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belindaclemons_123's review
5.0
I'm intrigued now I can't wait to read more of this series when the collection starts releasing
rosebelletales's review
5.0
A beautiful beginning for all the stories that are yet to come. A series of mini stories.
marjories's review
5.0
All sorts of twist and turns in this one! It follows the pattern of previous seasons so you know a big event is coming - but once again a totally different take from previous seasons. Everything is building to the final showdown/climax - and the stakes have never been higher.
Lots of familiar faces, a intriguing reveal and perspective switch on a couple characters, some triumphs, and some things I don't even want to talk about. Sign of a good author they can make you this angry at them for what they put your favorite characters though! I'm just going to say make sure you have book 4 ready when you finish this one.
This is the penultimate book in the Kingdom of Fairytales series and wow what an adventure it has been. Read this season in order - they build on each other. It is a great story even if you haven't read the other 12 seasons, but you'll enjoy it (and all the Easter eggs!) much more if you have.
Lots of familiar faces, a intriguing reveal and perspective switch on a couple characters, some triumphs, and some things I don't even want to talk about. Sign of a good author they can make you this angry at them for what they put your favorite characters though! I'm just going to say make sure you have book 4 ready when you finish this one.
This is the penultimate book in the Kingdom of Fairytales series and wow what an adventure it has been. Read this season in order - they build on each other. It is a great story even if you haven't read the other 12 seasons, but you'll enjoy it (and all the Easter eggs!) much more if you have.
half_bloodreader's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
3.0
This prequel book for the Kingdom of Fairytales series is meant to leave a taste for more so we'll buy the rest of the books.
The authors pick 12 classics to retell in short chapters and set the past of what is to come, for the series foccus on the original main character's descendants 18 years later. Each classic is a different arc in the Kingdom of Fairytales, composed of 4 books, exploring each mc's story. It will climax into a final 4 volume arc where the 12 mcs come together into their, I hope, final adventure.
Some fairytales have more changes than others to their original formats or well-known adaptations. After that introduction to some scene in the original story, the short chapter skips to some time after their "happy ever after". It ends in a cliffhanger of "Who could that be at the door?" (and I've wondered plenty how did anyone get outside several royal chambers 🤨)
The classics/fairytales are:
- Sleeping Beauty
- Little Mermaid
- Red Riding Hood
- Rapunzel
- Rumpelstilskin
- Beauty and the Beast
- Aladdin
- Cinderella
- Alice in Wonderland
- Wizard of Oz
- Snow White
- Peter Pan
I found some of the ideas interesting, particularly the retelling in Red Riding Hood, Wizard of Oz and Little Mermaid.
In RRH, being the Red means keeping the people of Elder safe, it is a power that is passed on. And there is a werewolf curse *Kill Bill sirens*
<img src="https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OGC.b8bc22ee1aaf4422ff38b9213059a798&pid=Api&rurl=https%3a%2f%2fmedia.giphy.com%2fmedia%2f1kTUYrllw29MI%2fgiphy.gif&ehk=uRJnZeFlR2t%2fJKm4MgTGNhUpAoZeyHuOU5g5oFz38KY%3d" />
Oz is a princess called Ozma, best friend of Dorothy, who is left in charge of the land of Oz, while her friend changes pace and goes protect another people.
And in Little Mermaid, it is hinted there is tension between humans and Merfolk (maybe more from the human side) as the fact she is a mermaid is kept a secret from the people, and she mentions she won't visit her family anymore - so future drama, am I right, Yuugi?! Actually, in the blurb for Queen of Mermaids, Little Mermaid's daughter herself is a proud member of the Anti Mermaid League and she wants rid the ocean of all of them. What a f*ing racist!
The authors pick 12 classics to retell in short chapters and set the past of what is to come, for the series foccus on the original main character's descendants 18 years later. Each classic is a different arc in the Kingdom of Fairytales, composed of 4 books, exploring each mc's story. It will climax into a final 4 volume arc where the 12 mcs come together into their, I hope, final adventure.
Some fairytales have more changes than others to their original formats or well-known adaptations. After that introduction to some scene in the original story, the short chapter skips to some time after their "happy ever after". It ends in a cliffhanger of "Who could that be at the door?" (and I've wondered plenty how did anyone get outside several royal chambers 🤨)
The classics/fairytales are:
- Sleeping Beauty
- Little Mermaid
- Red Riding Hood
- Rapunzel
- Rumpelstilskin
- Beauty and the Beast
- Aladdin
- Cinderella
- Alice in Wonderland
- Wizard of Oz
- Snow White
- Peter Pan
I found some of the ideas interesting, particularly the retelling in Red Riding Hood, Wizard of Oz and Little Mermaid.
In RRH, being the Red means keeping the people of Elder safe, it is a power that is passed on. And there is a werewolf curse *Kill Bill sirens*
<img src="https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OGC.b8bc22ee1aaf4422ff38b9213059a798&pid=Api&rurl=https%3a%2f%2fmedia.giphy.com%2fmedia%2f1kTUYrllw29MI%2fgiphy.gif&ehk=uRJnZeFlR2t%2fJKm4MgTGNhUpAoZeyHuOU5g5oFz38KY%3d" />
Oz is a princess called Ozma, best friend of Dorothy, who is left in charge of the land of Oz, while her friend changes pace and goes protect another people.
And in Little Mermaid, it is hinted there is tension between humans and Merfolk (maybe more from the human side) as the fact she is a mermaid is kept a secret from the people, and she mentions she won't visit her family anymore - so future drama, am I right, Yuugi?! Actually, in the blurb for Queen of Mermaids, Little Mermaid's daughter herself is a proud member of the Anti Mermaid League and she wants rid the ocean of all of them. What a f*ing racist!
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