![]() ![]() I trust Ayama to tell my story.”Ī twistingly clever take on the wicked stepmother trope. The beast looked upon his father and said, “A man like you is owed no words. “And can this ugly beast not speak for himself?” It also delivered a compelling mix of Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White, excelling at capturing the chilling and gleaming atmosphere. “That there are better things than princes.”Īn original retelling of a forest that demands to hear only the truth and nothing but the truth, which made for a clever, wordy, high-spirited read. “And what lesson am I to learn from this story?” asked the beast when she was done. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid’s voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy’s bidding but only for a terrible price. But here I am finally ready to dive into my long awaited review for this collection! I even went ahead and read The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo a month after the news to calm my eagerness. Having to wait on the release for this illustrated collection of original fairy tales since the start of the year was nearly excruciating. ![]()
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