Reviews by Tag: fairytale retelling

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The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

The School for Good and Evil

By Soman Chainani
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Leilani G.
May 13, 2024

Have you ever read a fairytale, or remembered a favorite fable from your childhood, and wished for more? More characters, more backstories, and more truth. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani, tells the story of two girls, Sophie and Agatha, who grow up in a dull, dreary village. Sophie’s greatest desire is to become a princess and escape from her father and his new wife’s family. Agatha lives in a graveyard with only her mother and cat for company.

Teen Review
The Glass Queen book cover

The Glass Queen

By Gena Showalter
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
I Read for Fun
Mar 1, 2024

The Glass Queen is a wonderful book. It is an interesting retelling of Cinderella but a bit complex as the world it takes place in has fairytales, a well-known phenomenon, fairytales are complex with the participants never knowing what roles or roles they will play at any given time. The premise of this specific book is interesting, but the characters are really the catch. Ashleigh is a strong and caring person, really in the most perfect mix.

Teen Review
A Court of Thorns and Roses Review by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

By Sarah J Maas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Kruthi
Feb 20, 2024

In A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass, also known as ACOTAR (ah-co-taar), a 19-year-old girl named Feyre (fay-ruh) lives in a village close to the world of fairies deadly and magical, known as Pythian. Because her father lost his trading ships somewhere in the ocean, her family lost a lot of money and now depend on Feyre to care for them. One day, when she goes hunting for food in the middle of the winter, she finds a doe.

Teen Review
The Land of Stories The Enchantress Returns

The Land of Stories The Enchantress Returns

By Chris Colfer
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Layla M.
Jan 26, 2024

The Land of Stories The Enchantress Returns is the second book in the Land of Stories series. It once again follows Alex and Conner Bailey as they try to stop the evil enchantress, the one who cursed Sleeping Beauty, before it’s too late. I like how this book brought back all the same characters from the first book. My favorite part is when Alex and Conner meet Mother Goose and my favorite characters are Mother Goose and Froggy. I really enjoyed the ending of this book.

Teen Review
Cinderella Is Dead

Cinderella is Dead

By Kalynn Bayron
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jul 21, 2023

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron is a twisted sapphic fairy tale. Sophie lives in a land where Prince Charming and Cinderellas’ story is true, but Cinderella and Prince Charming are dead and she lives in a controlling society where women must find husbands and be quiet. Sophie doesn’t want a husband, she’s in love with her best friend but they know they can’t be together. On the night of a ball for women to find husbands Sophie runs and defies the current king.

Teen Review
The Land Of Stories A Grimm Warning

The Land Of Stories A Grimm Warning

By Chris Colfer
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Eva K.
Nov 7, 2022

The Land Of Stories: A Grimm Warning

This is the 3rd book in the series “Land of

Stories”. This book is one of my favorite

books in the series since this is when

things start to drastically change for the

main characters in the book. The first two

books' main purposes are to set the scene

and enable the reader to emerge into the

world of the stories. This book is what

starts to set the theme for how the rest of

Teen Review
Fairest of All by Serena Valentino

Fairest of All

By Serena Valentino
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Claire A.
Jul 24, 2022

Fairest of All, by Serena Valentino, is the story of what drove the Evil Queen to poison

Snow White. The Queen is happy, she has her husband, her daughter, and her best

friend. Sadly, the happiness doesn’t last. The king is killed in action. The Queen is

heartbroken, her only solace is her magic mirror. As time goes on, The Queen slowly

loses herself to the man in the mirror. The Queen tries to kill Snow White, but is she

Teen Review
Heartless by Marissa Meyer

Heartless

By Marissa Meyer
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Jillian K.
Jan 19, 2022

In this twisted fairy tale, Marissa Meyer reveals the backstory of the Queen of Hearts in her book Heartless. Set in Wonderland, main character Catherine must decide what life she wishes to lead. Catherine is the daughter of a Marquess, however, she wishes she could own a bakery with her maid Mary Ann. Unfortunately, her societal role prevents this career and her parents wish for her to marry the King. Her life is turned around when she meets the court jester and must choose if she wants to be the perfect daughter or choose the path that makes her happy.

Teen Review

Cinder

By Marissa Meyer
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jan 4, 2022

The disease, Letumosis, is eating away at the shining city of New Beijing. Kai, the Prince, of New Beijing is holding a ball in a few days. And the Lunar Queen Levana is plotting. Meanwhile, Cinder, part metal and full-time mechanic, is facing her malicious family, prejudice, and mounting chores with only her tools and her android with a “flawed personality” Iko...

Teen Review
Quests for Glory by Soman Chainani

Quests For Glory

By Soman Chainani
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
Nov 29, 2021

Soman Chainani’s Quests for Glory is the fourth book in The School for Good and Evil series; however, it begins a new trilogy. Students of the School for Good and Evil are on their required fourth-year quests, Sophie is the acting Dean of Evil, and Agatha and Tedros are trying to return Camelot to its former glory. As the reader revisits some of their favorite characters, Chainani introduces a new cast, including a villain who tries to take Tedros’ throne.

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