A review by kayladaila
Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Rebecca Guay, Louise Hawes

3.0

This book was very well written. Hawes has a changeable style that works really well for a book of short fairy tales. Each story has a completely different feel. My major issue with this book was that it was SO depressing. I know it says dark, but it was just so much dark. There were only two stories in this book that had remotely happy endings. I feel like I would have enjoyed these stories more if they were mixed into a bigger anthology with some more happy. My favorite of the stories from this book was the retelling of Jack the Giant Killer from the harp's perspective. That was very unique.