I grew up with fairytales and when others outgrown them, I stayed where I was.
With fairytales come a sense of magical narration, kind heroines, true love and happily-ever-afters. This was what made me keep these ancient fables close to heart. I can never handle tragedies and love triangles, tragedies make me cry and love triangles simply just annoy and complicate a good pure romance.
But, of course, my huge and heavy book of Disney fairytales eventually got placed on the shelves and it stayed there for a very very long time. And as I ventured into the world of paranormal fantasy, the fairytales sang a faded tune and was stored at the corner of my mind.
There was no doubt to the joy and surprise when I found my favourite tales retold in a more mature writing style, with teenage heroines and more complex storylines, and all in a series some more!
Thank you Simon & Schuster (publisher) for giving the youths who yearn for the simple happiness of fairytales a delectable cure!
Starting from now, I will start my blog's first CAMPAIGN. For the next week or so, I will post reviews for my favourite novels in the Once Upon A Time series, with my wistful and nostalgic sentiments. I do hope that you will be enchanted by these wondrous novels that accompanied me for two years. Here they are:
- The Crimson Thread by Suzanne Weyn (A Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, published June 2008)
- Water Song by Suzanne Weyn (A Retelling of The Frog Prince, published October 2006)
- Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey (A Retelling of Cinderella, published March 2007)
- Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey (A Retelling of the Ballad of Mulan, published February, 2009)
- The Diamond Secret by Suzanne Weyn (A Retelling of Anastasia, published June 2, 2009)
- The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey (A Retelling of The Arabian Nights, published September 2002)
- Spirited by Nancy Holder (A Retelling of Last of the Mohicans and Beauty and the Beast, published November 2004)
- Golden by Cameron Dokey (A Retelling of Rapunzel, published February 2006)
Stay tuned!
xoxo,
Sel :)
I love what you've do with the place. I'll definitely be bookmarking your wonderful blog. And I hope that one day soon, you can review my novel here when it comes out. Best wishes on your writing. You can do it! :-)
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DeleteI’m another lover of fairytales so I am really looking forward to reading your reviews. I love the look of your blog and the name.
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I have to agree with you , Love triangles stink :(
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DeleteHi! Love you site. Those books sounds sweet.
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ReplyDeleteIam a new follower, nice site, some good books there I will have to add to my TBR list :) thanks for sharing!!!
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Hi. I love your site! These books sounds great, I think I might have to give them a try (:
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