A review by suz_n_van
Upon a Once Time by Anna Fagundes Martino, M. Regan, Suri Parmar, Anna Madden, Jamie Lackey, Kit Falbo, Joshua Gage, Dennis Mombauer, Brent Baldwin, C.J. Dotson, Nike Sulway, Lin Darrow, Maya Chhabra, Mike Morgan, Rebecca E. Treasure, Melissa Mead, N.A. Sulway, Evan Dicken, Cat Rambo, Taryn Haas, Alex Langer, Jude Reid

4.0

I was excited to read this book, as I do love fairytales and folktales. This book did not disappoint. Each author's voice was unique. I appreciated that before each story there was a page stating which tales the story was based on and what genre it was written in. I was surprised to see not just fantasy, but sci-fi, steampunk, cyberpunk, and even an Appalachian folk take. Each take was crafted with love, but my absolute favorites were:
The Rabbi's Daughter and the Golem by Alex Langer(retelling of Beauty and the Beast and The Golem of Prague), Mutability by Maya Chhabra (retelling of Caliph Stork and Blodeuwedd), The Forest Magic Protects its Own by Jamie Lackey(retelling of Rumpelstiltskin and The Faun and the Woodcutter's Daughter), and Six Rusalki by N.A. Sulway.