A review by lem119
Tangleweed and Brine by Deirdre Sullivan

4.0

Individually, each of these stories is bewitching. Reimaginings of classic fairy tales, some align more closely with the original tellings while others you would glimpse only the barest bones of the story on which they're based. As a collection, they sometimes feel slightly repetitive, so this might be a book that's better to read over a period of time, one story every once in a while, rather than all in one go. However, this doesn't take too much away from their individual beauty and compelling nature. Some are bold while others are tragic, with themes of femininity, empowerment, imprisonment, desire, virtue, love... the highlight is the Little Mermaid story, Consume or Be Consumed. I'll be thinking about that one for a long time.