from pacey1927

I've enjoyed each book I've read so far in the "Once Upon A Time" series of reworked fairy tales. I enjoyed "The Night Dance" as well but it wasn't at all what I had hoped for. I have appreciated the new ideas and plot twists in each story and delighted in seeing how each story changed, and (in s...

from meyben

Very adventurous story. It was interesting seeing that the Knight of the round table were tied into this story.

from theepicrat

It sounded wonderful, but I did not really connect with any of the characters. The romance between the youngest daughter (who is the leading lady) Rowena and Sir Bedivere (the remaining of King Arthur's knights) did not really sparkle or feel believable. I wish there had been a little more about ...

from phoebesmum

I love retellings of fairy stories; Angela Carter, Tanith Lee, Ellen Kushner, Jane Yolen – all of these and more have done wonderful things with the concept. This, sadly, is so badly written that all that can be said of it is that apparently it's true that anyone can get a novel published nowadays.

from ahandfulofconfetti

This was an interesting retelling of the Grimm Brothers' The Twelve Dancing Princesses, which took the original fairy tale and combined it with Arthurian legend, making the boy who figures out the mystery behind the girls' worn out shoes one of Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. In this story, ...