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A review by felinity
Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Tanith Lee, Theodora Goss
3.0
As always, with an anthology, there are some stories you love, some which challenge you, some which confuse you, some which are surprisingly short, and usually one you just don't like for some reason, and this was no exception. Most of these stories meld the old and the new, so read on to see Puss In Boots, Beauty and the Beast, the Twelve Dancing Princesses, Sleeping Beauty and Red Riding Hood - amongst others - in a very different way. You'll find role reversals and substitutions, all in the same world of fairy tales and legend where promises are broken or kept with terrible or wonderful consequences, but maybe seen from a different viewpoint or where the focus of the story is new.
In the end it was hard to decide on a rating. By choice it would be 3.5 stars, but as GR doesn't do half-stars I was leaning towards 4 stars, before realizing that I probably wouldn't seek this out for a reread and therefore decided to round down. Don't think I didn't enjoy it though, because I did, and I may reread a couple of the stories again, I just wouldn't seek out the anthology.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
In the end it was hard to decide on a rating. By choice it would be 3.5 stars, but as GR doesn't do half-stars I was leaning towards 4 stars, before realizing that I probably wouldn't seek this out for a reread and therefore decided to round down. Don't think I didn't enjoy it though, because I did, and I may reread a couple of the stories again, I just wouldn't seek out the anthology.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.