YA Crash Course (A Beginner's Guide to the Young Adult Genre) - hosted by baibrown

Reimagined Fairy Tales
Reimagined fairy tales are a classic element of YA, so here are a few from my early YA experience. Nowadays, there are many more, so feel free to add some of those to the recs.

Examples:
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern) by Shannon Hale
Unenchanted (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale) by Chanda Hahn
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
My Name is Rapunzel by K.C. Hilton
Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright and David Leslie Johnson
Beastly by Alexa Flinn
All books added
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

The Guinevere Deception

Camelot Rising #1

Kiersten White

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Cinderella Is Dead

Kalynn Bayron

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Cress by Marissa Meyer

Cress

The Lunar Chronicles #3

Marissa Meyer

552 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance science fiction young adult adventurous fast-paced
Heartless by Marissa Meyer

Heartless

Marissa Meyer

453 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell

What Once Was Mine

A Twisted Tale #12

Liz Braswell

490 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Beastly by Alex Flinn

Beastly

Kendra Chronicles #1

Alex Flinn

304 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult emotional medium-paced
Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, David Leslie Johnson

Red Riding Hood

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, David Leslie Johnson

329 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult dark tense medium-paced
My Name is Rapunzel by K.C. Hilton, K.C. Hilton

My Name is Rapunzel

K.C. Hilton, K.C. Hilton

324 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction romance adventurous slow-paced
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Ella Enchanted

Ella Enchanted #1

Gail Carson Levine

232 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

The Goose Girl

The Books of Bayern #1

Shannon Hale

383 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
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