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A review by nic_w
Once Upon a Cursed Time: Dark Fairytale Anthology by Mike Kehoe, MaryAnn Alexander, Frank Zubek, Laurette L. Kehoe, R.L. Weeks, Genevieve Moultrie, Aimee Shaye, J.L. Clayton, R.B. Wood, Terri Nixon, J.Y. Delgado, Steven Evans
5.0
Once upon a cursed time is a collection of Classic Fairytales that have been retold in a darker, and as the name suggests, cursed way.
Most of the Fairytales involved, I personally knew and was able to make comparisons between the traditional and these darker remastered spin off ones, but a couple I've not heard of before and they were interesting ones to read.
Most were reimaginings, some were pretty much the same tale but with a darker spin involving death or trickery. Others were origin stories telling the events that took place before the fairytale we know and love begins. Some followed on afterwards from where the traditional ones ended.
My favourites were:
Beauty and the Beast Within by Mike Kehoe (Beauty and the Beast)
Awakened by a Kiss by Genevieve Moultrie (Sleeping Beauty)
Hooded Red by R.L. Weeks (Little Rd Riding Hood)
Skinderella by Lauretta. L. Kehoe (Cinderella)
Prince's Recreant by Steve Evans
I quite enjoyed this collection even though it gives more of glimpse into a world where the classics get twisted and cursed, does not shy away from death, abuse, trials and tribulations that our characters have not faced before, it was a great collection and it should stand out amongst a vast sea of current Fairytale Retelling collections that are currently out at the moment.
If you'd like your classic Fairytales to be retold with a darker twist to them, this is definitely the collection to get stuck into.
Most of the Fairytales involved, I personally knew and was able to make comparisons between the traditional and these darker remastered spin off ones, but a couple I've not heard of before and they were interesting ones to read.
Most were reimaginings, some were pretty much the same tale but with a darker spin involving death or trickery. Others were origin stories telling the events that took place before the fairytale we know and love begins. Some followed on afterwards from where the traditional ones ended.
My favourites were:
Beauty and the Beast Within by Mike Kehoe (Beauty and the Beast)
Awakened by a Kiss by Genevieve Moultrie (Sleeping Beauty)
Hooded Red by R.L. Weeks (Little Rd Riding Hood)
Skinderella by Lauretta. L. Kehoe (Cinderella)
Prince's Recreant by Steve Evans
I quite enjoyed this collection even though it gives more of glimpse into a world where the classics get twisted and cursed, does not shy away from death, abuse, trials and tribulations that our characters have not faced before, it was a great collection and it should stand out amongst a vast sea of current Fairytale Retelling collections that are currently out at the moment.
If you'd like your classic Fairytales to be retold with a darker twist to them, this is definitely the collection to get stuck into.