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Dark Fairy Tales: A Midnight Dynasty Anthology by Karina Halle, Natasha Knight, Marley Valentine, Aleatha Romig, Willow Winters, Skye Warren, Cora Reilly, Celia Aaron, T.M. Frazier, Sierra Simone, CJ Roberts
1 review
emfass's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I liked a few of the stories in this collection, and will be adding those authors to my to-be-read list. I understand the conceit of all the stories being interconnected, but after a while reading about the exact same setting and knowing that each story was going to have a very similar set-up got very old for me very quickly.
Similar issue for me as other short romance stories I've read: not enough time to build emotional connection for the payoff to be enjoyable. I know the purpose of these is more one-shot snack-sized treats, and serve as prologues/epilogues to the authors' other work, or to introduce readers to authors they might not know yet. I also didn't fully put together that these would be dark romance, not just sexy retellings of fairy tales, and found that I reeeeeally didn't enjoy certain aspects of the dark romance part. So maybe that subgenre just isn't for me.
Stories I liked:
-American Witch by Sierra Simone (this story was tied to the New Camelot trilogy plus it's Sierra Simone so of course I liked it)
-Beauty and the Beast by Willow Winters
-The Swan Maiden - Natashia Knight
Similar issue for me as other short romance stories I've read: not enough time to build emotional connection for the payoff to be enjoyable. I know the purpose of these is more one-shot snack-sized treats, and serve as prologues/epilogues to the authors' other work, or to introduce readers to authors they might not know yet. I also didn't fully put together that these would be dark romance, not just sexy retellings of fairy tales, and found that I reeeeeally didn't enjoy certain aspects of the dark romance part. So maybe that subgenre just isn't for me.
Stories I liked:
-American Witch by Sierra Simone (this story was tied to the New Camelot trilogy plus it's Sierra Simone so of course I liked it)
-Beauty and the Beast by Willow Winters
-The Swan Maiden - Natashia Knight
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, and Self harm
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