A review by mouseg
Cautionary Fables and Fairy-tales by Kory Bing, Lin Visel, Steve Shananhan, Evan Dahm, Kel McDonald, Katie Shanahan, Kate Ashwin, K.C. Green, Joe Pimenta, Mary Cagle

3.0

I’m a bit surprised to find this labeled as middle grade. It’s very dark and subversive and it might be too old for middle graders. As an adult, I’m very much enjoying this but it reminds me of those dark cartoons from the 90s. All the artwork is black and white, I’m not sure if the finished copy will have colour but I hope not because the black and white works extremely well for these stories. Like any compilation, not very story is a hit but overall, it’s a good anthology of creepy fairy tales. I learned a few I wasn’t aware of before.
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.