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Cinderella is Dead (RIP)

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

June 21, 2023 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Cinderella gets a Handmaid’s Tale twist for a YA Audience in Bayron’s book, with a queer protagonist too! It has been 200 years since Cinderella got her “Happily Ever After” in the kingdom of Lille.  Her story is now essentially the kingdom’s Bible, but very few people in Lille get to share in a happily ever after of their own. The kingdom is ruled by a cruel king, whose rulebook is a patriarchal nightmare. Curfews for female residents and no freedoms of which to speak; […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Young Adult Tagged With: Bahni Turpin, cinderella, dystopia, fairy tale, fractured fairytale, Kalynn Bayron, LGBTQ, YA

cosbrarian's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Audiobooks, Young Adult · Tags: Bahni Turpin, cinderella, dystopia, fairy tale, fractured fairytale, Kalynn Bayron, LGBTQ, YA ·
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Sometimes Friends Give You Bad Books

Pay the Piper: A Rock n' Roll Fairytale by Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple

September 8, 2020 by Ale Leave a Comment

  As a librarian, Crystalclear is always on the hunt for books in her friends’ wheelhouses, and so I got a text from her asking if I’d like to read Pay the Piper. She hadn’t loved it, but thought maybe she was just the wrong audience. Would I give it a try and an honest review? I’m the perfect audience; faerie legends and fractured fairytales are my jam. I was really excited to read this. ::Sigh:: The book is split between chapters in the world of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CannonballerSays, cbr12bingo, Faerie, fractured fairytale, Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple

Ale's CBR12 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CannonballerSays, cbr12bingo, Faerie, fractured fairytale, Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple ·
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