Ten Fairytale Retellings (2 Loved + 8 To-Read)
Top Ten Tuesdays are hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review.
So, first of all – this is my 50th TTT! I can’t believe it. 50 straight weeks of Top Ten Tuesday. Damn. And second, YAY! I love this one! I have a lot of retellings on my TBR and even joined a challenge for them this year. I have plans for quite a few more – especially with the Lunar Chronicles readalong starting this month.
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas | Still can barely talk about this one
Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay | Took a while to get going, but fantastic after it did!
Cinder by Marissa Meyer | Reading very soon for the Lunar Chronicles readalong!
Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas | Started this but had to stop and send to the next person
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Berry & Ridley Peterson | A classic I need to read
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson | I’ve heard nothing but fantastic things about this one
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge | This has been on my TBR forever!
Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay | I loved PoT so I have to read this one too
The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khory | Can I just say that this is mostly here because of the cover?
A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas | People either loved it or hated it – we’ll see!
Entwined by Heather Dixon | Morgan recommended this to me and it sounds awesome
I just read A Court of Thorn and Roses and loved it! It was so, so good. You will enjoy Cinder as well. That whole series is fantastic.
Glad to hear it!
I haven’t read a lot of retellings, and most common is Lunar Chronicles and ACOTAR, BUT, there’s a lot here I want to read, like Tiger Lily, Of Beast and Beauty, Cruel Beauty and A Wicked Thing, but god knows when those will actually happen.. *sigh* Great list though! 🙂
Haha thank you!
Oh! I love the 12 Dancing Princesses story. I’ll have to check out Entwined.
I’ve heard good things!
Yayyyy 50 TTT!!! Congrats! Hahaha I was going to say OH I love Entwined and then I saw your comment 😉 I really want to read Princess of Thorns, A Wicked Thing, Ash & Bramble, and Tiger Lily too. Loved Cruel Beauty, ACOTAR, and Cinder. I remember Peter and the Starcatchers being a lot of fun! I read it awhile ago and am not sure why I haven’t read the sequels. And I really hope The Forbidden Wish is good! I haven’t found a good Aladdin (or Little Mermaid) retelling yet.
Yeah, agreed about Aladdin/ The Little Mermaid! I saw the reviews for A Twisted Tale so I don’t think I’ll bother with that Aladdin one. Did you read The Summer of Chasing Mermaids? Lots of people loved it but it was so-so for me. Lots of cool connections to The Little Mermaid though. I liked that part. I’d definitely recommend Princess of Thorns! Honestly the first 100 pages were kind of slow for me – I was really intrigued and wanted to keep reading, and I’m SO GLAD I did. It ended up being a favorite.
I thought Cinder was okay, but the rest of the series is fabulous. I hope you enjoy the readalong!
Thank you! I’m excited for it.
ACOTAR was amazing! And, hold the phone (do people still say that?), there’s an Aladdin retelling and no one has told me!? Definitely adding this one to my TBR. I cannot, cannot, cannot wait for this!
-Monica @ Tomes Project
It looks awesome, right?!
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