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A review by cyborgcinderella
Once: Before Midnight; Golden; Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey
5.0
I LOVED these stories. I'm such a huge fan of fairy tale retellings and WOW these were some of the most creative and well done retellings I've read!
This collection includes a retelling of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Mulan and man they were all so different and so creative!
One of my favorite thing about these stories was how they changed the familial relationships. In Before Midnight, instead of the stepmother being evil and awful, she's actually just a heartbroken woman who ends up developing a really loving relationship with her stepdaughter. It was so refreshing to see a story where the stepmother wasn't actually evil. I wish there were more stories with decent step parents.
In Golden, the evil witch is actually just a misunderstood sorceress who takes Rapunzel as her own child. I don't want to reveal too much about her reasoning behind it because of spoilers but she treats Rapunzel wonderfully and I adored seeing their dynamic.
And in Wild Orchid, Mulan's father at first doesn't have a relationship with his daughter, but that changes once he returns home from war. They become really close and I loved seeing such a strong relationship between a father and daughter. I also loved how Mulan's relationship with her stepmother played out; I'm glad they developed a strong bond.
I also just loved the romance in each of these books. They were sometimes unexpected and sometimes predictable but they were so beautiful and I loved them.
Overall these were such lovely stories and I want to read more from this author!
This collection includes a retelling of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Mulan and man they were all so different and so creative!
One of my favorite thing about these stories was how they changed the familial relationships. In Before Midnight, instead of the stepmother being evil and awful, she's actually just a heartbroken woman who ends up developing a really loving relationship with her stepdaughter. It was so refreshing to see a story where the stepmother wasn't actually evil. I wish there were more stories with decent step parents.
In Golden, the evil witch is actually just a misunderstood sorceress who takes Rapunzel as her own child. I don't want to reveal too much about her reasoning behind it because of spoilers but she treats Rapunzel wonderfully and I adored seeing their dynamic.
And in Wild Orchid, Mulan's father at first doesn't have a relationship with his daughter, but that changes once he returns home from war. They become really close and I loved seeing such a strong relationship between a father and daughter. I also loved how Mulan's relationship with her stepmother played out; I'm glad they developed a strong bond.
I also just loved the romance in each of these books. They were sometimes unexpected and sometimes predictable but they were so beautiful and I loved them.
Overall these were such lovely stories and I want to read more from this author!