Black Pearls : A Faerie Strand (Paperback)

from laini

Wow, talk about dark and dizzying! Warning: This book is not bed-side reading. Through clearly drawn characters with complexity and depth, Hawes lures the reader into the "Bizarro World" versions of classic fairytales. You just have to pick up this page turner to find out if Rapunzel really was t...

from knielsen83

I really enjoyed reading these redone fairy tales, some extending from the ending of them and others simply changing them. It's nice to see a different perspective on the tales we have heard so many times.

from ohioyalibrarian

Mesmerizing dark retellings of many standard fairy tales. For example, in this Cinderella, the prince finds out that his fairy princess is really a self-absorbed brat and they most definitely do not live happily ever after. I loved this book!

from laini

Wow, talk about dark and dizzying! Warning: This book is not bed-side reading. Through clearly drawn characters with complexity and depth, Hawes lures the reader into the "Bizarro World" versions of classic fairytales. You just have to pick up this page turner to find out if Rapunzel really was t...

from knielsen83

I really enjoyed reading these redone fairy tales, some extending from the ending of them and others simply changing them. It's nice to see a different perspective on the tales we have heard so many times.