A review by misssusan
The Ninety-Ninth Bride by Catherine F. King

4.0

the funny thing is at the end i saw one of the tags on this is 'subversive fairytales' and i was like ...but this is what 1001 nights has always been about, women saving each other and a kingdom through stories, this retells and fleshes out in clear keeping with the inherent theme of the story

(the tag is still fair conceptually, my brain just easily goes on tangents)

anyways this focuses on fleshing out dunya (dinarzad) and zahra (scherhazade) and features some truly great and imaginative twists with the two of them. the kinda quality i like to see in my 1001 nights retellings :D

4.5 stars