Today I am super excited to partner with Disney Book group to share an awesome Meg themed giveaway, in honor of the release of the 11th book in the A Twisted Tale series, Go the Distance! The best-selling A Twisted Tale series is an anthology Young Adult series from Disney Books that puts a twist… Read more »
Sing me Forgotten is a young adult retelling of The Phantom of the Opera by author Jessica S. Olson. There are so many reasons why I was excited to read this book. One- I love retellings. Two- I love cool and unique magic. Three- the cover and summary totally sucked me in. and four- I am… Read more »
A Blade So Black is the first book in the young adult fantasy reimagining series called The Nightmare-Verse by L.L. McKinney. A Blade so black is an urban fantasy reimagining of Alice in Wonderland, with some kick butt Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes thrown in. This book was a lot of fun and was as… Read more »
The Court of Miracles is a young adult retelling of Les Misérables and is the first book in the A Court of Miracles series by debut author Kester Grant. I don’t think I am able to conjure up the words necessary to convey how deeply I loved this book. It grabbed hold of my heart… Read more »
Scavenge the Stars is a young adult fantasy retelling by Tara Sim. It is the first book in the scavenge the stars duology, which is a gender flipped retelling based on The Count of Monte Cristo. I have never read the Count of Monte Cristo, but I did really enjoy Scavenge the Stars. It is… Read more »
The Forest Queen is a young adult fantasy retelling by Betsy Cornwell. It is labeled as being book 0.5 in the Mechanica series. While I have not read Mechanica, I believe this is a standalone story that is set in the same world. Mechanica is a retelling of Cinderella but The Forest Queen is a… Read more »
Don’t Kiss the Messenger is a the first book in the young adult contemporary series, called Edgelake High School by Katie Ray. Katie Ray is actually a new name for YA author Katie Kacvinsky (who wrote the books- First Comes Love, Second Chance, Finally Forever, Awaken, Middle Ground, and Still Point). I have never read any… Read more »
Twisted: The Girl Who Uncovered Rumplestilskin’s Name is a young adult fantasy re-imagining of the story of Rumplestilskin by Bonnie M. Hennessy. Twisted is Bonnie’s debut novel and I have to say I loved it! I found it to be a delightful, and dark twisty tale of not only Rumplestilskin, but also of the young… Read more »
Slumber is the first book in the young adult Slumber Duology by Christy Sloat. I liked Slumber, but in the end it was just an ok read for me. Slumber is a fairy tale re-telling and I loved the twist that author Christy Sloat took on the tale. It is the story of sleeping beauty… Read more »
Never Never is a Peter Pan retelling told from Captain Hook’s perspective. This standalone novel is Brianna Shrum’s debut book and I thought she did a really good job with it. I loved that it was Hook’s story. It was reminiscent of the kind of hook and pan from Once Upon a Time, so if… Read more »
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