Fairytales Slashed Volume 7 by Samantha M. Derr

I really enjoyed reading the cute moments between Arron and Joran. This story fit perfectly into my notion of a fairy tale.

She did also send Meg away without taking about what was best for her… So it was cute overall, but a drag to read through.

Yet Lotte falls in love with her because Philip chooses to spend a few nights alone and Meg reminds her of her humble beginnings. Then she spends their days complaining about shopping and having to socialize with the queen and other ladies in the court until Meg confronts her about how insensitive it is when she spends her days working hard in the castle. Lotte basically talked down to Meg because she didn’t know how to talk to her as a princess should. Socioeconomic status: +/-2 (Princesses, kings, queens, earls, maids…) Physical Disability: +/-2 (Like classic fairy tales, several fell into much of the same tropes about ugliness and physical disability being equated to evil, dirty, or unworthy) Since it’s an anthology I’ll do a mini review of each individual short story using the summaries from the book (and also on Goodreads).Ĭulture: +2 (Some used a basis of folk tales from different countries) Some stories are very sexually explicit, you have been warned. Nice.Ī collection of 8 gender slashed fairy tales.

Anyway, this the one story from the book I'd want to see become a novella: princesses in love outwitting a villain to save a beloved sister. The summary is misleading! It's actually from the half-goblin's point of view.ĭance Away by KM Penemue - Man, I feel bad that 3/4 my four faves were the m/m stories. The mystery is mostly nonsense, but the atmosphere and romance were A+++++. No Witch's Brew by Helena Maeve- A mystery set in fantasy post-WWI London. The Mercenary's Wedding by Keelan Ellis- Genderfluid Seven Swans, ish. I could have been reading something out of the Blue Fairy Book, only it was gay. This had the most pitch-perfect fairytale voice in the volume. Standouts:īearskin by Andrea Speed - A former soldier makes a deal with the devil: spend three years as an bear pelt-clad outcast, and you get all the wealth you want. This was cute! Some of the stories were stronger than the others-I couldn't make it more than a virtual page and a half through 'The Thief's Daughter' because I can't bear that kind of tuff-chik first-person voice-but I enjoyed most of the stories.

Fairytales Slashed Volume 7 by Samantha M. Derr