set a series of tasks by the guardians fairies of the forest, a ... more >
Publishing Newsbad mother / diversity / Fairy-Tales / hotels / Penguin Random House UK / publishing / romantic / stepmothers / stereotypes1 Comments
PRH UK to pay work experience participants in diversity drive – Each year, 450 individuals have the opportunity to “work” at Penguin Random House UK for two weeks. In the past, those experiences would be unpaid, except for travel and food. Now, though, participants will be paid £262.50/week, which is significant because ... more >
C Reviews19th century / Fairy-Tales / Germany / Historical / Napoleonic wars / sexual abuse6 Comments
One of six sisters, Dortchen Wild lives in the small German kingdom of Hesse-Cassel in the early 19th century. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to the boy next door, the handsome but very poor fairy tale scholar Wilhelm Grimm. It is a time of tyranny and terror. Napoleon Bonaparte wants ... more >