A review by devannm
Troll's-Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales by Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow

3.0

I have been growing increasingly tired of both anthologies and fairy-tale retellings recently so I was actually pleasantly surprised that this was a decent collection of stories. There weren't any that I would consider to be truly outstanding [kind of shame considering some of the talented writers who contributed] but there also weren't any that I absolutely hated. I think the villain POV theme definitely helped set the book apart from other fairy-tale retelling collections, but I still wish the authors had been a bit more creative. Still, fairy-tale retellings are INCREDIBLY popular lately and I guess there are only so many things you can do with them.