fairy tale retellings – Christine Smith

{Book Review} A Royal Masquerade by Allison Tebo

Post published:August 17, 2020
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Over on Fairy Tale Central we’re celebrating The Goose Girl all August long, and I thought it’d be fun to talk about a delightful Goose Girl retelling here today! And yes, I’m doing a third book review in a row. WHOOPS. I feel like all summer long it’s just been book reviews, which is funny because usually I don’t review books all that much here. I actually meant to do another post today, but this one just worked out better. BUT. This will be the last book review for a while. Next week I’ll have something else and thennn… The…

{Book Review} Five Magic Spindles

Post published:June 1, 2020
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Happy June! It is Sleeping Beauty month over on Fairy Tale Central and to celebrate I’m kicking this month off with a review of an utterly delightful Sleeping Beauty anthology. I have been following along with Rooglewood’s fairy tale anthologies ever since the first one came out. I adore these anthologies of five novellas from five different talented authors. It’s so thrilling getting so many different takes on one specific fairy tale. Shamefully, I only just recently read Five Magic Spindles. I’ve read all three other anthologies, but this one got put on the backburner for absolutely no reason at…

{Book Review} Diamond by Kirsten Fichter

Post published:May 18, 2020
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The third book of Kirsten Fichter’s Once Upon a Twist Tales series is heeeere! And if it’s not obvious, I’m a little bit excited. Okay, that was a lie. I AM OVER THE MOON, BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS, SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS EXCITED. But wait! There’s moooore. Not just one Rapunzel retelling is releasing but TWO. The lovely, fairy tale enthusiast Kendra E. Ardnek is also launching a new Rapunzel retelling—a short story titled Misfortune. YES. SO MANY FAIRY TALES. I need them alll, precious! Today I’m joining in on the blog tour for these exciting releases and reviewing Diamond.…

{Book Review} The Geppetto Codex by Kyle Robert Shultz

Post published:April 13, 2020
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Synopsis They've got no strings...and they want revenge. The people of the city of Vetri are turning into wooden statues... ...and Beaumont and Beasley are not on the case. Not technically, anyway. This case must fall to two of their employees, the faun Gareth Llewellyn and the dryad Sylvia Kirke. True, Gareth and Sylvia don't have a great deal of experience, but this shouldn't be too difficult. The solution to the mystery is fairly obvious, and the evil magical force at work will be no great challenge to defeat. Unless Gareth and Sylvia make a terrible mistake that puts…

The Grand List of My Favorite Fairy Tales

Post published:February 3, 2020
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Happy February! I am so, so pumped about this month because some special things are happening. And it involves FANTASY AND FAIRY TALES. You know, only my most favorite things of ever. What’s going on? Firstly, Jenelle Schmidt is hosting another February is Fantasy Month over on her blog. She’s done this for a few years now and it’s the MOST. FUN. THING. It’s literally just a celebration of fantasy for all the month of February, with hashtag games and blog tags and epic fantasy-inspired posts. And this year she’s got a GIVEAWAY. So definitely check out HER BLOG for…

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{Get to Know the Author}

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It's been a while since I've done an introduction post, so I thought I'd remedy that today and share a few facts about the author behind the photos!

✨ I'm an ENFJ (and huge MBTI and personality types in general nerd 🤓) and love cats, coffee, and people (not necessarily in that order).

📖 If it's not obvious, I really love pink. My tastes are often akin to a 5-year-old girl and I am not ashamed by that fact. Pink and glitter and rainbows forever. 🩷✨🦄

✨ I'm also a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland. The whimsy of it has long delighted me. And the fact that I love it and the Mad Hatter is one of my favorite fictional characters in general may say something about me. 🤪

📖 I've adored stories since...always? I was gobbling away at books at a very young age, tried my hand at writing them at 9-years-old, and have been avidly and passionately telling stories ever since.

✨ Fantasy has long been my favorite genre with an extra special love for fairy tales but I read a lot of historical fiction when I was younger and have recently started writing it some too and it's been such a fun experience. (Though my love for dragons and enchanted forests and epic quests has not diminished in the least. 🐲🗡️)

📖 I firmly believe in the power of stories and using our creativity to the fullest and am passionate about encouraging creatives to always seek that spark and never give up creating. 💖

✨ You will find a lot of posts here encouraging creatives amid the ups and downs of this creative life, and I also offer coaching to writers. 🖋️💛

📖 In the past couple of years I discovered roleplaying and am officially obsessed.

✨ Basically everything I do has something to do with storytelling and books and I am not sad about this fact.

📖 I would also very much like to own a pet dragon so if anyone knows how to acquire one please let me know me know thaaaanks! 🐉💕
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