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A review by mehsi
Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman
5.0
I received this book from TBR and Beyond Tours/publisher in exchange of an honest review.
1. The art It was just absolutely stunning! I really love Melanie Gillman’s work (been following them on Twitter for some time) and that was also one of the reasons for myself to pick up this book and hope that I could review it! They really has a soft and pretty style.
2. The stories The stories were just wonderful. I love how we had a prologue and an epilogue. I enjoyed all the stories and was totally into them. I think my favourite ones were the ones about the suitor followed by the mermaid x the old woman.
3. The romance/LGBT + feminism (OK, maybe this is 3 reasons, haha) There are so many cute romances and I was just rooting for everyone to get their happy ending in one way or another. Like the girl with the cold suitor, that turned out in a way I hadn’t expected but totally loved. I absolutely loved how we didn’t have, and I hope I am saying this right, I am so sorry otherwise, we don’t have your typical princes and princesses or standard characters at all. The princess don’t all wear frills or look all dainty. The knights aren’t all male or have fancy shiny hair. It was just such a breath of fresh air. Don’t get me wrong, I love myself some frills and fancy dresses, but this was even more perfect. I definitely fell in love with the princess in the goose story and the knight in the story about a hole in the heart/protecting people.
I loved the feminism. The strong girls vibe. The we don’t need a knight to protect us. We don’t need magic or sparkles to find our luck (though I definitely, at the moment at least, wouldn’t mind some sparkles or magic to feel happy). The side characters are also important. The old woman and the mermaid story was just so sweet!
4. The classic fairy tale vibe Despite these being way more modern and feminism/queer-filled, they just had that feel as if they were really old classic tales. Often with retellings it just feels real modern, new, shiny, but with this one I didn’t have that, and I adore that!
5 How we see people come back: Haha, this may sound a bit weird, but with that I mean that in later stories we may see characters we met earlier. Like we meet the Goose Girl and her family and people in the story about the knight who was searching for something. I just adore it when stories connect. When the country and lands we visit are all in the same world, the same universe.
I would HIGHLY recommend this book!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
1. The art It was just absolutely stunning! I really love Melanie Gillman’s work (been following them on Twitter for some time) and that was also one of the reasons for myself to pick up this book and hope that I could review it! They really has a soft and pretty style.
2. The stories The stories were just wonderful. I love how we had a prologue and an epilogue. I enjoyed all the stories and was totally into them. I think my favourite ones were the ones about the suitor followed by the mermaid x the old woman.
3. The romance/LGBT + feminism (OK, maybe this is 3 reasons, haha) There are so many cute romances and I was just rooting for everyone to get their happy ending in one way or another. Like the girl with the cold suitor, that turned out in a way I hadn’t expected but totally loved. I absolutely loved how we didn’t have, and I hope I am saying this right, I am so sorry otherwise, we don’t have your typical princes and princesses or standard characters at all. The princess don’t all wear frills or look all dainty. The knights aren’t all male or have fancy shiny hair. It was just such a breath of fresh air. Don’t get me wrong, I love myself some frills and fancy dresses, but this was even more perfect. I definitely fell in love with the princess in the goose story and the knight in the story about a hole in the heart/protecting people.
I loved the feminism. The strong girls vibe. The we don’t need a knight to protect us. We don’t need magic or sparkles to find our luck (though I definitely, at the moment at least, wouldn’t mind some sparkles or magic to feel happy). The side characters are also important. The old woman and the mermaid story was just so sweet!
4. The classic fairy tale vibe Despite these being way more modern and feminism/queer-filled, they just had that feel as if they were really old classic tales. Often with retellings it just feels real modern, new, shiny, but with this one I didn’t have that, and I adore that!
5 How we see people come back: Haha, this may sound a bit weird, but with that I mean that in later stories we may see characters we met earlier. Like we meet the Goose Girl and her family and people in the story about the knight who was searching for something. I just adore it when stories connect. When the country and lands we visit are all in the same world, the same universe.
I would HIGHLY recommend this book!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/